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I saw something about St. Agnes in my email that warmed me. Hands on stuff.
Regarding my other, Adoptive Parish™ in Rome, somewhere on the blog I have a great photo of the pastor with a broom in the sacristy sweeping away. When he got there he started small, taking the keyhole plates off the cabinets and refurbishing them. They had a wow-effect and things snowballed from there. Once proof of concept is established, and people see that good things are being done, more good things can be done.
Lead by example.
Maybe there will be photos from St. Agnes, my Home Parish™, of the cleanup.
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You know the drill.
Black to move. Yes, there is a mate, but I’m not saying.
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Black to move and mate.
This one had me wrapped up in all kinds of gyrations until I tried the g4 Rook sacrifice.
1) … Qd2+
2) Kg3 Rxg4+ *Note 1
3) f3xg4 Qg2+ *Note 2
4) Kh4 Qxg4 mate
*Note 1 If 2) Kg1 or Kh1 Qg2 mate
*Note 2 If 3) Kxh3 Qg2 mate
1. Q-d2+
If . . . . . . . K-h1 or K-g1 or K-g3
2. Q-g2#
So . . . . . . R-f2
2. Q×g2+ .K-h1
3. Q-g2#
Q TO E7
K to A8
Q to B7+
Q to E7
R to c7
Q to c7
K to a 8
Q to b7+
waalaw:
I think you missed something – which I do all the time. If white plays K-g3, Q-g2 isn’t mate since white can play KxRh4 really throwing a monkey wrench into things. After spending quite awhile trying to get around this I decided the rook was a goner anyway and tried following white’s K-g3 with R-g4, sacrificing the black rook. Turned out the black pawns on h3 and f5 were in the positions needed for a mate!
1… Qd2+ (You need to force, right?)
2. Kg3 Rxg4+
3. fxg4 Qg2+
4. Kh4 Qxg4#