28 JUNE 1969, page 27

Chess 445

PHILIDOR W. Pauly (Deutsche Schachzeirung, 1904). White to play and mate in three moves; solution next week. Solution to no. 444 (Macleod): Kt - Q 31, no threat. 1 K - Q 4; 2 B......

One Man's Meat

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS SATURDAY: Plashing through the mud- puddled, buttercup-golden grass at the bottom of our little garden near Reading in the middle of a hot afternoon, I......

No. 556: The Winners Trevor Grove Reports: Virginia Fair-...

Sir Laurence Olivier's former press secretary, recently stunned the reading world with her amazing non-revelations in her book Cry God for Larry. Competitors were invited to......

No. 559: Marry In Haste

COMPETITION Gretna Green, traditionally the goal of tear- away elopers in a hurry to get wed, may shortly be losing its chief claim to notoriety, following a recommendation that......