DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9028, 5 November 1892, Page 12 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

PROBLEM ISO. 660. (By D. G. M'KELVIE.) Black.

White. White to move and win,

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 658. This problem was entered in competition in the "Checkerist" tourney. Though its merits were highly extolled by the various judges, its similarity at various stages to well-known endings alone barred it from receiving the first prize.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF QUEENSLAND. The scores of the two games undernoted, taken from the Queenslander, were played between Mr. J. Gledhill and Mr. F. Passey in the fifth round of the tournament for the championship of Queensland: — "The Dyke." Black, Mr. Gledhill; White, Mr. Passey.

And Mr. Gledhill ultimately won. " the Defiance." Black, Mr. Gledhill; White, Mr. Passey

(a) If 8-11 White wins by 19-15. (b) If 6—9 White wins by 19-16. (c) 19—16 only draws. (d) 9—14 is no better. The following is the score of the 19th game in the recent Jordan-Wyllie match :— "The Ayrshire." Black, Wyllie ; White, Jordan.

And the game was drawn. Notes by Mr. Laurence Gilbertson. (a) Very unusual. 28—24 is generally played in forming the "Ayrshire Lassie." (I.) 17—14 loses. (c) 27—24 would be weak, if not a loss; and 29—15 or 22—17 appears here to hamper White's game. (d) 22—17 looks a likely move here. (e) Heat. (0 Running for the draw. (g) If 17—14,1—5 would give Black the best of the game. (h) Some of the spectators thought that Jordan might have won by 11—10. But that move only draws as follows :—ll—l6, 18—11, 16—7, 9—14, etc. (i) A most critical game throughout, and one of the finest played in the match. Total abstinence (says the Liverpool Mercury) is apparently not essential to great skill at draughts. Wyllie, the arch-champion, may, however, be classed among the teetotallers, and ho has never smoked in his life. Barker and Reed, the American champions, enjoy a friendly glass as well as anybody, the former having all the Yankee's fondness for the weed in both its forms. When in England, engaging Smith at the Town Hall. Speunymoor, he laboured under great mental excitement about the middle of the match, and took unkindly to the rule which forbids smoking. The seventeenth game was the game of the match, Barker being pressed very hard till near the finish, when Smith fell into a prettily devised trap. None of the spectators realised it for a moment, but when Barker followed his move with a great bite at a plug they knew that the match was over. Ferris, the Scotch champion, who is about to be matched against the American, drinks and smokes moderately; while Martins, the ex-champion and veteran of 70, has indulged in both little vices all his life. The blindfold draughts champion, Mr, William Campbell, has abandoned the idea he at one time entertained of paying a visit to Australia. He has undertaken the management of a new penny weekly, under the title of the Draughts World, which consists of eight pages octavo, and the first number was to be published in Glasgow on September 3. The new venture is to cover a wide extent of ground, and is to contain matter of interest to all grades of players.

5— 1- 5 9-13 11-10 17-21 14-18 16—19 22—18 18—22 18-15 18—14 25—30 9—14 21—25 3— 8 16—20 21—25 17—21 10—15 10- 8 6-10 15—19 13—17 26-31 14—17 5— 9 8—11 26—22 13—23 21-25 15—18 6— 2 22—18 14—17 20—24 30—21 17-21 25-30 30-26 22-18 23—20 18—22 18-22 2— 6 10—14 Black wins.

11—15 8-11 5- 11—18 30—25 3— 7 22—17 17—13 18—15 27—24 10—19 17—14 15—10 9—14 4— 8 18 -27 26-22 19—''3 24—15 29—25 25—22 24—15 18-23 14— 5 10—10 11—16 2— 7 10—19 22—18 6— 9 23-16 27—23 32—27 31—15 23-26 13— 6 12-10 7—10 7—11 14-13 25-22 1-19 25—22 22—18 22—17

11—15 6—14 11—15 29—25 80 - 25 19—16 23—19 -22 20-22 3- 7a 7— 3 12—19 9—14 4- 8 15-18 24-20 25-22 3—12 27—23 22-18 22-15 7—lib 27—24 19—2;< 8—11 1— 5 7—11 21—17 6— 9 27—18 22-18 18- 9 32-27 14-30 31-27c 22-15 15—22 5—1* 11—18 23— 7 0-13d 24—19 2D— 9 30—20 And Mr. Passey wins.

11—15 8—12 19-26 19-23 14-13 19-24 24- 23—10 31—22 27—24 22-15 7-11 8-11 12—10 3— 8 23-20 10-19 22—18 22—17a 32—27 10-11 30—23 7— 2 17—14h 4— 8 11—15 8-12 18—27 23-20 27—31 17—13b 20-16 28-24 24—20 25-22 14— 5 9-14 14-18 12-16 15—19f 20-30 6— 9 25—22 29—25d 21-20 8- 22-18 13— 6 15—19 10—14 10—19 19-23 30—26 1—19 23—16 22—17 20—30 3— 7 18— 21—17 12—19 7—10 0- 9 2—11 26-22 19-23 27—23c 26—23e 11— 8 16— 7 2— 7 0— li