I have quoted several studies from the New Statesman in this column, all of them published there during the tenure of Assiac - real name Heinrich Fraenkel (1897-1986) - as chess columnist. The column ran from 1949 to 1976 and was probably the most important column in a general magazine in Great Britain publishing studies in the latter half of the twentieth century. Fraenkel wrote inspiringly and collected together a loyal band of solvers and composers. In 1972 a jubilee tourney was run to celebrate his 75th birthday. Our first study is a game-like and traditional one from the award and was produced by an American composer.