DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14531, 19 November 1910, Page 4 (Supplement)

DRAUGHTS.

PROBLEM No. 1602.

(By 0. H. Freeman.)

Black, 1, 2, 6,.8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18; White 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 32. • Black to mere and win.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM Nov 1599. ' Position :—Black men on 2, 3, 7, 10, 16, 17, 25, 26. 27 king on 23 White men on 11, 12, 13 14, 19, 21, 28, king* on 8, 9. White to play and • win. 19—15 7—14 23—14 3—lo 14— 5 2—ll 10—13 9—lß 11— 7 13— 9 21— 7 8—29 14—10 White wins.. The' above is the author's solution,', b:rt the following- play, draws: — 19-15 2—ll 19—15 26—23 16—20 24—27' 10-19- 8—23 24—27 4— 8 31—26. -26-31 14—10 17-22 15—11 23—18 20-24 27—32 7—14 28—24 27—31 8-11 26-31 31—26 9-18 16—20 11— 8 23—25 25-30 23-14 24—19 31—26 11—16 31—26 26-23 11— 7 20—24 8— 4 . 26— Drawn.' MR. JORDAN IN SYDNEY. The following game is regarded as the best win by a Sydney player against • the champion of England, because the winner played a sound game, and twice enticed the single player to make a losing move. Mr. Cantello drew several other games, and was much congratulated on •'is success. • Game No. 1009.—" Chicago Fife." Black, U. Cantello; White, A. Jordan. 11— 17—13 9—lß 29-25 10—14 28-24 23—19 1-5- 21-14 10— 19— 11-15 9-14 24—20(a) 10-17 25-22 12-19 27—23 22-17 - • B—ll 25—22(d) 17—26 24— 8 7—lo 5- 9 28—24(1)) 18—25 31—22 *—11 (g)2O-16 26-25 14 —17(c) 30-14 7-10(e) 13- 90) 14-18 15—18 23—14 6-10 32—28 3— 7 B wins. (Notes by W. M. Mills.) . (a) In another game Mr. Jordan played {instead of 24—20), —26; Mr. Cantello replied 811, then 19-15, 10—19,' 24—8, 4—ll, 28—24, 6—lo, and the game was ultimately • drawn, but I think Mr. Jordan failed to take. the strongest play for White, therefore would be glad if New Zealand players . would analyse 1 the position from this point, and publish result in the Witness. If that —10 draws it corrects a pamphlet published by Dr. Schaefer, where O. E. Welen v. W. Welsh played 3—B and White won. (h) This position can be brought up from the " Ayrshire Lassie," thus : 11—15 B—ll 9-14 5— 9 15—18 .1— 5 24-20 28-24 23-19 22-17 17-13 26-23 (c) Better than 4—B, which is more often played. (d) 25—21, 6—lo, 21— 10-17, 19-15,- 4-8, 24—19, 18—22 (2—6, W. wins), 30-25, 11—18, 25—21, B—ll, 21—14, 11-16, drawn.—Wyllie v. Robertson. . . (e) Mr. Cantello missed a win by 4 —B. (f) A second loser, 27—23 draws. (g) 9—6, 2—9, 20— would have prolonged the agony.— Witness.

A championship tourney was played recently in Cleveland, Ohio, and was thus described by the Cleveland —"Slowly, surely, and towards its somnambulent finish. The rooms of the - Checker Club, •in the Arcade, are wrapped in silence. Great hunks of qtiietude, lie about beneath the chairs and tables. Members all all day on pneumatic cushions and move the discs over the board. Every hour or so someone whispers, ' Crown that king', 1 or ' Checkmate'—if that's the proper thing to say in checkers when you're licked. In the grim silence that pervade* the whispers sound like rolling a ton of hard coal down a steel chutes When night fails, it sounds like dropping a tray of dishes 'on a gnll-room floor. Then, when the other arcade tenants Save gone home, the janitors steal around in rubbersoled shoes, gaxe at the frenzied contest- and go away murmuring their wonder. The members play far into the night, and go home racked *>7 the intenaeneea of the intensity.. The dinner of the tournament will lie champion of North western Ohio, and he will-have a gold badge to wear—to advertise to the world two things Msides his ability to play checkers—namely, his ability to keep quiet and - his ability to _ keep quieter." _ . In a recent issue of the Family Herald " Internationalist" (Mr. Allan Hynd) in -his; draughts column gives ; the following " puzzle :—Blacfe: Men, 1, 2, 3, 16, 21, 23; kings, 11, 17. White: Men, 5, 10, 13, 18, 29, 31. Black to play and win without allowing White to reach the " crown head." , '