DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10836, 20 August 1898, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 962..;' Position:-B!ack men on 21, SO, awl 27; .White man on 29, kings on 17 ami !S. ■'■ •... ,c i 2S-3» 17-13 25-30 29-25 30-20 25-22 27_31 White wins, PROBLEM No. 964. (By G. HIED. From the Draughts Flayers' Weekly Bulletin.) . WHITE.

BLACK. Black to move and win. freedmanvTbattersby. The following is a selection of the m-ro interesting of the end games:FIEST GAME.-Openmg moves;-9-14, 22—1/. 11-15, 25-22, 8-11, 17-13, 5-9, 29-25, 4-8. Position: -Black men on 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 12, 14, 16. White men on 13, 21. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31. 32. White (F..3dman) to play. Continuation:— 23-11) 20-23 10-15 3-7 21-14 10-10 16—IS 1-5 10-10 20-22 11-10 23-0 22-15 30-20 21-15 14-17 22-17 12-10 11-18 7-' l White Win*. SECOND GAJIE.-Po3ition:-Black men oil 1 6 9, 10, 14, 27; king. 15. White men on 13, 17, 21, 29, 30; kings on 7, 8. White (Battersby) to play. Continuation 8-12 31-27 7-2 15-10 21-14 23-19 15-19 8-11 1- 22-18 29-30 2-20-25 10-15 20-22 23-2,1 25-22-19-10 27—31 11-18 10-15 17-14 27-23 18-15 12- 14-23 311-20 in— 22-17 9—IS And Battersby resigned. SEVENTH GAME.—Position:— men on 1 2 3 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 20. White men on 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32. White (Freedman) to play. Continuation: 31-27 10-15 23-18 '20-24 11-20 7-10 0-9 13-0 14-23 32-28 18-11 23-12 17-13 1-10 27-18 White wins. * Trapped! 15-19 would have been better. NINTH GAME.-Positiom-Blnck men on 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 19, 20. White men on 8, 18' 22, 27, 28, 30, 32. Black (Battersby) to play. Continuation:— 12-10 19-41 7-11 3-12 12-10 22-20 8- 4 (jO-23 2S-24 18-14 "22-18 3- 8 2- o—lll 10-15 10-10 15-22 20—:1 27-23 32-27 4- S 23- 7- Drawn " 7-3 would have won. Mr. 11. N. I'illsbury has promised that on his way home from Vienna ho will spend somo days in London, and will contest some games of draughts. , The Now York Clipper is responsible for the announcement that when Mr. Richard Jordan comes to Australia, Mr. If, Mai', of " Bristone," will play him a match. A Striking Game.-The Minneapolis Journal has the following to say about a pugilistic encounter occurring during a game of draughts:— enterprising morning paper accuses our old friend M'Guire of striking an opponent on the nose while playing a game of draughts, breaking that appendage and thereby creating hard feelings. All this occurred in the Windsor, one of our most popular hotels. The sporting editor of the said paper should be careful how he thus lightly treats the greatest game on earth. Perhaps Mac was trying to crown a man, and in his enthusiasm reached too high; or it might bo for a moment he imagined ho was playing billiards and cannoned on the wrong cushion; or the extreme brain activity may have engendered the same feeling in the muscles. At any rate, the nose was broken, which we regret; but it iB a matter of public anxiety that anything should occur to break up the game, 'lite Journal has always advocated enthusiastic draughts, and to avoid further catastrophes of this character we would suggest that vigorous players use a wide board or play with very soft gloves."