DRAUGHTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1799, 29 August 1906, Page 51

DRAUGHTS.

(Com nnnications to this column will be welcomed. All correspondence to be addressed Draughts Editor, "New Zealand iviail.") (Those forwarding games would oblige by placing record of play in four columns. Solution of problems are invited.)

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM NO. 24.

PROBLEM NO. 25. (By "Amigo.”) Black.

White.. Black Men on 2,4, King 23: White Men on io, 16, 30, King 17. White to play and win.

GAMES

Mr H. N. Pillsbury the recently deceased American chess master was also a notable expert at draughts, and was in the habit of saying that either game was capable of affording an average man sufficient pastime and study for his lifetime. As an example of Pillsbury’e nlav the following gam© is contributed by Mr R. Atwell to the "Daily News.” Mr Atwell claims that Pillsbury’e feat in attaining a draw demonstrated a power of looking "at least forty moves ahead.” If this were the case, it demonstrates also that that player was certainly something much more than the "average man,” of whom he spoke in discussing the comparative merits of chess and draughts.

NOTES. (a) It was from this point that, as Mr

Pillebury stated subsequently, he clearly saw the whole course of his play for a draw.

(b) 13 9, 6 13. 19 16 would lose by 11 15, 6 12, 7 11, 12 8, ete.

The following games recently contested at Gateshead are reprinted by the "Australasian” from the "Yorkshire Weekly Post.”

And the game was drawn. (The "Bristol.”) Black—P. Thirkell. White—J. Cairns.

Preston ICetchum contributes to the "Newark Call,” some gossip concerning Billy Bowe, a one-time “scrub” player of New York, who, however, once won a game from the Herd Laddie, and whom Wyllie afterwards ' described as a "dangerous player.” Bowe is now a leading San Francisco exponent of draughts, and the following is a game he lost to Ketch um in a private match, the continuance of which was prevented by the recent earthquake.

WINNER'S 1 NOTE.

(a) During the winter Bowe had been looking over some of the latest works on the game, among them the games of the late R. D. Yates, and had evidently been following Yates’s lines, fo:% at the conclusion of thie game he said that I had beaten Yates's play. After remarking something to the effect that this was nothing unusual for me, 1 took another look at the game and found that Yates would probably have drawn something like this:

19 15, 15 11, 23 16, 32 27, 27 18, 22 18, 1 5, 16 19, 12 19, 19 23, 14 23. Drawn.

11 8 18 22 10 7 22 25 9 14 28 24 2 11 18 9 8 4 19 28 8 15 27 18 13 17 28 23 32 27 21 17 4 8 28 32 15 18 Drawn.

(The "Dundee.”) Black—Atwell. iW^hite —Pilksbury. 12 16 28 16 4 11 9 6 24 20 12 19 30 25 17 21 10 15 27 24 31 24 6 2 22 18 1 6 28 19 10 14 15 22 30 27 6 10 2 6 25 18 8 8 25 m 14 17 6 10 27 23(a) 10 17 6 2 29 25 ' 8 12 21 14 17 22 8 12 23 16 2 6 16 12 25 22 12 19 19 16(h) 22 26 10 15 81 27 6 10 12 8 21 17 18 17 14 9 26 31 9 18 22 13 5 14 8 3 17 14 15 81 13 9 7 10 16 19 24 8 14 17 8 7 And the game was drawn.

(The “Double Corner.”) Black—P. Thirkell. White—J. Cairns. 9 14 25 22 10 17 25 30 22 18 16 20 27 24 26 23 5 9 19 16 20 27 30 26 24 19 12 19 32 14 23 19 11 15 23 16 2 6 26 23 18 11 14 23 31 26 19 16 8 24 26 19 6 10 23 18 28 19 9 14 30 25 15 11 4 8 22 17 17 21 7 10 25 22 14 18 25 22 11 7 8 11 17 14 10 17 18 15 22 18 10 17 22 13 7 2 11 16 21 14 21 25 io 14 29 25 6 10 19 15 13 9 1 5 16 12

11 16 9 18 27 24 8 11 22 18 22 15 4 8 27 24 16 19 5 .9 31 27 11 15 23 16 25 22 13 17 32 27 (a) . 12 19 9 13 24 20 7 11 24 15 22 18 6 10 14 10 10 19 1 5 15 6 19 23 25 22 18 14 2 18 27 18 8 12 10 17 26 22 15 22 29 25 21 14 18 23 24 19 7 10 18 14 3 7 30 14 11 15 And the game was drawn. NOTE. (a) Or 20 16, 19 23 , 24 19 , 15 24, 28 19, 23 26, 32 27, 26 31, 27 23, 31 27 , 23 18, 27 24, 18 15, drawn. 24 27; and the game is

(The "Cross" ') Black—Ketchum. White—Bow©. 11 15 7 10 10 26 16 20 23 18 29 25 31 22 24 19 8 11 4 8 7 10 26 31 27 23 17 13 13 19 10 7 10 14 9 14 10 14 31 26 22 17 25 22 9 5(a) 7 2 15 22 8 11 2 6 26 22 17 10 22 18 32 28 18 15 6 15 11 16 6 9 9 14 25 18 18 9 22 18 2 7 15 22 5 14 14 17 22 18 26 17 30 25 19 15 7 10 11 15 3 7 17 22 18 27 24 19 25 22 15 10 10 17 15 24 14 17 22 26 27 23 28 19 21 14 28 24 Black wine.