"FIFE" GAME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9307, 16 September 1893, Page 4 (Supplement)

"FIFE" GAME.

Drawn. * A very pood move and evidently the one to win. + 15—19 or 15—18 might-win. j B—ll is an easy win. (a) In a game published in your columns a few weeks ago this position was left as a Black win. I must confess I cannot win it. During the tour of Mr. D. A. Brodie, champion of Otago, in the country districts ho played in all 430 games, of which lie won 353, lust 17, and 50 draws, a most excellent record, especially when it is considered that in the total is included exhibitions of simultaneous play, the single player being engaged in a peripatetic performance at as many as 15 boards. On Mr. Brmiie's arrival in Dunedin he received a challenge from Mr. Bell to play for the championship and a stake. The challenge was promptly accepted, subject to satisfactory arrangements being made. The Otago Witness of September 7 contains the scores of the following games played in the course of Mr. JBrodie's tour.

In republishing the article on " The Antiquity of Draughts," which appeared in this journal, ths Ulasgow Herald notes that it is from the pen of "an old-iiuio contributor to this column, Mr. A. 'l'elf <r, of Urenui, Taranaki." Mr. Wyllio objects to the statement that in the autumn of 1 ist)l ho lost a 12-game nifitcli to Mr. J. L. Richmond, of Marsden. lie writes as follows:— " .Since my arrival in this country I have only played two matches, being .subscription matches, namely, one with Mr. Brown, the Border champion, and the other with Mr. .lonian, of Edinburgh. No other match has been played. I was rather astonished to .see inserted in the Draughts World that I played a match with Mr. Richmond, which they know pqrfectly well was not the case, as X am given to understand that Mr. Richmond does nob play for stakes." Mr. Richmond's rejoinder in the Northern Leader is in the following terms "As to the word 'match,' to which Mr. W'yllie takes exception, X don't care ft ' tin' as to whether lie calls it a friendly match, friendly contest, or a fireside game, so long as ho cannot alter the result, lie cannot bub acknowledge the facts that we agreed to play 12 games, that at his own request they had to be restricted, and that I beat him 3 to 1, with 8 draws. Mr. G. W. T.egtfett, 103, Cobur .' Buildings, Westminster, writes to the Newcastle Chronicle I think it would lie a glorious thing to hare a review of the best compositions from votaries who have attained celebrity as problem composers. Let each composer—no matter in what part of the globe he may be located—send in to me what lie believes to be his masterpiece (stroke or otherwise), and I will take steps to see it receives til-best of attention, and appears in serial form in this column. To the student and old hand alike, this series should prove a veritable feaxt of reason ; anil I should take it kindly if composers and others would let me have their opinions on the subject. Editors please copy.' i Mr. Alfred Jordan, the English champion, lias invaded Scotland and has crossed * wools with some of her worthy foemen. He bad for his opponents ; some of the players who were in the recent Scot- ! tish Tournament. Ferrie, the ex-champion of Scotland, won 2 to 1 ; Mr. .1. Seari«ht won 1 and lost 1 ; and Mr. D. L. M'U uighie drew all his games, ! viz., 10. The last player seems to have hit upon Jordan's style of play ; the English champion sticks to the ordinary book lines of play, and will seldom vary therefrom, bub leaves it to his opponent to introduce any new move; and perhaps he is wise, but to see game after game played in the same way becomes very monotonous, and especially from a spectator's point of view.—Suffolk Times.

Contributed by Mr. H. Henderson, Auckland :— 11—15 2f>— 15-18 20-11 8-15 14— 0 23— 7—11 22—15 30—26a. 28—24 31—27 9—14 26—23 10— 21-17 15—18 15-10 22—17 18—-22 17—10 25—18 24—1!) 27—24 6— 9 30-25 6— 27- 18—22 9— 6 17—13 22—26* 25-22 18—27 19-15 - 2- 9 14—18 31—22 11—lOt 32- 23 22—20 13— 6 21—17 12—16 24-20 15—19 17—14 24—20 9—14 19—12 26—80t 23—10 26—31 16—11

"Kelso." Played between Messrs. Brodie and F. Moyle, at Lawrence. Movie's move. 10-15 23—14 30—20 25-21 28-10 10-15 "2—18 6— !» 6— 0 10—17 11— 11—10 15-22 26-23 20-23 21—14 26-22 15—11 —IS 9—IS 9-IS 11—15 10—20 16—19 7—10 23-14 23—14 27 -23 32-27 23-16 1814 3— 7 2— 8—11 4— 8 12—19 10-17 29—25 31—26 24-19 22—18 11— 2114 1— 6 6-10 15—24 8—11 19-23 9-18 Draw. "Old Fourteenth" Played between Messrs. 'Brodie and Craig at Lawrence. Craig's move. 11—15 25—22 0—14 30—25 13—22 21-14 23- f9 9—13 " IS— 9 15—18 25— 9 10 17 8-11 27—23 5-14 22—15 6—13 19—16 22—17 6— 9 26—23 11—27 29—25 2-26 4— 8 23—18 1— 0 32-23 13—17 31—13 Drawn. " Single Corner." Played between Messrs. Brodie and Beven at Lawrence. Beven's move. 11—15 10-15 13-17 7-10 15—22 23—27 22—18 25 -22 22—13 23-18 28—17 31—24 15-22 12—16 15-22 5- 9 10—15 16-2* 25-18 21-17 26—17 17-13 17—14 10-8-11 9—13 (— 9 10-15 -18 11—15 29—25 27—24 13— 6 13— 6 14—10 24—19 4— 8 8—12 2-27 1—10 18-23 151-24 24-20 17-14 32-23 . 30-20 24-<-19 28-19 And after further play, drawn.