GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2237, 14 January 1897, Page 40

GAMES.

A HAPPY SITUATION. I have just returned from a visit to W. C. BeldeD, at his beautiful Cucainonga ranch, writes Mr F. Hopeful, of Los Angelas, in thu Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph. I was received by Mr Belden and his charming wife with tuie Western hospitality, acd spent two of the buppiest days of my life sitting out under the oraugo trees right in 1 th<- shadow o-f the prim Sierra Nevada*, from ; whose rjgged pbak3 the remnants of the winter's snows still glisten, with my genial host making a checker board bo interesting with position*, illustrating such wonderful wins and seemingly impossible draws, that a parlour magician, with his pveßto change, was nothing compared to it. I (.bowed him a new".SiDgle Corner" defence that Dr Schaefer adopted in the late New York handicap tourney, and he proceeded to demolish ] it as follows :—

} («) i The defence referred to, W. Billingsly replied ! 7 10 and Dr Senaofer woa as follows :—

Then 14 17, 81-\ek wins. (s) Solution to Problem 1427, O.W. (a) If sound, corrects Quarterly .Review Game No. 2—" Fife "—September 1889, whore 7 11 is played and White draws. The following are the first three games of a match between Mr Harry Friedman, of Glasgow, and Dr Schaefer, of New \ ork:—

(a) The only move, und tr»))»poMoH v hooiuliiblv lost game for Black luto 1* oiltloul muling ?oV White. (6) This and White'H noxt niovu nre compulsory (c) From this point Mr I'reodiuaii udmlwltly frustrates all Black's attomptn to gniu v K'rln ou 1 the men on squares 28 and 32. ' (rf) 31 26 is counteracted by 28 21. (c) If 24 19. Thou 7 11, 23 20, 32 27, Ac, draws — Newark (IT. S ) Call. ' j

Jl 15 2218 15 22 2518 1216 2(125 IG2O 25 22 8 11 241!) 4 8 1915 1019 23 16 (510 1612 1014 26 23a 1116 23 24 8U 24 19 7 10 30 25-f> 2 7 1815 1118 22 B 110 25 22 7 11 32 2S 1115 22 17 15 24 28 19 - 913 1915 10 26 3122 1418 2215 13 22 Black wins.

I 1U 23 24 1116 9 13 IS 9 is aa an 17 30 26 1 5 5 14 31 2(3 fill 17 J3 26 22 3 7 5 9 W wins. 2217 913 18 9 514 30 23 13 22 (6) 28 17 11 15 1 6 3i:28 17 13 16 2i £8 19 16 32 14 18 Black 23 7 wing.

Game 2574 -"Fife." By James Crayton, in West Lothian Courier. 1115 25 21 1 5a 2218 1219 14 !1 23 19 7 11 20 11 11 16 25 22 7 11 914 30 25 824 2011 2 7* 9 € 2s! 17 3 7 27 20 71(5 22 IS lilt 5 9 215 23 18 27 18 9 14 23 OS 3713 1116 32 23 514 1714 19 24 14 18 24 20 4 8 29 25 1017 2 5 2117 15 2-1 25 22 1619 2111 JO U 914 2819 811 2311 i tilOs 7M

11 15 19 26 10 15 20 24 24 15 23 19 30 5 24 19 17 14 18 11 9 14 )5 18 15 24 24 28 7 16 22 17 27 23 28 19 14 9 23 18 5 9 18 27 8 12 28 32 16 20 17 13 32 23 22 18 21 17 18 15 14 18 8 11 11 16 32 28 3 7 19 16 25 £2 25 22a 31 26 22 18 12 19 4 8 16 i'O 28 24 7 10 26 23 29 25 22 17 26 22 B. wins. («) The losing move. In the third game the following variation was taken :— 21 17 10 15 23 18 2 25b 17 13 16 20 19 10 16 5 1 26 31 31 27 Kl5 18 11 25 30 27 23 7 10 25 22 6 9 1 6 20 24 18 14 12 16 33 6 30 28 Drawn. (6) The play to th's point we imblished a good many yetiis ago. , Second game.— Schaofer's move. ! 11 15 310 9 14-a 10 14 13 17 j 23 19 29 25 18 9 11 7 10 (I 914 8 11 1 5 14 17-rf 17 22 27 23 25 22 9 6-6 21 14 (i 1 C 9 11 15 2 9 }) 18 22 26 22 18 30 26 23 18 7 2 1 6 15 22 9 13 11 1(5 18 23 26 31 25 18 26 23 18 11 16 10 15 10 7 U 4 « 10 23 31 P7 31 27 19 15 23 18 24 19-u fl 7 10 7 10 19 8 11 23 £(l 27 2< Drawn. 23 7 31 27 28 18 ll) |fi 14 13 (5 9 2(1 JU 24 £0-« i 26 19 27 23 18 15 7 11