Waiting patiently for tonight's NBA Game between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks.
posted Friday, May 23, 2025 at ~5:24 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
My sports-day starts early this Thursday with the Rangers playing the Yankees, weather permitting. First pitch is scheduled for 11:30 a.m., and the Rangers Gameday Show has just started. I'm tuned into that now. And I do have an Indiana Fever Game to follow later. Opening tip for the basketball game is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., so I'll tune into the radio coverage for that at ~6:00.
Most of my morning has been spent paying bills, or shuffling funds into different accounts to cover expected withdrawals. That being done, I hope to spend the rest of this day with more pleasant pursuits.
posted Thu 22 May 2025 ~11:22 a.m. #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Plans are to catch the 1st inning or 2 of the Rangers / Yankees MLB game before switching over to Pacers / Knicks NBA game, weather permitting. They say it's been spitting rain in New York for the past few hours, but they're hoping to get the game in anyway.
posted Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at ~5:45 PM QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Late afternoon Tuesday and I should be satisfied with the day's accomplishments. Next week I'm to lead a Rosary service at a Funeral Home at the request of the family of the deceased. This morning I assembled the material I'll use.
Tonight's entertainment will either be following the radio broadcast of an Indiana Fever Game or a Texas Rangers Game. Both will be satisfying. Both are playing at the same time. I'll try the Fever game first, but there's any trouble bringing it in, I'll gladly switch over the the Rangers / Yankees Game.
posted Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at ~ 4:50 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Rook-Knight-Bishop Checkmate
I won this CC (Correspondence Chess) game a few minutes ago playing Black. On the 40th move of this game, which began with our first full move on Feb. 24, my e1 Rook delivered the mating move. The White King's only two flight squares were covered by my b8 Bishop and my d1 Knight. The position of pieces at game's end and our full move record are shown below:
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 h6 3. e3 a6 4. c3 b5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Nh4 e5 7. Nf3 e4 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Be6 10. O-O Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. f3 exf3 15. Qxf3 Ne7 16. Rd1 OO 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd2 Nxe5 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. Qf2 c5 22. Re1 Nd3 23. Qe2 c4 24. Rf1 d4 25. Bd2 Nf4 26. Qf2 dxe3 27. Bxe3 Nd3 28. Qc2 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 Bf5 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. a4 f6 32. a5 Ra6 33. Rxf5 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Ba7 36. Ra1 Bb8 37. Qe2 Re6 38. Qd1 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Nxd1 40. h3 Re1 #
Black win
posted Mon. May 2025 ~10:50 #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Congrats to Robert Schwartzman who has just won the Pole Position for next weekend's Indy 500 Race!
posted Sunday, May 18, 2025 at ~6:07 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Happy to see the Indiana Fever with a healthy lead over the Chicago Sky at halftime of this afternoon's WNBA Game.
posted Saturday, May 17, 2025 at ~3:32 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
Following IU Softball this afternoon, and I'm happy to see the Lady Hoosiers jump out to an early 2-0 lead against the Oklahoma St. Cowgirls. As I often do, I'm listening to the live radio broadcast while following the live broadcast game stats.
posted Friday, May 16, 2025 at ~3:14 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe
The image above shows position of pieces at game's end of a Correspondence Chess game I won yesterday with a Queen-Bishop Combination Checkmate. The full move record is below.
- c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 h6 4. e4 e5 5. a4 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. f4 Bh4+ 14. Ng3 exf4 15. Rg1 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bf6 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. Rb3 b6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Rc3 c4 21. dxc4 b5 22. cxb5 Nd3+ 23. Qxd3 axb5 24. Ra3 bxa4 25. g5 hxg5 26. Be3 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Rb8 28. Rxa4 Ra8 29. Qc2 Rxa4 30. Qxa4 Bc3+ 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Bd3 Re8 33. g4 Qf6+ 34. Ke2 Qe5 35. Rf1 Qh2+ 36. Rf2 Qe5 37. Qc2 f5 38. exf5 Qxe3+ 39. Kf1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Bf7 41. Rf1 Qe5 42. Kg1 Bxd5 43. Qd1 Qg3#
posted Thursday, May 15, 2025 at ~11:38 AM #QNMAY2025 #chess
posted by Roscoe
In the middle of a week with 100+ degree temperatures every day, I took time this afternoon to haul the big box full of summer clothes out of my closet, and reload that box with sweaters, long sleeved flannel shirts, and other heavy clothes I won't be wearing for several months. Running those summer clothes through the washer and dryer now so I can start wearing them right away.
posted Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at ~5:26 PM #QNMAY2025
posted by Roscoe