Traps for the Unwary.
"Exhibited by W. Lewis, of the Providence Journal, on the large Avail board at the Boston C-jnvention on the evening of February 22, 1898. Names are given to identify the notable new "Ayrshire Lassie" play.
White wins. («) "The Flirt's Deception"—l 28, 3 12, 25 22White wins. '
(6) " The Coquette's Victim "—White now wina in grand style by 12 8, 3 1?, 20 16, 18 27, 31 24, 12 19, 24 ti, 29, 13 31. The authoi of this is James Smith, English champion iv 18&7. J. H. I* win, of Boaron, has caught Haivey L. Hopkins and John Doyla, of Chicago, T. F. Ketehuni, of Madison (Wis.), and other noted players with thi3 &urprising bhot. " Now, gentlemen, allow me-to introduce to you the ' Ayrshire Twin Sisters.' 1 assure you they are a very nice pair, and at first glance you can hardly tell them apart," said the Tabulator: -
(c) Loses, forrniug "Ayrshire Twin Sister." (d) By J. M.. Sweeney, 198 Bay street, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, who says: " I have won many games with this. I have been unable to find it in nublished play."
(c) " Twin Sister of Ayrshire"—note the similarity. This play is by H. W. Ksy, of Woodville, New 1 Zealand, and first appearfd in the GlasgowHerald ; now to be found in D.P.Q.R. and in "Appendix of Corrections of Frazer's'Ayrshire Lassie.'"
(A f) Trying for " Old Fourteenth." ((?)"•'Hello! Well, the st.rokes(ll 16) is good enough," says the player of Black. Ql) Unusual. (t) 14 18 here draws, as shown by a problem in New Zealand Weekly Press by H. W. Kay. * This 711 loses. Mr Little is the author; and an appropriate name is " The Little Beauty," for tbe win is-indeed play to be admired,
(7) Losesj forming "Jingle Bell" trap, named so by a South -Framingham player, to identify the late lamented Stainclsffe (Scotland) analyst. {k) 6 9, 29 25, 9 18, 31 2(5, White wing. (n) 11 8, 14 9, White wins. Var. 386 in Fiazer's "Ayrshire Lassie."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2304, 28 April 1898, Page 40
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690Traps for the Unwary. Otago Witness, Issue 2304, 28 April 1898, Page 40
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