Sunrise in Rome was 06:10 and sunset will be at 20:06. Each day a little longer and they are, right now, beautiful days.
The Ave Maria should ring at 20:15.
It is the Feast of St. Peter Canisius, SJ, Doctor of the Church.
Last night a couple of retired Navy friends were/are in town. Here’s one of them when he was at Annapolis.
GO NAVY – BEAT ARMY
We had cocktails at the Campo de’ Fiori – the cocktail culture is being revived in Rome as only the Italians can do followed by supper at a nearby favorite spot with Roman and Sicilian fare. We started with moscardini and alici fritti with scratch made mayo.
A “bis” divided up… after a while the pasta gets a bit overwhelming. Behold caccio e pepe and the other with asparagus and truffle. Very good.
On the way home.
After Mass this morning I noticed something I’ve seen a thousand times. This time it hit me. Shell… pilgrims… Trinità dei Pellegrini … DUH! [Insert forehead slap here.]
Yesterday I followed Game 12. This is a 14 game match and the first to make it to 7.5 (.5 for a draw and 1.0 for a win) takes Magnus’ title. As 12 started Ding Liren was down 5 to Nepo’s 6. Effectively, Nepo would have had a nearly insurmountable lead of 2.o by winning Game 12.
What happened in Game 12 was astonishing. Nepo with black got a serious positional advantage over Ding and was on the verge of squeezing him like a Boa Constrictor. Also, knowing that Ding gets into time trouble, he started blitzing out moves. Bad mistake. With one misstep, one blunder, he was on the ropes and knew it. In complete, manifest agony he played a couple more moves and resigned to Ding, who pulled off a stunning victory. I have bookmarked the video below to just before Nepo’s f5 disaster move. Watch for a while after as he practically writhes in frustration, talking to himself in sheer disbelief.
Nepo was thunderstruck almost immediately after his error.
That said, think about what goes through the mind of a damned soul in the first few minutes after arrival in Hell.
GO TO CONFESSION.
Here’s a puzzle. White to move.
NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others.
Oh… in Game 13 Ding with black was up but lost his edge and wound up with a draw. Tomorrow is a rest day and the final classical Game 14 comes up on Saturday. The Match is tied at 6.5.
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