We sailed through endless skies Stars shine like eyes The black night sighs The moon in silver trees Falls down in tears Light of the night The earth, a purple blaze Of sapphire haze in orbital ways While down below the trees Bathed in cool breeze Silver starlight breaks dawn from night And so we pass on by The crimson eye of great god Mars As we travel the universe Regarded in astrological circles as the Mungo’s Crossword
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confidence-restorer, Jupiter’s move to money sign Taurus looks cautiously optimistic for the economy – about which there’ll be plenty of discussion as Mercury joins Gemini Sun for this week’s marathon talkathon…
E ARIES: Jupiter in Aries planted a wealth of creative seed ideas, K L IBRA: Ideas are inspiring, mind games mischievous and
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ACROSS 1. Site, particular place (6) 4. Frozen dessert (3-5) 9. Large loose cushion filled with pellets (7) 11. Castrati, often harem guards (7) 12. Disgust, drive back (5) 13. Plenty, a great quantity (9) 14. Ursine trio, important in 20’s story (5,5) 16. Curved architectural structure (4) 19. Residue, remnant (4) 20. Little storybook girl who needed to find things exactly right (10) 22. Piece of material used for drying the body after washing (4,5) 23. Rugby Union set piece (5) 25. Appendage, aerial (7) 26. Mischievous being who caused machinery to break down (7) 27. Sly, cunning (8) 28. Fish hawk (6)
ACROSS 1. Slimming drug? This is the place for it! (6) 4. Another drug; the elite give it to children for a treat (3-5) 9. Head to grab comfy seat (7) 11. Administrators of no-balls (7) 12. Drive off, send back victim of Hansen’s disease (5) 13. Roll ball after a bonanza (9) 14. Trio suffers – victims of home invasion by 20! (5,5) 16. Sly chief (4) 19. Medico, for example: worthless residue! (4) 20. Wealth one secures for a fairy-tale girl (10) 22. Cloth for drying found at the bowl (4,5) 23. Forwards! Engage in tally about credit (5) 25. Appendage X in “Karenina” (7) 26. Grand Merlin confused – mischievous sprite (7) 27. Nick, your old skulking… (8) 28. …bird; very big victim! (6)
DOWN 1. Freed, disengaged (9) 2. Grip firmly or a tool to do so (5) 3. Defamed in publication (8) 5. Banner waved to signal the end of a motor race (9,4) 6. Country to the north of the USA (6) 7. Off-centre, odd queer (9) 8. Al together, en ….. (5) 10. Novel by John Steinbeck (6,2,5) 15. Again give the right to claim (2-7) 17. Bribe paid to ensure silence (4,5) 18. Men who wilfully expose themselves (8) 21. Of music: without a key (6) 22. Hits, spanks (5) 24. Monarch (5)
Last week’s solution
DOWN 1.Sign about direction for Baillieu; disengaged (9) 2. Grip mollusc softly (5) 3. Fibbed about jazzman Graeme – defamed in fact (8) 5. Variegated fall off in interest – but waved at the finish! (9,4) 6. Shut down the publicity, a cold country (6) 7. Behold the territory, Charlesworth – it’s a bit queer (9) 8. If you’re en this, you’re all together (5) 10. Graph software makes a great novel (6,2,5) 15. Again give a claim to let entire works (2-7) 17. A bribe, sweet stuff covering up soggy mush (4,5) 18. Strong flagellators – or different kinds of pervs (8) 21. Back the French, not a music without a key (6) 22. overcomes Kerouac and Ginsberg (5) 24. Monarch, game little queen (5) Mungo’s Crossword first published in The Week.
now its move to Taurus is the time for putting down roots and building on those inspirations. This week offers a significant growth spurt through making full use of your natural skills and talents. F TAURUS: Jupiter moving into Taurus kick-starts an expansive year on all levels (watch the waistline), and opens up a cornucopia of new friends, ventures and earthy pleasures. Fortune’s your friend right now and she favours the bold, so Carpe – as the saying goes – diem. G G EMINI: Mercury joining the Sun in Gemini makes you this week’s versatile virtuosos, witty wordweavers and knowledgeable networkers, but be careful not to drain energy away from new projects by discussing them too much. Letting others get a word in occasionally could be quite instructive… H CANCER: Life’s simple, basic, down-to-earth pleasures are extremely therapeutic this week, which while Venus is in the sign of wining and dining suggests entertaining chez vous, staying warm and talking up a storm. Don’t over-analyse spontaneous offers or knock back impromptu invitations either. I L EO: You can’t take new information on board while you’re talking so don’t be a stranger to the pause button, especially during early week Leo moon. Others will respond much more readily to temptation than coercion this week, and could probably be bribed with seductive treats. J VIRGO: Listeners are in surprisingly poor supply this week, when good listeners could pick up smart tips for increasing income and enjoying a few luxuries without breaking the bank. Venus in a fellow earth sign suggests a beautifying upgrade to your workplace will increase productivity.
Sebastian Feller, the French Grandmaster found guilty of having used computer assistance to win a gold medal at the Chess Olympiad in Siberia last October, has had his ban from tournament chess increased after three legal appeals in the past fortnight all failed. Feller, who had been free to play before his appeals against a three-year ban was heard, now finds himself outed for five years, effective immediately after the French Chess Federation (FFE) appeals committee dismissed his appeal but upheld a Federation appeal against the leniency of the sentence. Feller’s main accomplice, renowned captain and coach Arnaud Hauchard, also had a playing ban added to his ban as a captain. (Hauchard had signalled moves – provided by text messages from a friend operating a computer in France – to Feller at the Olympiad.) Next Feller and Hauchard went to the French Olympic Committee, seeking conciliation, but they were told that bans
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arguments alarming this week when trivial disputes can damage friendships, so be respectful of differing opinions despite what you might privately think. Others do have feelings, even if it’s not evident by the way they’re behaving. L SCORPIO: It’s difficult being deep when most folk don’t look beyond the surface, but you’ll just have to hang out in the shallows to reach some people this week. Remember expecting the best from others sets you up for disappointment; seeing the best in them brings different results. M SAGITTARIUS: This week suggests less razzle dazzle socialising and more down-to-earth close-to-homeness to balance the speed fatigue of recent weeks with a breathing space for some catchup comfort indulgence – though there’ll still be plenty going on to occupy your questing mind and adventurous spirit. N CAPRICORN: Your ruling planet Saturn’s a disciplinarian taskmaster, but the ancient Romans celebrated Sat as a source of abundant rewards so vigorously the word saturnalia still lingers in our language. Consider this week’s challenges as compost, because you need both darkness to grow and light to flower. O AQUARIUS: Money matters take up more time than you’d like this week, but better to get them sorted while your business instincts are switched on. Also give some thought to what could make your life more radiant and less burdensome, then be good to yourself and do it. P P ISCES: Jupiter in Aries pushed your personal frontiers, now in material-world Taurus it anchors these new changes, making the difference between faux fantasy and achievable dreams easier to spot. This week’s instructions couldn’t be clearer: don’t think about it, don’t talk about it, just do it.
CHESS by Ian Rogers Play at Byron Services Club, Mon 7-10pm stand, commencing immediately. ing measures; one, coincidentally, A final attempt at a Versailles just before he was paired against court to suspend the bans until Feller. Even after five years, memafter this week’s French Team ories of the betrayal by players Championship – one of the stron- and organisers are unlikely to have gest team competitions in the faded sufficiently and an informal boycott may be implemented. world – was also defeated. The real legacy of Feller’s The banned players and their lawyers seem disinclined to go actions will be of suspicion. Now, quietly so their next option is to just as in other sports, when a sue the FFE in France or go to the player performs far above expectations the question will hang in Court of Arbitration for Sport. Either path is fraught with risk the air, ‘Is he or she getting perforsince privacy laws in France have mance enhancing help?’ This week’s game is taken so far prevented the contents of the text messages from being released. from the ongoing French Team Should a court case against the Championship in Mulhouse and FFE begin, all bets are off and the sees Laurent Fressinet – one of the French Olympic team memtext messages become public. Feller is only 20 so would poten- bers who cut Feller and Hauchard tially have a chess career even after loose after he learned of the cheata five-year ban but the reaction ing – in spectacular form. from his peers has been univer- Mulhouse 2011 sally and violently negative, as he White: L Fressinet N Brunner found when fellow Grandmasters Black: Opening: Queen’s Gambit Declined at the European Championships 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 tried to insist on extra anti-cheat- Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Bd2 Bb7 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Ng5!? An ambitious new plan, delaying castling to launch a quick attack. 11...a5?! One day after this game, Russian GM Jakovenko found the antidote to Fressinet’s idea; 11...h6! 12.Nce4 Be7! 12.Qf3! Ba8 13.0-0 Be7 If 13...c5 14.Qh3 leaves 15.Nb5 as a threat. 14.Qh3! b4 15.Na4 c5 (See diagram) This meets a stunning refutation, but after 15...Qc7 16.e4 White has everything he could hope for from this opening. 16.Bg6!! 0-0 There is nothing better; if 16...fxg6 17.Nxe6 wins the Black queen, while 16...Rf8 17.Bxf7+! Rxf7 18.Nxe6 is similar. 17.Bxh7+ Kh8 Fressinet knows that the discovered check will soon be decisive, but sets the scene by removing all the Black’s queen’s defenders. 18.dxc5! Nxc5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Rxc5 Bxc5 21.Bg6+! Kg8 22.Bxf7+! Rxf7 23.Qh8+!! 1-0 A glorious finish – after 23...Kxh8 24.Nxf7+ wins the house. a
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