Few players have ever combined malevolence and strabismus to such devastating effect as psm.

Always an able exponent of the sport's underlying τεξνε, his winter sabbatical in the Levant with the Mornington (Star and) Crescent side has honed his attack to, er, breathtaking levels. A past master of such tactics as the Eleanor Cross, he has declined to rest on his – or anyone else's – laurels and is busy perfecting his execution of the legendary Hadrian / Antonine defence.

Deservedly esteemed for his coaching work with the Shelmerstone Colts and this year's holder of the Maxwell House Marlinspike, psm is one to watch for fans at every level.