DRAUGHTS.
SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 974. Position: -Black men on 3, n, 13,1MM1; White men on o, 12, 18, -*■< "• move and drnw. _ „ , n 6- 1 25—30 11- 7 13-17 26-19 25-M 21-25 15-11 i- 17Z22 £« »-» gziSVe £& n - 16 Lis 25—22 15-19 . , Drawn. Variation 1. . 13-17 18-14 21—25 10- 7 30-2= 15-18 24-18 17-21 1- 3-° 12- 8 g_ 3 30-26 14-10 25-o0 5-15 2>-2Z B- 3 Drawn.
PROBLEM No. 976. (BY JOHN L. IVES.—From the Bristol Mercury.) BLACK.
Wliite to move and win.
AN INTERESTING ENDING. (By J. A. BOREHAM.) POSITION:—BIack men on 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, 18; White men on 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32. Wllito to move; what result? „ . . , A 44 Dundee" ending, from the British Draughts Player, p. 178, played between Messrs. J. P. Bell and 1). A. Brodie about eight years ago, when it was published in the Otago Witness, and clipped from it to British Draughts Player by Mr. F. Tescheliet, who gives it to show a neat ending. Mr. Boreham, in the Oamaru Mail, gives the position *s a prize problem, and the following play is published as the. solution:— 26-23 7-10 7-16 22-18 26—30 30-26 18—25 12- 8 22-26 20-16 11- 7 8-3 30-26 30—25 24-20 27-24 10-15 19-23 25-30 22—17b 26-31 12- 8 7-10 10-19 26-22 13-22 16-11 24-19 14-17 23-16 12-16 8- 3 31-27 16-12 21-14 4-8 19-12 15-18 19-16 23-26 18-19 16-19 10-14 3- 7 25-22 8- 4 12- 8 &— 23—19al 18-23 16-12 Drawn— Bruce. (a) This corrects B.D.l 1 . game, where 32—28 loses.—Dr. Ed. O.M. (b) B—3 . 3-7, 19-12, 24-6, 21-14 , 25-28, 11-16, 15-19, 14-17, 18-11, White wins.-H. Bruce. Mr. M'Kenzie, Elderslic, gives this:— (1) 32-28 8- 3 24-:0 21-14 11- 8 23-19 7-10 22— 15-24 18- 22- 7 16-12 12- 8 23—19p 8- 6 19-15 20-16 19-15 30-25 26-31 22-18 31-27 7- 3 4-8 22-17 - 8 28-19 15— 8-4 3-7 13-22 25—22 14-17 27-23 Black wins, (c) This corrects Brodie and Bell's game in the British Draughts Player, where 25—30 draws.
(d) K. Bruce gives tile play to here, then goes 20—16, but finishes the same. Mr. Bruce's play as shown, with a fow variations, is the best solution received. (e) 3—3g, 26-31, 23-19. 25—22, 24-20, 15-24. Same as variation 1 at sixteenth move. (f) 24-19, 15-24, 8-6, 14-17, 21-14, 28—27— Black wins.
(g) 24-20 . 26—31, J— 25-22, 28-24 . 31-27, 22-18, 8-3, 27-23, 19-16, 23-27, 16—7. 15-19. 24—6, 17—Black wins; or. instead of 24—20, take the following:—3—' 15-18, 7-16, 18-27, 24—19, 27—Black wins.-Boreham.
A New York Clipper comment.—"So Jordan is going to Australia, Wo hope that he can see his way clear to return by way of the States ; we can assure him a hearty welcome, and it would give the game an impetus which would be of lasting benefit" A subscription for the benefit of Robert Martins, the celebrated Scotch player, has been started in Glasgow. Mr. Martins is 80 years old, nearly blind, and almost deaf. His wife has been bedridden several years, and his daughter has been unable to do much for the lamily support because her eyesight is defective. It lias generally been understood that 1870 was the first authentic date for the publication of a game at draughts played without sight of the board. In the Bristol Mercury, however, Mr. J. A. Kear (who has succeeded Mr. F. C. Collins as the draughts editor of that paper) points out that a blindfold game was published in a small American treatise, " Sweet Elements of Draughts," so far back as 1859. Our game has a soul in 't, nao question 0' that, An' a man t' excel needs a head in his hat: For patience an' foresicht; an' cunnin' an' skill: An' strategic smeddum an' resolute will, A' finely enthused wi' the devotee's lowe, Maun meet, an' hand coort in the draughtsplayers' pow; An' mair; the Aul' Adam he sae maun suppress, As to modestly win, or lose wi' good grace.
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