29 JULY 1966, page 11

The Silver Strand

AFTERTHOUGHT By JOHN WELLS HAVING prised my dis- organised life apart far enough to let in one and a half days of sunlit 'holiday' early last week, I opened a battered 1925......

Chess By Philidor

No. 293. A. ELLERMAN BLACK (8 men) (Caissa, 1943) WHITE to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 292 (Godfrey) : B—Q 2! n, threat. z . . . K—K 5 ; 2......