DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11229, 25 November 1899, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1027. Position White king on 22; men on 23, 27. Black king on 16, men oil 13, *1, 23-18 27-24 14- 9 5- 1 \ l ~l }p 6 16-19 15—11 8-11 f-ll 19-6 V2 10 14 24—19 9—5 I—6 o— l4 . 19=15 11- 8 11- 8 And White wins. SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1028. Position:— men on 1, 4, 5. 9, 12, 20. 25, kings on 9. 26; White men on 6, lb, li. *>• 22, 27, 28. kings on 10, 11. 17-13 18-14 11-8 28 24 16-19 £3 & 7—23 ti &£ 19—26 I—l 9 12—16 WUISPROBLEM No. 1030. (By S. J. BUSH. From the New York Weekly Tribune.)

WHITE. White to play and win. Mr. Thomas Cowie contributes the following WylHe-Ferrie match game and notes to the Liverpool Weekly Mercury. In his notes he shows that the game was not lost by a move which Wyllie called a " stupid" move. GAME No. 341-"Second Double Corner." Wyllie's move 11-15 1- 5 12-16 16-19 14-17 24—19 9— 6 10— t) 23—16 7—2 15-24 2- 9 16-19 12-19 17-22 28—19 23-18 6— 2 30-26 27-32 8-11 10-14 4- 8 21—25 22-18 22-18 18-15 2- 6 26-22 31-26 11—16 14-17 8-11 25-30 IS— l ® 25-22 29-25 6-10 22—17 2-7 16-20 17-21 19—24 19-24 14-17 22-17 25-22 10-14 18-23 7-10 9-13 9-14 3- 8 30—25 17-21 17-14 15-11 14-18 17-14 10—14 10-17 7-25 8-12 25-22 21—25 21-14 27- 9 18-14 14-10 14-18 6-10 5-14 11-16 22—17 a 25—30 14- 9 22-17 14-18 10- 7 25—22 5-14 13-22 24-27 17-14 lute 18- 9 26-10 32-23 23-27 wins. (a) This is the move described by Wyllie as a stupid move. He also said that 24—23 would have drawn easily. j (b) The losing move. Black draws by 18-15; then, if 2-6, 24-28, 6-9 15—18. and the game is drawn. If 2—7, 24—28 (not. 18), 26-23, 20-24, 23-19, 15-18. 7—ll. 18— 11-16, 23—26. and the game is drawn. If 2—7. lb— then 32-28, 24-27, 28-32. 27—31. 20-2o 18-27. 32—23 20—24 . 23—27, 24—28, 27—32 , 31—26 , 7—ll. 26-23, 11-15, and White wins. Black can draw also by 24—28. An interesting match lias just been arranged between Mr. Lionel Benson, the noted London expert, and Mr. Harry Pillsbury, the chess master. The match, which ib for a substantial stake, will be decided by the r,laver who first wins two games, and lias been arranged by Mr. Jas. Hill, the author of Hill's Manual" and other well-known draughts works, and who is a great admirer of the talented American. . , \ curious quibble was raised 111 a match i between Messrs. Holmes and Currie, for the i championship of Stirlingshire and a stake. . Play went oil all right for the first two nights, ! but the next night a deadlock occurred j through the obstinacy of Mr. Currie. He had reached his opponent's crown head before one i of his men had been captured. The result, was that his opponent could not crown the , mail. The referee. Mr. Crookston, was appealed to. and he said that Mr. Holmes should crown with one of the spare pieces, or that the crowning should be postponed until one of the pieces had been captured. This ruling Mr Currie refused to be bound by. claiming that it was not in Anderson's rules The match, however, subsequently proceeded, the ridiculous contention of Mr. Currie would be equivalent to maintaining in chess that a pawn may not be queened because the queen of the same colour was still on the board. As to the copyright question in regard to draughts or chess match games, Lord Watson said, ill a deebion hearing on the subject: " The retention of the author's right depends upon its being either matter of contract, or an implied condition, that the public are admitted for the purpose of receiving instruction or amusement, and not in order that tV'V mar take a full note of what- they hear, and puh'ish it for their own profit and the information of the public at large." A we'l-tn-do bachelor in Aberdeen volunteered to teach a sprightly young widow the game of draughts, quite forgetting the fact that it was leap voar. " There now, it's your move Ye've ta'en a'c man onlv, and you're bound to take nnit-b-r " " Thank yon for the advice." said the widow; " suppose I take you then." Collapse of bachelor.