24 JANUARY 1970, page 25

Chess 475

PHILIDOR Prof. J. Haluinbirek (1st Prize, Sehachblinter, 1963). White to play and mate in three moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 474 (Benedek: 16/4p3/4P1B1/......

Afterthought

Wally and Ted JOHN WELLS It was in 1936 that Ted Windsor, a simple, unassuming Cockney, made the decision of a lifetime. Faced with the hair-raising choice of catching the post......

Competition

No. 589: True feeling Set by 1, M. Crooks: A recent note in the Times diary revealed that John Masefield suffered from sea-sickness and originally wrote 'I must go down to the......