3 JANUARY 1970, page 41

Chess 472

PHILIDOR L. Loshinski (2nd Prize, Olympic Tourney, 1964). White to play and mate in two moves; solution next week. Solution to No. 471 (Eason): Q-B6, threat Q-B2. 1 B x Q; 2......

Competition

No. 586: Readers' revenge SPECTATOR readers who struggled ineffectu- ally over last week's Christmas quiz might care to exact their revenge by setting a fiendish brain-teaser......

Crossword 1411

Across 1 The height to which a Romantic artist might aspire? (6) 4 Such a nervous theatrical movement! (8) 9 Lace as a border-line case (6) 10 Where one might expect volcanic......