DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 13990, 20 February 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1510. Position :—Black men on 8, 11, 19, 23, 24, 25, kings on 26. 28, 29; White men on 14, 15, 18, 20, 31, 32. kings on 7, 17, 22. Black" to move ana win. 25—30 26- 23-30 28—19 7—16 1/ —26 16-23 18—14 29—25 30-- 24—27 19—15 22—20 23—22 31—24 Black wins. PROBLEM No. 1512. (By L. E. MOKLAN, U.S.A. End Game from " Single Corner.") atAox

White to play and win

WORTH KNOWING.

No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 11—15 11—15 11—15 9—13 9—13 9—13 23-19 22—17 21—17 21—17 23-19 21—17 a 6-11 I.B—ll c 9— 11—15 11—15 11—15 22—17 2.5—19 25—21 25—21 21—17 23-19 9—13 9-13 B—ll 8-11 B—ll 3—ll 25—22 25—22 23--19 23-19 25-21 25—21 And we now have the following situation, which is a loss for White:— Black mm—l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, T\ White men—l 7, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. Black to move and win. ds— 9 15—24 15—24 7—ll 2—ll 13-22 26—23 28-19 28—19 19—16 27-23 26—17 "-14 11—15 4— 3 12—19 6- 9 B—l2 24—20 32—28 30—25 23—7 22—18 31—27 Then 9—12, ami Black wins. (a) 9—13. 21—17, B—ll, 25-22. rosition (!>) 9—13, 25-22, B—ll, 23—19. Position (c) B—ll, 25—21, 9-13, 23—10. Position (d) Only move to win.—People's Journal.

"THE OLD DRAUGHTS BOARD." (By the Into John Hedley.) On the old draughts-board, once so fondly adored, With a l>arfiil eye I gaze; Come down, old liieud, for an hour we'll spend O'er a game of the bygone days. I play once more, «i« in the days of yore, To the moves that tasked the brain— To the lessons done, and the victory won, In the old house down the lane. Once more in their row* my brave men repose On thy mystic squares, old friend; And there warriors of mine, with the veterans of Tyne, In visions and science blend. And I seem to .'.land with the veteran band, To lint to their voices again. As they tell with zest of the games' played best In the old house down the lane.

Then our cares were few and our friends were true, And our griefs were rare and light; Then draughts was nought (so we fondly thought) But a fountain of pure delight. But it's glory hath sped, an-J time hath fled, With hopes we cherished in vain; And passed away are the grave and the gay From the old house down in the lane. But we'll sing no mnr- of the days of yore, For the tear-drop duns the eye; Reel on, old board, by the silken cord, As in days that, have glided by. Still memory shall trace, in thy checkered face, The records that cast no slain On deeds that were done, and victories won, In the old house down the lane.

The Seventeenth Annual Scottish Draughts Tournament was commenced on New Year's Day in the C.ty Hall, G'tisgow, and was continued throughout" the holidays-. It was being held under the same co iditions as was carried out last year viz, the Tie-Jordan restrictions, with the addition to 23—19 and 22—17 moves in reply to 11—15 add"d. . „ „ cellent, authority that, a, resident of Melbourne., Victoria is willing to provide £100 as half of. a purse for a match between Mr. D. R. Hay (recently on a visit to Dxinedin), of Melbourne, and any player in New Zealand, the New Zealander to "provide a similar sum. The match is to consist, of an equal number of both chess and draughts games." Mr. Alfred Jordan, the English champion, has been very successful in his exhibition play at London headquarters. He played 17 games simultaneously with the strongest players of the Wanderers, coming out with a score of 14 wins and 3 drawn games.