DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13722, 11 April 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1465, Position :— Black mm on 3, 5. 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 1?; White men on 12, 13,-19, 41, 22, 23, », 27Black to more and win. 7-11 15-- 18—2a',27—23': V; 24—27 . 12— Si*. 12—16 S— 3c 13—24 11—IS 3—12 18—IS 9—lß 3—7- 27—31 13-15: 14— '23-14 16—20. 16-19 a—Mb 25-50 7-11 .'" •' Black wins. ■ fa) 19—15. 3— 15-8. 16—19, 23— 14—32, 21—14. B. wins* • „ ~ (b) 25-14, 9-25,' 21-14, 25-30. . 27-23, »-2*. B. wins. - '„ ' ■' ■■ ._ '. „ "-^■ _ „ „ (c) 23-18, 25-30, 27-23. 30-25, 8-3, 25-22, 26 — B. v*lcs> ' PROBLEM No. 1467. (By Mb J. Mackenzie. Edinburgh.—From Sew- " . caste Weekly Chronicle.) , TiLA.t'S.. I ' -. ■

White White to move and win, SCOTT! CHAMPIO SHIP. In the semi-final round, between Ferric and Scott, Ferric should have won. but at a. critical ■Ufe he took the wrong move, as 1 let fan opponent escape with a draw: — ■ Black men on 2, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13. 17; SVhite men on, 14, 19, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31. Black (Scott) to play. 6-10 31-24 24-20 17-22 10~14 20-27 la— 23—23 10—14 25—22 20—16 22-26 9-3 27- 32 10-7 29-25 11-16 9-14 16-20 8-3 24-20 32-27 7-3 24-23 14-18 14-18 2- 3-8 23-14 27— 3— 2d---.>2 £J5 18—15 20-24 o—ll • 5— 1 31—27 11— 8 32-28 12 _16 15-19 6- • 11-15 20—11 27—32 7-10 28—32 7_16 19-23 9-13 15-13 14-10 .38-28 10-14 32-28 ■16—20 22-18 17-22 26-22 1- 5 13-17 26-17 2,-29 17—21 30-26 13—22 Drawn. 5— 9 28—24 14-17 23-27 18(1)15 - 22-25 CDMr. J. A. Kerr, jiui.. points out that Ferric missed a, win here as follows:— 18-14 16-11 10-6 15-10 24-20 s—l 2- 9 9-15 14— 9 11—16 5—14 M. wins. 20-16 1— 5 11-15 9-5 16-11 14-- 9 The following incident occurred during a match ployed between the Kilnlmrst and Harlshead Clubs, which goes to prove the composure of draughts players :—Whilst the match was m proKress a lid rushed in, crying the building was on fire This statement should have been sufficient to have caused an immediate pause, but not so with draughts players. On learning that the firemen had the conflagration in hand, the players kept close, to their games, but all at once, and to their discomfort, streams of water began to pour down from overhead, and swamped both them and their boards, when they reluctant were forced to remove their tables to a dry coiner of the room. The fire was eventuallygot under, without any fatal results.