31 MAY 1968, page 32

Chess No. 389

PHILIDOR Black White 8 men 8 men A. Bottacchi (1st Prize, L'Alfiere di Re, 1921). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 388 (Blake): B – B 7,......

No. 501: The Winners

Trevor Grove reports: Competitors were asked to write an octet, using the given rhymes, on one of the following subjects : The Paris riots; Kingmaker King; a sewer-rat dreams of......

Crossword No. 1328

Across 1A tour of Parisian high-life? (6) 4 Doom is on this masonic structure (8) 10 A sort of gold-fever shows up this Rabelaisian (7) 11 Took a turn in line (7) 12 A round of......

No. 503: Curtain-call

COMPETITION Set by J. M. Crooks: The playwright John Mortimer has complained that people like bank clerks and lawyers do not have to face regular criticism of their life's work.......