21 MARCH 1987, page 45

Chess

Killing softly Raymond Keene B efore the Candidates' super-final match started in Linares, Spain, I had expected Andrei Sokolov to put up a stern fight against Anatoly Karpov,......

No. 1466: Bucking Up Bucks

The State of California, according to the Times, is putting up $375,000 to promote, among other things, 'self-esteem' among its citizens. You are asked to imagine a similar......

Competition

Mono-poly Jaspistos I n Competition No. 1463 you were asked for a dialogue between a speaker who uses only monosyllables and one who favours polysyllables and pedantry. I try to......