DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11986, 7 June 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OP PROBLEM No. 1160. Portion--White kin* on 7. men on 13 14, 28, :• 29 30%; Black king on 31, men on 4, 5, 10, •/ : ' 12, '20, 23. ' 1 - ' '-■■"' ;29-25 17-56 20-27 4-8 12-16 16-20 ?oZI7 7—ll H-4. ' 4-8 ... B-rll-: 'M 28 . . And White .wins. PROBLEM-Ko. 1162. / > ' (By MB. W. D. BENSTEAD.) ■ - '•• - "■■/''"/ -BLACK/- : '. .;/ ..; '■

' ./v::.'.:■/• '■ V WHITB. .y". I , White to play and win.; / j j ';, ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIP. / | i Full individual scores of the contestants aro as follows: — ■*" ,„ r '_ - j ..-■■ : „ Played. Won. Lost.Drawn. | A. Cain ... ... :.. 21 5,.. 0 16.-; A. Hynd ' '... * ... 11 2 3 , 6 W. Gardner ... ... 19 , , 7, 2 10. ! A. Jordan ... .../23' 5 '. 1 ,17/: J. Alexander ;... ...11 12 a - ;T. Goldsboro ....... 11 --•: 3 ,3 .-, 5 J. Hynd, J*m ... ... 6 3/ ; 2 ~1 \ R. Atwell ... -' : :..'"-/ 6 0 -..ri- .5 f : \ H. Morrall ... ... 6 2 3 1 ' I. Brammer ;.";;.-/.'■ ;.. 5 : 0 .2. ■i j J. O. Moss 1-. ...-/-...,t. 5.:,; 1.-..---3 .--/r 1/| J. A. Kear ~,./... 4 , 9 3 1 P. F. Smith'::..; ; ;../- 4/ ; 0 4 0 j ; :'' '''lIST OF PBEYIOUS WINNERS. ~;: , ,■■///;/ Played 'at Manchester. J. ~ Smith, ■ . Spennynioor. .; ■■■'.'".:• '-..-,.':',-"•',.• ■; : Played at London. 11. Christie, Sunderi/ land; > ' ,■ - 1892—Played at London. ■ A. Jordan, London. .1898—Played at Liverpool. W. Gardner. Leeds. 1900—Played at London. A. Hynd, Manchester. / .// ' " J /■ . '.-,-.. MORE ENDINGS. .... •■ '. Plaved the first round: Black (W. Gardner) men on 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. 10, 11, 12/ 13. 14; White (P., F. Smith) men on 19. 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29/31/ Black to 'play/'";/" *,//..,:, 13-17 23-14/.., 11-16-. -7—30 / " 6-9 2-25 22—13 10—17 20r-ll 25-22 13- 6 29-22 : 14—18 - 21—14 r And; Gardner won. ' /" Played in the first rpu'nd. Black (E/Atwell) kings on 7, 14, men on 1, 2; White (J. Alexan- j der) kings on 8, 16, men on 5, 13. Black to play. '■■-■■ - ; /'. . ,-' 7—3 2—6 23-18 ; 10-14 18—14 - 9— 6 1 B—ll 19—24 , 23—24 13-: 9 15— ~, I—lo, 14—18 18—23 6-10 14-17 17—22 11-15. 16—19 24-23 '' 24-19 * 19-15 ; ~". , : ! . , And the game was drawn. Played in the third round. Black (W. Gard\ner) ' men on 1, 4, 6. •7. 9. 14, 20; White (A. !Hyrid) men on 12, 18, 21, 23, 27, 29, 31. Black | •to play. Gardner.could have drawn by. 6—lo, j but he played I—s, ! and lost'as" follows: — 1— 5 29—25 '/'""4—li''V/-8— 3y ' 5—9 / ; -2—6 , . 18-15 7—ll 12-8 15-18 7-2-10-15 | j 9—13 : i 15- 8 : 11—15 >y*3— 7 - 10 // 6— ' i; And Hynd won.■/ ■ / r Played in the third round. Black '(W. Gard- j I ner) men on 1, 2, 6, 7, 15. 20, 21; \ White (A. Hynd>nien on 5, 17, 22, 23, 30, 31. 32. ... Black to I play.. -;■ - ''--' /■.-.' / « : ~ ■».-•': ,|: " I ;6- 9 27—23' 25-30 ' 15—11" 19—26 7— 3; i i 23-18 19-26 15--11 ' • 6— - : ---» 10-17 23—18 ' I 7_ii 30—23 30—25 7—2 , 26—30. 13—9 ; '17-13 11-16 11-7 10-15 ■ 17-26 ■•'.'• 16-19'.-., 2— 6 .18-15 25-22 2- 7-., 38—23 ; 31-26 i 32—27 r 21—25 - '/ 18—15 , 15—19 ; 11—7 ."24—27 15—19 /"' 22—18 9—14 •■ 7—lo 20—24 ■ '"■■ I And Gardner won. I Played iii the fourth arid final round. Black h (A. Cain) men on 1/3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 20; White h (A. .Hynd) men on 12, 18, 21, 22; 26, 29/ 31, 32. Black to play:— t ■<■ ~i ; ,s' ■ ;- / r; i 10—14 - 32-28 28-19 fr 22—17 1 17-13 ,13- 6. '26—23 , 6—lo 15—24 24—28 10—15 15—22 , ! 20-24 '•'.- - ■<•-,,> ,// . ...,,-. / ■ ' ./'/.'?-/ ~ And - Cain , won. ,/,, / A very rich but uncouth man, being at a I dinner party, observed a rare dish on the j, table. He reached' for ' it, helped himself to 'jan enormous portion, and passed the dish to the .gentleman: on his right.- Hi» neighbour : looked at the dish, and at'his plate, and, thinking to rebuke him, said, " Pray, sir.' do j you play" draughts?" &*' Oh, yes, do," he replied. : " Then,: sir," - said the - gentleman, ; " I must hnn* you: yon have, not taken all ' there was to take." '../*'■/ ' . V..""-//■''.---:,--,* j i The Newark Sunday Call announces that Mr. W. T. Call, of Brooklyn, ; after going to | • considerable trontye and •. expense, has 1 sue- ] ceeded in securing' two ,woSB in the Turkish language treating npqn ' Turkish draughts. • j He is 'having them 1 translated f| and J hopes at a later -date to , furnish % the public with an /•account of their contents. : These should prove of great interest 'to 'all students of draughts history and to all draughts bibliographists. :.-■:'... ■ BOBS ■■■- - ' ■■ ' I ■