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ever white should have real- ized that his pawn was only a handicap. The.sacrifice of the pawn then becomes a vi— able possibility. As it turns out the move puts black into a mating web. All white has to look out for is his second move. He must go around the pawn. If he cap— tures, he draws. _

This brings to mind the old adage "to give is better than to receive". This is very true, at least in this case. '

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The Atlantic Open is hap- pening this Thansgiving weekend in Halifax. This tournament isopen to all chess players resident in the Atlantic Provinces. The registration fee is minimal and it is hoped that a mas- ter and two experts will be present. Anyone wishing to enter, or who wants further info should contact J.F. Jenkins, c/o The Cadre.

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South can see two possible losers, one each in hearts and clubs. The odds on a sine:

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the odds that both finesses

will fail are 25%. Therefore south will make the contract only 75% of the time by

'taking the finesses.

However, all of this talk about finesses is merely a red herring I've been draggin' across the trail. South's best line of play dOesn't includeeven one finesse. All he has to do is be kind to his opponents. Here's how the play proceeds.

' After taking the ace of spades, south draws trumps. He then takes the king of spades and the ace — king

of either hearts or clubs. This is where south's gen— erosity shows. He then leads s

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The Cadre, Sept. 29, 1975,

page 7

THE BIG 700

radio GIMN

‘Stewart’s Newest:

The raspy voice of Rod Stewart, backed by mandolin and violin is out on another album. This one is called ‘Atlantic Crossing. The al- bum is divided into"Fast. Side" and Slow Side" with no real highlights, but it is very good.

The best song on the fast side is Mentor William's "Drift Away". I prefer Rod Stewart's version towthat of Doby Gray. Stewart puts more life into the vocals than Gray. The rest of the side is good but nothing outstand— ing. On this album the gui—‘ tarists use phase shidters frequently. '

All songs on "Slaw Side" are beautiful, written in the same style, but by dif— ferent.people. The nicest songs on Slow Side are "I Don't Want_to Talk About It" It's Not the Spotlight",

, Atlantic Crossing

"Still Love You and "Sail— ing".

This album may tell you something about Rod Stewart's song—writing ability. On "Fast Side" his name appears as writing or helping to write four or five songs. 0n "Slow Side" it only appears once. When I first saw this I thought that Rod Stewart couldn't have been much of a slow song writer, but af- ter I heard the song ("Still Love You"), I realized that his quality made up for quantity.

_ After listening to the album a few times I had to order the tape version for myself. I like the album ve— ry much and I hope you will too. You'll hear a lot of Atlantic Crossing on your info radio, CIMN.

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