Unfinished Works

"The diagrams shown above indicate work that was left unfinished by [J.E. Creed (left, d. 12 Jan 12974) and J.E. Driver (right, d. 1 Aug 1979)] at the time they died. The position by Dr Creed was noted by Dr Sells as being set up on his board in 1974. There was nothing to indicate what the idea was, but there were no draughtsmen which JEHC usually used for fairy pieces. The position by Mr Driver was diagrammed by him to illustrate a theme we might be able to work on together, but regrettably with the passage of time I have forgotten the intended stipulation. It is my hope that these fragments may give inspiration to readers to use these positions as matrices upon which to compose some completed problems [...]" ("Chessics", 12, Jul-Dec 1981, p. 7).