28 FEBRUARY 1969, page 28

Part 2: Man Born To Be King

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS In response to many requests from readers of 'After you, Cecil' (14 February), we publish this week a second excerpt from the most remarkable......

No. 540: The Winners

Trevor Grove reports: Poems have on occasion been written consisting of a single letter or even a dot. Competitors were invited to write a criti- cal appreciation of one such......

Chess No. 428

PHILIDOR Black Wl 9 men 9 men G. Andersson and S. Ekstrom (Lunds Dagblad. 1947). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 427 (Shinkman): Q - Q B......

No. 542: Paper Chase

COMPETITION Readers of John Wells's 'Afterthought' two weeks ago, 'After you, Cecil,' were doubtless struck by the remarkably picturesque opening sentence of 'Cecil's......