DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13925, 5 December 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1499. Position:— men on 1, 3, 4, 12, 13, kings on 19 and 25; White men on 7, 8, 10,, 14, 20, kings on 11 and 32. White to move and win. • 10— 6 32-27 27—23 20—16 11—7 7— 1-17 3-10 19—26 12-19 4jrll

White wins.

PROBLEM No. 1501. • (By Mr. XV. Gbibbins Adams, Auckland.)

White. White to move and wiin.

LEYS INSTITUTE DRAUGHTS CLUB

At a committee, meeting of the above club last week the prizes won at the recent tourney were presented by the president to the successful com- ! petitors, via:, Messrs. McClellandl and- Elliott and Master Neil Smith. In connection with .the championship, held during the year, in which there were some games left unplaced, the committee decided to award the second prize to Mr. P. Naughton, he having the next highest number of points to his credit. It was also resolved to negotiotc with Home authorities re purchasing a book on restricted play for guidance in carrying out future tourneys. The club will be in recess lor the summer months, opening again in February or March. . Game No. 906.— Defiance." . ' Br Mr. J. F. Burt, Los Angeles, in the Pittsburg Dispatch. 11-15 8-11 3- 7b 13-17 25-30 32-27 25-19 24-20 26-22 21-14 2/-23 I—s 9_14 15-24 9—13 10-17 20-24 27-13 27-23 28-19 18-9 19-16 9-5 17-14 7-11 11-15 8-11 12-19 24-27 18—9 22-18 32-28 30-26 c 23—16 5-1 ,5-14 15-22 15-24 11-20 17-21 27-321 15— 25-9 28-19 31—27 d 16—12e 26—22 —14 6—9 I—s 7—lo 30—25 Black 29—25 22—18 22—18 12— 8f 22—17 wins. 11_15 4_ 8 5—14,21—25 10-15 . 25— 20-16 18— B—3 3—B . (a) 24—20 is better here. (b) In the international match at Boston this position arose several times, R. Jordan being the only one to adopt 3—7, winning his game from W. G. Hill. A. Jordan played 2—7 here to a draw in the same contest twice. (c) Hill went 22—18, 11—20, 18—15. Instead of 18—15, play 30—26 and draw. (d) This looks like a loser,, although the old Anderson draw is given in most text books after 31—27' here. J. Maize disputed this being a. loser.; /.■■>''''< (e) The B.D.P. stars 26— 22 to draw./ Maize says that 16—12 draws here; however, Black wfns against either. (0 26—22h 10—15 B—3 3—B . B—ll Black 21—25 12— 8 30—26 15—18 26—22 wins. 22-17g 25-30 ■■■■■• • (Z) 27—23 30—25 18—15 16—11 11—15 20—24 25-30 23-19 23—16 6—l I—s Black 23-18 26-23 15- wins. O) ' ■ '• 27-23 25-30 12— 31-27 18-15 ,16—19 21-25 26-23 26-31 8- 3 23-16 3— 8 23-19 30-26 23-18 27—23 15— 6 19—15 Black wins. (1) Maine's draw after 27-31, by I—6, 2—9, 3—7, is pretty, but, alas, the above wins. (J) Black crowns and forces White kings back, leaving an open field to crown piece on square two. '■ "» ''".'- The. following is from the Northern Weekly Gazette Extract from a letter received by L. .J. Oates, Sunnyfleld. Guisborough, from a friend at Montreal, Canada : " I went to New York last Easter, and when I was there I went Into a museum and saw one of the strangest things I have ever seen. . It was a waxwork man dresse I up as a Moor, and on his knees was a draughts board. You paid five cents to play a same v. th him, and he played just like an ordinary human being. The attendant pushed nwords through him to convince us there was no living man inside. It was a ridiculous thing to be playing with a waxwork man woo could neither talk nor, reason. He played the game properly, though.' and took off his opponent's men, and crowned them. Of course, I tried to see-what he would do if I cheated, so I took off two of his men, whereupon he immediately lifted up his silly old head and stared me in the face until I put them back again. If you started cheating a lot he cleared the whole board with his hand, or, in other words, 'took his bat home.* " It has been arranged that the next championship of Victoria will take place aI; Easter, which is to be played on the single knock-out system, and Is to be open to all players who have been resident in Victoria for six monthn. Each round is to consist of six games on restricted openings,drawn from "Robertson's Guide," and not less than two games are to be contested at any one sitting, iln the event of .a tie in any round, both sides of drawn openings are to be pi aye 3, and the first win is to decide.