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AFTER YEARS of ever more desperate rumours, the good ship Batsford finally keeled over into the hands of the receivers in July. It was a sad moment for what had been the flagship of English language chess publishing, since the first edition of The King's Indian Defence in 1969. However the stock, "intellectual rights" and name of B.T. Batsford were bought a few days later by Chrysalis, a multi-million- pound subsidiary of Chrysalis Group (best known for the famous record label) which has promised to raise the hulk, notably by instituting "a full reprint program".
Under the arcane rules that govern insolvency, Batsford's debts, including royalty payments to authors, have not had to be...