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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 2015 Sport 23 Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy VISIBILITY: Good WIND: North Northwest force 3 SWELL: Low Easterly becoming negligible Sea Temp.: 25 °C A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. PARTLY CLOUDY 24 º C / 14 º C UV INDEX: 4 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Located 3. Vocal music 6. Bell-shaped flower 7. Baby's sock 9. Flavour 10. Playthings 11. Filled pastry crust 13. Continent 15. Capital of Bulgaria 18. Having a peak 19. Underground part of a plant 20. Big 21. Retains Down 1. Formal gesture of respect 2. Informs 3. Least lengthy 4. Nut-like 5. Stalk 8. Inhabitant of Nepal 12. Desert plant 14. Flight of steps 16. Became ice 17. Gemstone Bf6 Kh7 (Kf8) f5 Kg8 Rb1 Kf8 Rh8++ ..... Kf8 Rb1 Ke8 (or Kg8) Rh8++ SAILING Royal Malta Yacht Club to host National Dinghy Sailing Championships THE Malta National Dinghy Sail- ing Championships will take place between the 7th and 8th Novem- ber. Organised annually by the Malta Sailing Federation, each year this popular event is hosted by a differ- ent Club and this year the Dinghy Sailing Championships will be hosted by the Royal Malta Yacht Club. The Championships are open to all dinghy sailing classes, with participants hailing mainly from Malta Young Sailors Club, Birze- bbugia Sailing Club and Royal Malta Yacht Club in the following classes: Optimist, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, Laser Standard, RS Feva and RS Vision. For Laser and Optimist Classes, results of this Championship will count towards the Malta Sail- ing Federation National Ranking Lists. Racing will take place along the coast just off Tigne point on Sat- urday and Sunday from 11:00hrs onwards. The prize-giving ceremony will take place at the Royal Malta Yacht Club on Sunday afternoon. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MALTA YOUNG SAILORS CLUB