... Mechanised Chess WHY THE PHOTOGRAPHER STOPPED It was the pieces, not the players, that caused the press photographer to pause and take these pictures. Civilians who think of turning their V-Eights into V-Fours will find a set of chess pieces to hand except ...

... Highland Queen VJ1UI1U J^lljULUl Highland Queen At I wm Hi I BHrmjffl THE CHOICE OF THE CONNOISSEUR p -R j Long ago, these fine chess-men were fashioned from ivory, and a subtle blend of age, skill and experience gives them their delicate beauty. Similar qualities ...

... picture are almost invisible as they approach their objective. AT AROSA there was an atmosphere of carnival when a game of ice chess was played before a crowd of holiday-makers. ON CRANMORE MOUNTAIN, New- Hampshire, it was the woman who wore the pants and ...

... it was last Saturday when a fine crowd of young folk forgot the war and spent the afternoon there swimming, lazing, playing chess and eating sandwiches. AT HATFIELD HOUSE The Marquess of Salisbury's beautiful house is now a military hospital, and one of ...

... body. You can save space and trouble by having a com pendium, with which you can play all sorts of games, such as draughts, chess, dominoes, and cribbage. The one shown costs 19 16 and would make a welcome parcel for friends at home and abroad. A help yourself ...

... tried and I've tried. I'm as weak as a whisper and frail as can be, J There was never so feeble a creature as me And all the Chess-men joined in the chorus Well, thought Alice, some of that didn't sound very sensible but there was nothing wrong with the ...

... ASSOCIATION FOOT BALL Roy Perry Wel lington Grammar School and St. John's was four years in the Royal Corps of Signals. Also plays chess. CRICKET Guy L. Willatt (Repton and St. Catherine's) was in the Army. Left-handed open ing bat for Cambridge this year. CR ...

... grounds, with extensive acreage of fruit, flowers and vegetables, reveal that Wing-Commander Rothwell and his wife, like good chess players, are always looking a few moves ahead. With a retired medico as one's host, it is obvious that in such circumstances ...

... THE other day at an auction sale I put in a bid, on behalf of an hotel, for a folding games table which included roulette, chess, draughts, dominoes and every indoor game one can think of, for I felt strongly that hotels which cater for autumn and winter ...

... support comes from Leslie Banks as the British Consul of the neutral port in the picture on the left he is having a game of chess with his German colleague Sigurd Lohde) and from Yvonne Arnaud (below, left) as gay, fat Rosa, who is in luff with ze Capitaine ...

... Education Authority. In the recreation block (known as the Longleat Club) table-tennis and the less strenuous darts, draughts, chess and other games are played, while, nearby, the long, echoing room that seemed to be so barren is completely transformed. It ...