DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12859, 6 May 1905, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1312. Position :—White kings on 19 anil 23, man on 17; "Bluet kinjf on 28, men on 20 and 21. \Wiite to

lii) If 2'1—21, then SO—lfi, ami"White wins. I'ROI'.LKM No. 1314. [',v Mr, ,1. P. UItKY, Washington). HI,A CK.

WHITB. Black to move and draw. The following was the final game in the match between A. Jordan ami 1). C. McKelvie for the London Championship Cup.

THE ANCIENT GAME. The third day'.* play at the late Scottish championship tourney was opened by Bailie Willox. In the course of his remarks he related his experience with the late " Herd Laddie," and made humoroua comment on the disaster that befell hint. He concluded with the following original stanzas: — Fur back into the book of Time We scan tin- world'* history o'er, Anil find in classic, prose, and rhyme The checker" mentioned o'er an ! o'er. 'Twas, then, 'tis now, a kingly game, Where brain and thought supremely sway, And twine the laurel wreath of fame For he who claims the victor's piny. 'Twas played by monarch* by the Nile, lire Abraham had pitched hi* tent; 'Twas played in Babylon the while His children into bondage wen'. 'Twas played by .lonian's sacred stream, When Christianity si- vomit;; 'Twas played by monks in cloister dim, Ere superstition's knell watt nut;, We play it now where Clutha winds Her way polluted to the sea; Where Commerce reigns and Science finds Her temple purged of mystery. We play it for the power ii brings To brain and concentrated thought, Ami hail the halo that it flings O'er all the cares of lite unsought. At the conclusion of eight, days' play in the international match, Great Britain v. America, the score was:—Great Britain, '.7 wins; America, 28 wins; draws, 235. It is hardly to be expected that the remaining two days' play will make any considerable difference in the relative positions of the two team!', so that the Americans are in for a decisive beating. The average age of the members of the British team is 35, and that of the Americans 42 years. The championship tourney of West Australia has just been concluded and won by Mi. A. .1. Gardiner, who defeated the runner-up, " Mr. March," with the score of 2 wins against 1 will and 4 drawn games.

l»iav ami win. 23—20 17—14 5— 1 10—1". 22—20 27—32 21—2."> 32—2Sii 28—24 21—28 28—24 24—27 26—30 11— •> 1— li 15— IS 20—31 23— l'l 2'.— '»l 28—24 21— 28—21 21—28 27—31 J'i—23 — (1—10 18—22 31—27 10—13 28-32 21 —28 28- 21 24—28 28—21 \V. wins.

OAMK No. CH2 " Double Corner." Black", ,MrKf!v>; While, .Ionian. • P— 7—11 2— Til —IS 15—1!' 7—10 22—in 2:'—17 2li—23 —2.'! 24—15 24—15 ii— o— :> i— is—22 in—in lis—lit 18—11 17—13 30—20 23—IS 21 — 18—li 8—15 — K 14— IS 12—IB 11 —It; W. 25—22 23—in 23—1-1 111—12 2."—24 wins. (u) The weak,. .spot; the variation following is si router. :!— 7 23—14 11—15 27—IS 7—11 21—14 2(1—23 I—IS 32—2S S— 17—14 2— 1— 5 24—20 15—24 IS—15 10—17 13— 9 2!'—25 15—24 28— III 11—18 25—21 U—13 14-18 2S_l:i IS23 21-17 18—22 31—27 / Draw.