DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14133, 7 August 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 1534. Positionßlack men on 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 15, 18, kin# on 28; White men on 5, 7, 10, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, king, on 6. White to play and win. :

26—22 27—23 10— 6 9—14 18-25 19-26 1-10 3-10 • 19-16 6-9 17-14 14—14 # 12—19 28—19 10—17 White wins.

PROBLEM No. 1536. (By R. D. Yates.)

White. Black to move and win.

AN AMERICAN PRODIGY.

New York draughts circles have a remarkable infant prodigy in Leslie Fox, aged 7. Tn« f llowing is the score of a game played with M . Daniel DrißColl, the champion of the . Gratton, Checkers Club. It'was originally published in the Checkers' World.

Black, Leslie , Fox; White, Mr. Drifscoll. GAME No. 925. Waterloo.", 11-15 25-22 20—16 16—20 23—18 9—14 12—19 24—27 B—ll8 —11 26—23 :• 23-1 30-25 18—14 .3— 8 14—18 23—30 9—lß 31—26 16—11 20— 24-19 15—18 B—l2 30-21 15—24 22—15 11— 7a 16—32 22— 8 • 11—27 15—19 12—16 4—ll 32—23 7— 3 32—27 28—19 5— 9. 19—24 16—19 11—15 ■ 24—20 3—. 7 27—32 . 27—24 10—15. 10—15 19—24 6— 19-10 7-11 32-28 21-17 6-15 15-19 . 24-27 7—ll - 13— 6 , 11—16 28 —24 1713 I—lo 18—23 , 27—32 2— 6 .

And the game was drawn. (a) White seems to have a good game. (b) Now White is playing for the draw.

The Scottish Draughts Association have sent a challenge to the English -Association for the paying of an international at Glasgow, commencing on Saturday, January 1, 1910, and. continuing on the following -Monday and Tuesday. . - At a meeting of the executive of the knglisn Draughts Association, held in Southport on April 17, it was proposed that play in a. tourney for the amateur draughts championship of Englan should be begun next November, the entrance fee to which should.be one shilling; that the play should be in sections or divisions at sundry centres; that the final stage should be^ contested at a named centre, and at the tastertide of 1910. The proposals were approved, by the executive, and it was agreed that they. should be submitted as recommendation for consideration at the next general meeting of the association.