22 JULY 1989, page 44

Chess

Roots Raymond Keene HoW far back must we search to find the ori g ins of chess, and what, indeed, is the significance of the g ame? Leibnitz once wrote: 'I approve stron g ly of......

Competition

Overheard in the Tube Jaspistos In Competition No. 1583 you were asked for a poem beginnin g with two lines of accidental poetry that I overheard on the Bakerloo line: 'Is there......