DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9401, 6 January 1894, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 719. 24-38 " 7—H' 15-11 31-24 6-10 17-22 3— 7 22-26 B—ls ' 28-26 12-16 10-15 14-10 29-22 t 23- 27 13-17 2» ■- 23 W. wins.

... PROBLEM No. 721. (By James Wi'tLlE, From the Glasgow Weekly v .'•■'■-J; Herald.) , . <- Buck. : r-:.C.

White. White to play and win.

xZi&H ' >■ BROWN T. JORDAN./.y-,;- wvi -r-i The important match between J. O. Brown, of Hawick (Border i Champion), and B. Jordan,' of Edinburgh (Bast . of Scotland Champion), .commenced on Monday, November 13, and terminated on November 24 in a victory for Jordan, the scores being Jordan, 7; Brown, 2; drawn, 17, with four cf the stipulated number of games to . play. The contest was for the best of 30 games, wins and draws to count, for a stake of £50. • Play was on restricted lines, a new, opening being drawn every .second same from those given in " Robertson's Guide. The Leeds Mercury says" This is the fourth match Jordan has won right on the reel, having defeated in succession such eminent players as the celebrated Herd Laddie in a subscription match ; and Eraser, champion of Dundee, and Stewart, champion, of Fifes hire, for substantial stakes. ' Not yet twentyone, Jordan has a bright future before him, and has shown himself one ;of the most phenomenal draughts-players of the day. ; Brown succumbed to Jordan much easier than was anticipated, although the majority of draughts-players unquestionably thought that the Border Champion hau taken too much in hand in bearding the young , Edinburgh player It was Brown's first match for a stake, and that doubtless partly accounts for the loss of five out of the first fen games contested. After thit he held his own; but the lead Jordan got in the. first two days' play was such as to extinguish the hopes of even the most sanguine of Brown's supporters. The match all' through from its inception was conducted in the most friendly and agreeable spirit; and at the : presentation of the stakes, a purse ; was made ; up for i Brown, ,to which . the Jordans were most generous contributors., It was mentioned during the match that young Stewart, of Kelty, intends shortly to have another tussle with Jordan. But that and the other probable contests spoken of will, of course, remain. in abeyance till after the Scottish National Tournament, in which Stewart will compete. It is doubtful, however, whether Jordan' will enter; he had hard practice and preparation for the lata match, and is inclined to rest upon his oars in the meantime." # , The following shows -the ending of the third game: Black men on 2, 5; 7, 9,11,12,13, 20; White men on 14,18.19, 22, 26, 27, 28,30. Brown to play., 11—18 , 12—16 2—ll 22—15 27—St ' 18—16 19—15 20—11 15— 8 24-27 25 -21 9-14. 16—19 7—lß -24 26—22 31—26 B—3 3026 14—10 18—14 6—9 15—10 i 14—18 20-24 16 -20 9-18 22— 23— 10—6 27—20 10— 7 White wins. J,; • Ac. Fourth game positionßlack men on 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9,11,13; White men on 17,18, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 32. Jordan to play. > B—l2' 24—20 • 3— T 7—lo 9—14 6—14 28-24 10—15 23—19 32-28 18— 9 22-18 7- 10 27- 24 n,, ~;H

At this point time was called on Jordan. The game proceeded 14—17—14, 10— 21—14, Ac. The following shows the ending of the firs' " Double Corner" played :—Black men on 2, 3, 6, 10 12, 13, J4; White men on 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30 Bla,ck to play' 2— 7 18-15 12-19 2—6 19—15 8-11 16— 10—20 23—16 31—27 11- 7 1— 7-16 16-11 10-14 6-1 15-10 11—16 22 -18 20—24 26—22 27-23 7— 3 6—l 14—17 11— 7 27-31 1- 5 10- 6 16—15 21— 7 24 -27 - 2 23-19 3-8 .' 1—( 3—lo 19-16 6- 9 16—11 6— 1 22—1!

rind after 14—23, 19 -'20, Brown resigned.

The en>lin? of the " Denny," won by Brown after a splendid display of strategy on both sides. Black men on 1, 4, 14, king on 26 ; White men on 12,13,19, king on 2. Black (Jordan) to play' * 26-23 7— 3 17—21 30—26 26—30 22-26 19—16 15—18 13— 9 6—l 12— 8 . 11—16 23—18 3— 7 21—25 -22 30-25 21—25* 15-11. 1-5 (*- « 1— 6 8- 3 3—B 14—17 7-10 25—30 23-26 25-21 *-18 11- 7 18-23 • 2— 7 7—ll 6—lo 14—21 18—15 10-14 , Brown lost.

. * This allows three for two, but the position looks a loss for Black in any case. ; . ; j

' The widow of ex Speaker Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, says that when -in Washington Daniel Webster often visited her husband, and that they would play the dreary games of draughts steadily hour after hour, sometimes till after midnight.— Pittsburg Despatch. • Mr.. J. T. Denvir, publisher of the American Checker Keview, will publish in book form the fames played at Pittsburg and Chicago between 'reman and Reed. The Forsyth-Kelly games for the Canadian championship will also appear in pamphlet form. About the middle of October the death was announced of Mr. E. A. Johnston, who occupied a prominent position in the draughts circles of Liverpool. During the palmy days of the Liverpool Draughts Association beheld the Coward Challenge Cup against allcomers for seven terms. This achievement, says the Glasgow Weekly Herald, "placed Mr. Johnston little below the bent." He died rather suddenly and at the early age of 27. " Switcher's" reference in the Glasgow Evening Times to Mr. J. Little as " ex-champion of New Zealand," has aroused the slumbering ire of that gentleman, who characterises the statement as "a little too previous, as no one, to my knowledge, has ever claimed the honour of being the draughts champion of New Zealand," and the statement that J. Paterson. who some time ago resigned : the championship of Australasia, is also a' little too previous, and as a simple matter of fact whoever told ' Switcher' so, founded his information on humbug, contemptible clap-trap and fiction; as J. Paterson never had the draughts championship of Australasia to resign; the title having been held'by the undersigned since be won it at Dunedin, in January, 1885.' In the interests of the game of draughts, and in the - interests of ' truth ' and fair play, I offer a volume of the ' Draughts Board' as a prize to ' Switcher,' or the first enlightened scribe, who will forward to a legal referee a written statement of facts to prove that my claim to the title has become invalid."