DRAUGHTS PROBLEM.

Otago Witness, Issue 1465, 13 December 1879, Page 20

DRAUGHTS PROBLEM.

1 white. I , Black to play and win. GAME. ** Glasgow." By Private W. Thompson, 26thBe«riment. 11 15 3 7 4 8,69 9 14* 23 19 28 24 24 19 18 11 (1)10 7 1 8 11 7 16 8 11 1» 23 14 17 22 17 26 22 80 S6 *6 19 21 14 11 16 16 20 11 16 16 23 30 21 24 20 29 25 19 15 22 18 7 3 16 28 20 27 10 19 23 2d 16 27 11 3L 24 17 10 18 15 3 8 7 16 9 14 6 15 26 30 21 17 20 11 26 23 23 18 15 10 Black wins. 25,22(2). 22 17 17 18 .10 7 .... • 30 26 26 22 22 18 18 15 Black wins. (2) - . 11. .8 •- .21 14. .8 3 *, ;S 8 14 17 ' 80 21 '*81 17 '■* - 9 8 BUck wins. , * In Andersen's *"IhWd;iSditidn y ,!"Var]l2.>'thegaiiie is left -her easudiaw, butrby continUfnK die i.fay, I thiik Black can wln.-W.X. • ) WrLLIE V. BRyDEN. »A match at draughts— best cf ten gurnet, wins and draws ta count between James Wyitle, the "Herd 'Laddie," and William Bryd?n. Champion of the West of Scotland, commenced 00 Sa'urday, September 27th 1979, in the r oms o' JPoiellp irklnttituf b. Play began at 3 o'clock, and, with an interval cf halfan-hjur, con- . tinued till nearly ten. Flvo games in <>11 v ere pUyad, cf which W>)lte won one, Bryden none, and four were 'drawn. For treaty-four move* the fifth game was similar to the first, at which stage Bryden varied ; Wyllie being a game ahead was, of coume, quite willing to run the same moves as the opeoing game for a drawj and left the reapuwbility of varying to his oppon- . ent.< ' The contest was r> turned on Monday ' evening, Een fourg-mes were plnyed. The firstgame \v»< wen Wyllie, tht) next !twb were drawn, and tho fourth me «]so re»ultln«r in favour of the Champion, the soore T Wyllie, 3; 'Bryden, 0; drawn, 6. , The gamei [were excellently contested, *nd there wai a large torn- -, oiit'ol i-pecUitors-i'notlesi thai 160 »t <>nu"time beii'g . present- 'Notwithstanding 10 large an attendance, by" ' the aid of a Brobdignagiau dr«ught-board folly a yard 'square, hmgiDgupon tie wall, on which tbe various 'moves were reproduced.as made by the contestants on the. standard ,board,.,tho«ej preient were .enabled ■ tq Jollpic tDe u g&B>ea with great ea«e, aad without the neceitity 'of crowding around the players. Tb e foliowhigißalißtof'th'e'gem'esf— J * '- 1 " ,'j f 1 " Ayrshire taßsie w ~Bryden's move. .Drawn. " : \ I 2 ."Ofoasf— WylHe'smove M\j.' ■'■^■.Dxvnn ' '" 1 3 ■.'.'Single corner "—Bry den's moTfti.V/ylHß won. i 1 1 4 °.Crisa"— WyllibVmoyet, ,», ..prawn,. M \ 5 " Ayr'ahireLassia"— Brydeß'smoYe.'.liraifra "" ,<. ' 'e^^Maidol'theiflill"— Wylfte'smoyeWyliiewon; , t 1 ■•.gAyrßhlrftLassle"-rßryde. g AyrBhlrftLassle"-rßryden f ßinove.'. Drawn: 1 j 8 "'«• Maidrf the Mill "— WylHe's move A Drawn ' '" J 9 ! -5* 10-15-" Opening— Brydens" move., Wyllie won ' The interest: taken in the match, and the laige turnof spectators, muit have teen 4 gratifying to the ■cohin^ttee o/'Fossilpark Institute, who "got the match |up and'suppliid'the funds to reward the contestants. ■ We bavepleakfcre'in drawirgthe attention of our readers in the IJorth-quarteri to the advantages l if the \ 'institute.*/ ilheirooms, 188 Saracen Street, have been ' ■ carefully fitted op for reading aodlgames.-/ -Besides the t <leaiiirjg morning and evening pipers? the readipg-room ia Supplied' with a large.number o(the most .popular, weekly arid monthly msgazlrie^'; while in thn, room* for .games there" are all tbe rt'q'r.isites for draujhts, chesg/' dominoeej bagatelle j.&c. . >•'•>' '• ' '" ■ lf> ' . j" ;"' "!;' DBAUaHXSITfiMS. v? ..- ■; , There is f cme>t*lk of a friendly -match coming >c£f. between Mr Wyllie and Mr S. M'Culloch, ot^Glaa^ow. Burne's Draughtboard.—M r M'Kie, of, Eilmarnock, -onja late visit to iyr. obtained. from'Mias Begg the t£' : d»tnbrnd"(drau'ghtbbaid) made by fiobert Burns',, and ueed by him aud his brother 1 to play games 1 on' during the time they were in Lochlea. ■ i Wyllie in Qlapgow.— On Tuesday, 30th September, in Campbell's Draughts Divan, 165 street, Brirlgeton, Wyllie played i 4 games— winniDK all. On Wednesday,' xxi the sp'me roi/ms, be cohte^terl 23 tr^nes, 010 1 which he won, 18, drew 4, and lost I— Mr ,Kocksecuring the wir, and 'Mr 'Gorman' tbe four drawp.' On Thursday sndiJfrid&y evening the champion. was playing in Lecser, bt..iJamts's Hall, Patrick; and this (Basurday) af terncon he is to be f gain present in the newly opened draughts divan sdectioiied above. Match at Thurso.— A match at draughts which excited considerable interest came rff recently a', Thuivo, between Mofstb J G> ddes and J. 1 Sutherland, for' the chan piot'ehipof theaounty — conditions, best of 20 games, wius anddruws to'cf unt— the contest resultiDg in an easy vittoiy for 6«.dde<", who scored eleven games to his opponent's one. Play wa< continued over four nights. There was a }arga turn-out of specUtorj t« witness the varicus ginne?. Another aspirant is , likely soon to tackle Geddts for the honours. ' ' ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS As there ere several of our correspordectis sl'ghtly wrong.in their solutions sent, we give them another week to fled out their mistake?. Henry Morris Waikiwi. — Tbanls for the problem sent. It will he carefully examined, and if found correct will be published shortly. » WHEAT IN MINNESOTA. ' ' "Let's see, they raiße some wheat in Minnesota, don't they ? " asked a Schoharie granger of a Minneaolan. . , f'Baise wheat! Who raises wheat? No, air); decidedly no, bit. It raises itself. Why,' if we undertook to cultivate wheat in tbat State it would rim' us out. There wouldn't he any place to put our house." ' '? But I've been told that grasshoppers take a good deal 6f it." " ! : /V Of course they do. If they didn't I don't I know what we would do. The cussed stuff would run all over the State and drive us out — choke us up. Those grasshoppers aresgodeend; only there ain't half enough of 'em." ',' Ia that wheat nice and pltanp^,? " , , '' Plump T.Well, Tdon't know what ,you call < plump wheat, but there are 17, in our family, including 10 aeryants^and ( when.weiwant,bread ' we just go out and fetch in a kernel of wheat andbake.it." "",".. ■ r. ; . " Do, jpu ever soak it in water first ? " v Ohj no ; that .wouldn't do. It would .swell a little, and then we couldn't get it in 'our range oven." , > , , „ --„. ' ■ A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. " * A certain old gentleman, very rich, and still • more etingy; is in the habit of wearinghis clothes to the last thread. One of his friends meeting him, exclaimed : ■ " They told me you had a new hat, and I'll be hanged if you haven't !" " Oh, yes," said the miser, looking as if he were a trifle ashamed of himself, " you see my wife kept telling me that the old one was a good deal worn out. Well, yesterday was my wife's birthday, and I got' myself a new hat for her birthday present." BRBVIXIEB. The letted Dis truly an old salt— has been following the. C for years. Woman's writes— Postscripts.

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