DRAUGHTS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1665, 27 January 1904, Page 19

DRAUGHTS

(Communications to this column will be welcomed. All correspondence to be addressed. Draughts Editor. " New Zealand Mail") (Those forwarding games would oblige by placing record' of play in. four columns. Solutions of problems are invited.) SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No. 149.

PROBLEM No. 150. r i (By Mr Leggett, London.) i v •' Black.

i '■"'' ;/• White. »% Position:—Black .men on-2, 4,5; King, 27; White titeri, bn 11, 19, 28, 29. ' 1 White to move arid. draw.

"SINGLE CORNER." Black, Mr C. McKean (Sedgfield, County Durham); White, Mr Maddern (Cumberland). From the "Liverpool

(a) If 8...11, then 30-25; 11...20. 25—22; and Bliaclc wins. "CROSS." The following game from America was plowed between .Mr Charles Hefter and "The Terrible Swede." Mr Hef tar’s move:

(a) This is a very strong attack, although it is generally disregarded by the top Hoteliers. - ' <h) If 10—19, 14...10, 6—15. 25...22 and White wins.

A MODERN CHECKER, Ho was long, lank, and lean. In figure he looked like a Yankee, but in speech he suggested the flavour of a son of Jacob. Ho said he came from Montana, and was looking for a checker player. He could play a good game—in fact, he seldom got worsted. He was politely referred to Mr S. M. Morse, who resides somewhere on Church street. He found Mr Morse a,t his boardinghouse, and, .introducing himself, said ho had come to find a checker plriver, and_asked Morse if be could play with him. Ho »a,;d he Was himself a good player, and that though the Hartford man might win now and then a game off him., ho couldn’t hope to win “in the long run." Morse told him lie was not in practice, and lie had lately turned his attention. to chess. However, he iron 14 play a few games, if it woiild be an aocomniodiafcion. Tina Montana man had looked a good while for liis victim, and ho did not propose to let this on© off, and they went at it. Morse won the first game, and Montana spent the first five minutes in telling spectators how lie lost it. The Hartford man couldn’t, quite see it, but, for fear tho Montana/ man was "laying" for him, hie kept quiet-and let tho man from the West tell how lie ought to have done it. In a minute the Western man pulled' his face down, and his eyes assumed a serious look, and lie remarked, “Hev got to ’tend to biz," and he jumped two of Morse’s men, and the latter r etaliated by j lumping four of his. "That’ll be the last game you’ll get from me," said Montana, and Morse thought he wais going to see the Montana style of checkers. Not a word was spoken, but a shade of disgust doepened on Montana’s faos. "Skunked !" .he shouted 1 , and swept the men' frcini the board with a look of sheer disgust. r ‘There ain’t a man in our diiggiu’s that kin do that." At it they went again, and once more Montana vielded to the Yankee’s skill. "I never had such a streak of luck before,” said the Montana man, and not till he had lost eleven straight games did he surrender, and then he thought ha had had pretty hand luck. In bidding Morse goodbvo ha remarked, "It is the first time I’ve been taken down since I left Montana. Nobody out there could beat me." He came to Hartford! to- find a checker pilayer. He found him.—“Wallasey Chronicle.’’

At a recent blir.dfolLd exhibition there was a large attendance. Several ladies were present, and of course Kadi many theories to advance during the playing as to how it could be done. One of them knew that it was in the nature of a “spiritualistic seance.” All of which must have been highly appreciated by the pi aver when he was keeping in his mind the* ever varying locations of the pieces on eight checker boards. . Lanarkshire v. Stirlingshire.—This great match was fixed for the 21st ultimo. Players will be drawn from the following places in the county: —Oambuslang, R.utherglen, Bellshill, Hamilton, Burnbank, Larkha.ll, Lesmahagow, Motherwell, Lanark, etc. *

Bl'ack Ivin," oil 30; Black Men on 8, 12, 13: White Men on. 9, , 20, 21, 24. 8 11 6 2 11 15 18 27 34 19(a) 31 27 7 11 32 23 30 26 19 16 19 23 20 16 9 6 12 19 11 18 23 18 26 31 2' 7 27 32 And Black wins. NOTE. 9 6(a) 6 10 10 15 20 16 30 26 27 32 11-18 19 23 6 2 10 14 14 23 16 11 26 31 32 28 24 19 23 27 2 6 24 19 23 16 * 11 7 31 27 28 24 12 19 27 31 And Black wins.

Weekly Mercury*’* 11 15 8 11 - 3 10 26 30 22 18 24 19 27 24 (a) 8 12 15 22 6 9 ■20 27 30 26 25 18 19 15 32 23 12 19 12 16 4 8 10 14 1' 6 29 25 28 24 19 15 5 1 9 13 17 22 12 16 26 22 18 14 26 17 15 10 1 10 10 17 9 13 22 26 22 6 21 14 24 19 30 25 23 18 16 20 13 22 26 31 6 10 23 18 14 9 25 22 18 15 6 10 5 14 31 27 10 7 25 21 18 9 22 18 19 16 10 17 11 18 14 17 27 23 21 14 23 14 10 7 16 20 2 6 8 12 17 22 7 3 26 23 9 5 7 3 20 16 13 17 7 10 22 26 3 7 31 26 14 7 . 3 8 16 20 And th,ft ejame, wxs drawn.

11 15 (a) 19 15 3 19 11 7 23 18 11 18 27 24 18 22 8 11 22 15 1 6 25 18 27 24 10 19 24 15 23 27 4 8 24 15 2 7 32 23 23 19 14 18 23 24 19 26 9 14 ' 31 27 12 16 30 23 18 9 7 10 24 20 12 26 5 14 17 14 16 19 7 2 22 17 (11)10 17 20 16 10 14 15 18 21 14 8 12 Draw a, 26 22 6 10 15 11 18 23 14 7 7 10