DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9635, 6 October 1894, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

. PROBLEM No. 760. (By Gunner D. Mitchell, R.A., Campbellpore, India.) Black.

White. White to more and draw. CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW ZEALAND. Three more of the games played between Messrs. Boreham and Brodie :— " Fife." Eighth Borehara's more.

I (a) OS the books. 1 (b) If 19-23, 21—17, 22—13, 14-9, 5—14, 6—9, and White wins. (c) If 27—23. 21—17, same as at note b. (d) An interesting game. "Maid o' the Mill." Ninth game—Boreham's move. 11—15 9-18 15—22 1-5 22—25 30-26 22—17 21—17 23—18 32—27 c 29-22 22—18 B—ll 10-15 7—lo 9—14 21—25 3— 8 17—13 20—23 24—20b 18— 9 23-19 31—22 15— 18-22 5— 9 5—21 25—30 11—16 23—14 25-18 27—23 30—26 26-23 Boreham wins. (a) Forms the opening—Boreham's nomination. (b> 27—23 would have drawn, (c) 18—14 is stronger. "Maido'thb Mill." Tenth game—Brodie's move. 11—15 11-15 al— 6 10-17 25-30 23-28 22—17 28-24 25—22 19— 3 2:)—16 19—15 B—ll 4— 8 18—25 11—15 12—19 5— 9 17—13 23—19 29—22 27—23 24—15 10— 6c 15—18 8— 3— 7b 15—IS 18-23 26—30 23—14 19—10 23—19 23-14 15—10 6— 2 9—lß 0-15 14—18 6— 9 30-25 30—25 26—23 30-26 21—17 13— 6 28-24 31-27 10—14 7—lo 18-25 2—lß 25—22 25—30 24—20 26—23 17—14 32—28 21—19 27—24 Drawn. (a) New move; leaves the books.—D. A. B. (b) 11—16, 20—11, 15-18, etc., would only draw, (c; If 10—7, Black wins by a neat shot: 22—18. " Bristol." Eleventh game - Brodie's move. 11-16 IK— 12—19 9—14 5—14 25—22 24—20 23—16 22-18 18— 9 Brodie now played B—ll, but, as previously explained, Boreham did not see the move made, and sat waiting for his opponent until "time" had expired, and he lost the game by default. The result is unsatisfactory in itself, but is rendered more so by the fact that Brodie, during the last three minutes of "time," appeared to be studying his game, and has been charged with having done so for the purpose of maintaining his opponent's error.—Otago Witness. Mr. J. G. Blakey writes in reference to the notes by Mr. Brodie appended to the " Fife" came given last week :—With a view to creating a little mild excitement in draughts, I send you the following play on Mr. Brodie's Black win given in Var. d in the " Fife" game published in last Saturday's issue. If Mr. Gunthorp could give Mr. Brodie's extended play, showing how Mr. Brodie gets his win it would be more satisfactory, aST:, and no doubt others, would like to see it. " Fife." 11—15 9—14 12— 26-30 1— 6e 19-15 23—19 25—21 19—12 2-5— 24—19 23—19 o—l4 7—ll 22—20 30-26 11-10 15—10 22—17 20—23 31-15 23—1!) 20-11 6-15 6— 9 18—22 10—26b 2— 7d 8—24 13— 9 17-13 80—25 17—10 19-10 2S-19 19-23 14-18 15—18 a 6-15 7—14 26—23 25—22 21—17 24-20 27—23 32-28 Drawn. (a) This move allows the draw. (b) Mr. Brodie's play stops here with Black wins. (c) I can find no win after this move. (d; Is there anything better? I think not. (e) 22-23 no better. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 758. 26—22 10— 7 18—14 27—23 3—lo 23—16 17—20 I—lo 10—17 White wins, [In the problem as published a White king appears on 25 instead of a Black one.]

Mr. Martins, the ex-champion of the world, recently paid a very successful visit to Liverpool, where he played a total" of 77 games, winning 52, drawing 24, and losing I. A correspondent of the Liverpool Weekly Mercury remarks that the players whom he met were hardly prepared for the ease with which he beat them, and that, too, upon their favourite openings. As for neat and scientific finishing, they had never before seen anything to equal it. They were delighted with the p.etty strokes and unexpected manicures with which the veteran wound up game after game, and thev were so much entertained by his display of skill that they were unanimous mi inviting him to pay an annual visit to Liverpool. A correspondent of the Bishop Auckland Chronicle discourses at great length on the form of the game of draughts which was played by the Welsh in the eighth and ninth crnturie%. He has found that the game was then played with 16 White men opposed to 1 Black kin;; and 8 White men ; and he amies that the game must have closely resembled the Turkish game of the present day, the 16 White pieces occupying two rows of a board of 01 squares, and the Black king being regarded as equivalent in value to 8 men.

11—15 23—14 11—10 10— 1 25—22 20-23C 23-19 16-28 19-15 8—11 10-6 6-10 9—14 27-11 i— 7 1—0 26— 22-17 22-17 8—16 26-22 11—10 14—10 2- 6 5— 9 32—27 10-10 6—10 19—23 7—31 26—23 9—18 22—17 18—22 10— 7 20— 1 8—11 24—19 7—11 24—20 23-27 31—28 17—13 15-24 25-21 10—19 7— 3 10— 6 3— 8 23—19 19—23 17—14 31—26 14—10 25-22 4—8 27—24 22—20 3— 7 6—15 11—10 80-20 23—20 3.3— 9 27—32 20—22 29-25 7—11 31—22 25—30 7—10 15-19 1— 5 17—14 18—25 9— « 32—27 23—16 22—17 10-17 14—10 30—25 10—14 20—lid li-18a 21-14 11-18 6- 2 Drawn.