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In chessy news… yeah… the Grand Swiss is going on.
An easy one. Black mates in 4.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
What is the name of this church?
Which church is this? It has a fascinating layout.
Black to move and mate in 4.
Yes, definitely much easier. After failing to solve the last 3 I was getting a little depressed. :-) But still working on 4-Sep problem.
1) … Qe3+
2) Rf1f2 Qe1+ *Note
3) Rf1 (forced) Rg3+
4) h2xg3 (forced) Qxg3 mate
*Note
White can also block check with the f5 rook but this also leads to mate in 4
2) Rf5f2 Rxg3+
3) h2xg3 (forced) Qxg3+
4) Rg2 (forced) Qxg2 mate
This has always been one of my favourite places in Rome. It connects me in a special way with the ancient Church.
For info:
https://www.basilicasanclemente.com/eng/home-2/
Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano, Rome
I asked ChatGPT and this is what it said:
[My apologies Father, if it is inappropriate to use ChatGPT to identify your photos. Please delete if it is – Thanks]
This is the Basilica of San Clemente al Laterano in Rome, Italy.
A few features that identify it:
• The beautiful 12th-century apse mosaic with the large gold background and the Cross in the center.
• The frescoed lower band of saints in the apse.
• The Cosmatesque marble floor pattern with circles and intricate inlays.
• The schola cantorum (the enclosed choir in the nave), which is very distinctive.
It’s actually built on top of two older churches, with a Mithraic temple beneath.
The Basilica of San Clemente was the titular church of two Archbishops of Utrecht (The Netherlands), Johannes (Jan) de Jong (1946-1955, the first Archbishop of Utrecht to be created cardinal) and Adrianus (Ad) Simonis (1985-2020). I definitely want to visit this beautiful church.