DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1130, 27 October 1893, Page 11

DRAUGHTS.

EDITED BY • CHECKER.' The Editor of the Draughts Column will be glad to receive particulars of games played in the various clubs, and will publish selections from the same. Correspondence on the game is cordially invited, and will be carefully attended to. All communications must reach the Mail Office on or before Monday night. Address all communications for tbis column : The Editor, Draughts Column, New Zealand Mail, Wellington. REFEEENCE BOARD SHOWING THE NUMBERS OF THE SQUARES. At the commencement of a game the Black men occupy the squares numbered 1 to 12 ; the White Men those numbered 21 to 32. Black always moves first. BLACK.

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM No. 27. Black men on 1, 5,19; king on 29. White men on 30, 32; king on 3. Black to move and win.

The following note is appended to this position in Anderson's second edition: —Positions of this kind should be thoroughly understood, for the difficulty of winning such is more real than apparent. PROBLEM No. 28. By Mr Becstead. (From the Leeds Mercury Supplement.) BLACK.

WHITE. White to move and win. PEOBLEM No. 29. (From the Newcaatle Weekly Chronicle.) WHITE.

BLACK. Black to move and draw. THE HERD LADDIE. The following, from the Glasgow Weekly Herald, is the score of a game recently played in Glasgow between Mr Wyllie and Mr J. B. Menzies : 'Old Fourteenth.' Black, Mr Menzies ; White, Mr Wyllie.

And the game was drawn. A. Black has now a splendid position. B. 10 6, 110, 11 7,2 11, 8 6 draws, but Mr Wyilie, having now got clear of his difficulties, goes on, with his usual tenacity, to score a win if he can.

19 23 11 16 9 13 24 27 3 7 10 15 16 20 15 19 1 6 16 20 13 17 27 25 7 11 5 9 20 24 29 22 6 10 (1)20 16 17 22 32 28 B. wins. Var. 1. 20 24 15 18 32 28 29 25 9 14 27 31 22 25 28 24 24 27 18 22 30 21 25 22 B. wins.

11 15 25 22 4 8 4 8 22 17 12 16 28 24 23 27 8 11 22 17 13 9 8 11 17 13 7 11 27 23 27 32 4 8 14 10 18 15 12 16 23 19 11 15 31 27 22 26 15 18 31 26 15 11 5 9 24 20 16 20 24 28 26 31 9 14 27 23 B8 12 9 14 28 24 19 24 28 32 30 26 10 15 26 22 11 8 11 15 19 10 24 27 23 18 31 27 6 15 23 18 17 13 14 18 32 28 15 19 1 5 27 23 12 16 18 15 10 14 18 27 26 23 a27 31 27 23 32 23 8 12 15 11 14 17 16 20 24 19 19 23 9 14 23 27 15 24 10 7 17 10 15 19 28 19 23 27 18 22 27 32 18 22 7 3 13 9 20 24 5 14 27 32 32 27 26 31 19 15 . 3 7 9 5 24 28 11 18 32 27 23 26 31 27 20 11 22 18 30 23 10 14 7 16 20 24 27 18 27 31 29 25 7 10 5 1 14 18 3 7 24 28 21 25 31 27 21 17 11 8 1 5 18 15 14 21 28 32 18 23 23 14 8 4 8 4 16 19 32 28 " 25 30