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Competition

Short short story Jaspistos I N Competition No. 1503 you were Invited to write a story beginning and ending, or ending and beginning, with two given phrases. Instead, I nearly......

Chess

Close shave Raymond Keene I last reported on the world cham- pionship just before a spate of tedious draws threatened to stifle public interest. Karpov won game 16 in fine......