Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 114

46 THURSDAY 23 JANUARY 1992 EVENING STANDARD PATRIC WALKER with Shelley von Strunckel iYiO URISTVA'RSYrOMOR ROW) CAPRICORN 0898666052 Dee Jan 20 Never has your world been wider or more uncertain However it seems that you have made a worthwhile trade that is giving up what is familiar and all too predictable for increased pleasure joy and Interest AQUARIUS Jan Feb 19 0898666053 Although in general the Sun now in your own sign brings a je achal- indicating that you coi iwn into power struggles sense of strength and lengeasittakesa be dra front PISCES Feb 20-Mar 20 It could be said that the current period Is exactly suited to your warm and sociable nature In fact indications are that this is not only a time rich in new acquaintances for you but brings friendships which could last for years 0898666043 ARIES Mar Apr 20 You are advised to be especially mindful and cautious of tendency to take things personally or their need to make their point however awkwardly stated In feet as the Sun Joins conservative Saturn taking the conservative track will save you time and effort soothing wounded egos TAURUS 0898666044 The coming weeks offer the ideal time to consider carefully the practical aspects of certain offers or opportunities However come mid-February you win have to act quickly so do all the consideration and investigation that might be necessary now 0898666045 GEMINI May Jon 21 In times of excitement whether happy or trying it is your mind which tends to react to stress more than your body For this reason in this exciting but uncertain periodjrou are advised that it la your mind you should give from worrying rniddaMy1nminalr1ng CANCER Jun Jul 23 0898666046 As idealistic and charitable as you are you have a deceptively this job suits me Because i Have no -naste for anything Pinother Boring dry you want to believe is true and what is LEO 0898666047 Mars now situated in the area of your chart related to your health and well-being indicates that you should attend to the state of both your energy and your temper Unless you are attentive you could easily become wrought up without even noticing it happen 0898666048 6608 ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD 1M2-1M2 VIRGO Aug Sep 23 Every Virgo knows that inspiration Is one thing practicality quite another However the correctness of this will be proved over the coming weeks when plans and ideas you have made are challenged by steely eye LIBRA Sep M-Octs 0898666049 You seem to be faced with a philosophical dilemma at the moment since you are being tola by those around you to make up your mind but when you do others disagree and reflise to see your point of view It may be as you suspect that they merely want you to say yes to what they want SCORPIO Ort 24-No 22 0898 666 050 The first step is to accept that others simply havea difficult or contentious streak over which you have no control However if you can get past the argumentative side you can actually benefit from learning about their Ideas and points of view SAGITTARIUS No 2-Decn 0898666051 While there is no denying that you can think on your feet and come up with quick answers that will quite frankly not be AUI 4IUVA HU0nU0 UIMb VVU 4UIW iAHIIIMJj UVb MV is erencemeese mmsm mam certain exchanges you are about to face In fact you must carefiilly think out both your points and your arguments to equal an exacting opponent IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW Whether it is armchair travelling or actually getting up and out die door is uncertain but what is sure is that your horizons and indeed your world will become wider Now is the time to say an enthusiastic yes to that new job line of study or trip to destinations unknown Phone Patric Walker's astro-flue for a detailed 7-dgy horoscope updated Mondays 36p per minute cheap rate 48p other times 10 9 3 2 VQJ5 8753 6 Make 35 or more words from ARROGANT Average mark 16 Time limit 40 minutes Answers tomorrow From yesterday's ward SYNCOPE scone scop scope sepoy sone syce nose nosy cone coney cope copse copy cosy once open peon peony peso poesy pane pons pony pose posy epos espy EAST AK754 10876 K872 6 VAK92 KJ6 109543 juniorkjrossword Tmnger ReonardlBarden SOUTH Q8 V43 AQ10942 AQJ occurred near the finish of die 64-board match- with the scores almost level At both tables the bidding began with One Spade by East Two Diamonds by South and double (not a penalty double) by West Most North players at the vulnerability would hazard Three Diamonds The German North bid Four Diamonds not unreasonable as a defensive measure The American North bid Five Diamonds simply asking to be hit West led his singleton spade against Five Diamonds doubled East won and knowing that the six was a singleton surely ought to have cashed the second round Instead he returned a heart and South was able later to discard his second spade on third heart To go down 500 at the score might not have been a disaster but at the other table East removed the double of Four Diamonds to Four Hearts which had to go one down nb: bub: Alexei Shirov (Latvia) Julian Hodgson (England) Foreign and Colonial Hastings Premier 1992 Shirov (White to move) attacked incessantly but British champion Hodgson seems to have survived the worst in this diagram Black naturally plans to exchange queens then hold the endgame with level material Hodgson may even have hoped that Shirov would fall for 1 QxKtf? Q-R5 ch 2 K-Ktl R-K8 mate How did the game end? Hungarian girl Judlt Polgar 15 has become the youngest grandmaster in chess history Polgar won the Hungarian championship in Budapest ahead of nine male GMs breaking the legendary Bobby age record by a month 8 Hut 6 Glance 7 Part in play 8 Wobble 11 Suffer 14 Intend 15 Run away 16 Remains CUIES DOWN 1 Apartment 2 Affection 4 Nasty 5 Hue 9 Most senior 10 Fashionable 12 Unattractive 13 Always S0UJT10N Across 5 Road 6 Tale 8 Cheetah 9 Relents 11 Inch 12 Lose Dome 1 Tracksuit 2 Pace 3 Wash 4 Refreshed 7 Style 9 Rock 10 Noon The team event at the last Olympiad was played as a straight knock-out which tends to produce an unexpected result because die best teams knock one another out in fairly short matches Thus the final was contested between teams from the USA and Germany which were not quite the best in the field I must say that on occasions it showed! The hand above SotaHoK Peg 67.