18 OCTOBER 1969, page 26

Afterthought

Law and ordure JOHN WELLS A Rubbish Collection Depot. Deserted dust- carts are parked behind a wire mesh fence, and on the pavement in the foreground there is a little heap of......

Chess 461

PHILIDOR S. M. Joseph (1st prize, Brighton Society, 18951. White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 460 (Coombe - Tennant). Kt x P, threat R—Kt4.......

Competition

No. 575: Musical chairs Set by E. 0. Parrott: As Philidor observed in the SPECTATOR some weeks ago, chess contains a strong theatrical—not to say operatic—element. Competitors......