31 MAY 1986, page 49

Competition

Mini-story Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1422 you were in- vited to write a story beginning 'The parrot swore. . .' and ending, 'It would have been all right if only it had been......

Chess

Matchmakers Raymond Keene I n their Basel match Gary Kasparov has slaughtered Tony Miles by the kind of score that only Bobby Fischer used to achieve: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Kasparov......