26 OCTOBER 1985, Page 54

No. 1395: Rough play

`Battered into almost total paralysis by the aggressive challenger' was how the Times chess correspondent described Karpov during one of his current games against Kasparov. You are invited to describe for a newspaper a sedentary game in the parl- ance usually reserved for violently physical ones (maximum 120 words). Entries to `Competition No. 1395' by 8 November.