Draughts at Fort Chalmers.
Played in the recent match between the Port Chalmers and Sawyer's Bay cluba and the Palmerston club, between Messrs J. Boss (Palmerston) and H. Montgomery (Port Chalmers). Game 978—" Old Fourteenth " Ross's move. 11 15 26 23 15 24 23 16 18 22 32 28 18 14 23 19 10 15 28 19 12 19 6 10 17 22 15 811 1910 3 8 9 0 22 25 fl 6 11 15 22 17 6 15 22 15 710 17 14 22 18 13 9 914 29 25 711 6 2 25 30 14 9 14 10 25 22 8 11 15 10 8 12 21 17 6 14 20 16 4 8 30 26 624 2 6 30 25 10 17 19 24 17 13 16 27 20 10 15 17 13 19 23 28 19 15 18 26 22 2 7 25 22 25 21 6 1' 15 24 22 15 11 16 13 9 14 18 13 9 15 19 16 11 11 18 24 19 16 19 22 17 21 17 17 13 Drawn. Played in the above match between 'Messrs J. Lindsay (Palmeriton) and T. Robertson (Sawyer's Bay). Game 979—" Single Corner." Eobertson's move. 11 15 25 22 9 14 32 27 17 21 9 6 19 26 22 18 1116 18 9 10 20 14 9 813 3122 15 22 18 15 5 U 21 17 12 36 6 2 11 16 25 18 10 19 23 18 9 13 26 23 711 *7 11 811 24 15 14 23 17 14 2 7 14 9 15 29 25 7 11 27 18 13 17 18 14 15 19 Blaok 4 8 22 18 6 9 15 10 11 15 2 7 wina. *A fatal slip, which enabled Black to finish the game right off. Had White played 27 23 or 9 6 Instead of the text move, he would have had rather the better position. — Bd.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1855, 10 June 1887, Page 29
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327Draughts at Fort Chalmers. Otago Witness, Issue 1855, 10 June 1887, Page 29
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