10 JANUARY 1970, page 28

Competition

No. 587: Signs and wonders Set by Joyce Johnson: Competitors are invited to give an account of either the escape of the gunboats from Cherbourg into Haifa, or the capture of the......

Chess 473

PHILIDOR C. Promislo (2nd Prize, Good Compatfons 1916). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 472 (Loshinski): Kt-Kt6, threat Kt-B4. 1 . . .......

Crossword 1412

Across 1 You have to stand to get a good one in the event (6) 4 Leaves for the honeymoon in orderly fashion? (5, 3) 8 There's no doubt it's + (8) 10 '0 sacred — of ambitious......