DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13307, 13 October 1906, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION. OF PROBLEM No. 1337. ' Position White kings 011 7. 15. men on 20, 31; Black kings. .011 la, 30, men oil 22. 23. 15—18 1 21-25 6- 9 25—29 23-26 r 16—11 ■ 23-21 ' 21— 13-23 23—21 9—13 30—21 25—21 H— 7 21—2-3 23—30 7—lo 21—23 li— 29—25 • 21-17 . 7- 2?:•_ 10—14 20-16 25—21 17-21 25-29 17—21 2— 6 29—23 30-26 1014 21—25 1410 And White wins. PROBLEM No. 1339. (Br Fbaxk Drxsr.i BLACK.

WHITE. White to play and win. LEYS INSTITUTE DRAUGHTS CLUB. Considerable interest is being taken in the sealed handicap draughts tourney now in progress at the above institute. The entries numbered 26. The system adopted differ* somewhat from the previous tourney, each contestant in thin tourney playing two Rallies, all round with the players entered, wins counting one point and draws half a point. Thin mode of procedure has proved very satisfactory, interest being'maintained by draughts enthusiast's to the end of the tourney, and scouring a. good attendance each club night. The fol- , lowing are the scores at the end of the first week's play :— W. 1. W. L. Ash by ... 3 4 Mcintosh ... 2 6 Elliott ... %'t 6 Moves ... 3j. 2 Fielder ... 12 10 Norton ~ . 13V 7. Gootrau ... 5£ 6 N'immo • . 7 2 Goddard ... 3" 5 Rate)iff* 7} 5 Hill .... , . 2 I. Smith ... 9;, 0 , Johns ~.,1 1 Some is ... 7.-, 3 James ~ 22 Torrens *. b 6 Ludgaie 3 4 Wilson m 7\ 7 Mackay ( ... 19', 1 Williams -> , 7i 3 McLecd ' ... bf. 3 Game No. 789.—" Old Fourteenth." The undernoted game (jays the Manchester Weekly Times) was contested " blindfold" while watching the Crystal Palace firework?, between Messrs. Alfred Jordan and 11. I '. Shearer. " l.'ncle. Percy" endeavoured to officiate as umpire, with indifferent success:— Black, Mr. Jordan; White. Mr. Shearer. 11-15 11—18 7-10 9-13 7-10 14-21 23—19 a 17—13 26—23 32—28 So-24 23— 7 B—ll 7--11 3- 7c 17-21 9—14 11-181 22-17 21—20 31-26 19—15 d 22-17 19-15 4—B 2— 7 14—17 5— 8 5- 9 30—26 25—22 . 28-24 21—14 26—22 30—26e 24—19 15— 10—14 . 10—17 , 1— 5 21-30 9-14 22-15 29—25 23-14 24—19 26—23 27-24g Drawn. , (a) S.: Don't give away any nc->v play. (b) J. : It's all right. There are a. lot of old things that are given as new nowadays. (c) J.: The Americans take the two for two here, but I like this best. (d) S.: I really believe you've got a good game on yet. I suppose 26—23 loses? J. : Yes. I got a nice ending on that in a match for the London Cup with Lambert. (c) J.: I'm getting a bit hazy about the pieces now. (f) (At this point Alfred pot tangled, and wanted to move his king. Shearer appealed to " Uncle Percy" as to how lie should take a. "huff" blindfold. 1 T'.P. : Ask another conundrum. How can you huff a piece that ain't there? Better call it. a draw, and have a. look at tho shooting stars. (Alfred took the. piece, and the game proceeded.) (jf) S. : 1 think I won't crown just yet. (Drawn, with applause from the umpire.) For the New Yolk checker championship Charles Lawiou defeated the famous Dr. Schaefer by one win to one. with three drawn camea. Mr. 11. T. Smith. Chelsea, England, is * proline problem composer, lie published no less than .416 problems during 1905. and hn-., produced 49 during a single month, besides analysing game#, etc. In a recent newspaper discussion as to the most effectual method of proceeding'in order to make sure of getting away from" book " play, one correspondent advocated the removal of <i piece. —each player to remove whichever of his opponent's men lie passed. Another said that nothing of that kind was required: all that was necessarv , was "to half-turn the board so that tho double corner is at the left hand." On this second proposal Mr. Frank Dunne remarks in the Bradford Observer' Budget that • it. is altogether fallacious. "It- betrays a lack of knowledge that, to say the least, is very surprising. The placing of the ' double corner' of the board to the right or left of t,he player is Simply a matter of custom and it affects the combinations of the nieces -onlv .from 'an optical point of view- - . A numbered "'key' diagram s given in Dunne's ' Guide and Companion,' by the help oi which any game ill an English text-book can he played ocer on a board.- placed with the 'double corner' on the left hand."