Michal Nowosadzki is one of the best bridge players in Poland, and if you are one of the best players in Poland you are one of the best players in the world. Now in his thirties, Michal played with Jacek Kalita on the Polish national team, winning two Gold Medals in 2015 and 2019. This
Michael Adams took first place in a strongly contested English Championship, held in Kenilworth in July. The veteran elite grandmaster defeated Nikita Vitiugov in a tense playoff, after the two tied for first place with five wins and two draws each. Vitiugov, a former Russian champion, now lives in the UK and has represented England
White to play. Byron-Pereslavtsev, English Championship, 2025. The game ended in a draw by perpetual check: 1 Ne3 Ng5+ 2 Kh2 Nf3+ etc. White could avoid that in various ways, but only one wins easily. Which move should he have chosen? Email answers to chess@spectator.co.uk by Monday 4 August. There is a prize of £20
For Competition 3410 you were invited to imagine a celebrated character from a children’s book in later life. There were a lot of entries for this one, most of them excellent, and many of them pretty bleak – including Tiny Tim becoming Jack the Ripper. A possibly controversial policy of allowing only one winning entry
Unclued lights feature in the same entry in Brewer. Across 1 Worked at jobs making decorations for shirts (6) 7 Inkpad destroyed in crime (6) 12 I bite idly, puzzled whether or not something could be food (9) 13 Decorative form returns in piccolo voluntary (5) 16 Gauge very low returns internally (6) 20 Tax
Written about AUSTRALIA – ‘I LOVE A SUNBURNT COUNTRY/ A LAND OF SWEEPING PLAINS’ – is taken from DOROTHEA MACKELLAR’s ‘My Country’, first published in The Spectator in 1908. First prize Ruth Dixon, Oxford Runners-up Bill Ellison, Caversham, ReadingJ.E. Smith, Bridge of Allan, Stirling
