10 MAY 1968, page 32

Chess No. 386

PHILIDOR Anyone who runs a `mixed' chess column, i.e. one which attempts to cater for players and problemists, is aware from his correspondence of the mixture of bafflement and......

Davie Astor's Problem Corner

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS The Observer Magazine, incorporating Left- Wing Knitting and Liberal Muscle Man, has been taking a longer and longer look in recent weeks at the role of......

Competition

No. 500: Do it yourself To mark the occasion of the SPECTATOR'S five- hundredth competition, competitors are invited for a change to try their hand at setting one themselves.......