GAMES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 63

GAMES.

Game (>032. — " Switcher." By Thomas Cowie, Liverpool.

(a) 26 19, 15 3x, 11 7, 14 18, 22 15, 13 29, etc. Black wina. (b) A new move, on which an exhaustive analysis is said to have been published m the Newark Call. The old lines of play are 914 and 16 19. (c) In the 1899 Scottish Tourney R. Holmes played 23 18 against H. Scobbie, with no better resvilt — 23 38-d 514 28 24 6 9 32 SS 30 26 9 14 2« 23 8 12 £9 25 3 8 B wits. 18 9 4 8 31 27 2 B (d) The weak point. "It is questionable," say the annotators of the 1899 Scottish Tourney Book, "if there is a satisfactory draw here. Suppose the following :

(c) There appears to be no draw after this. (f) In the "International Book" (1899), game Ko. 13, played between J. Searight and A. Hynd, the lattei played 31 27, and lost, as follows : —■ 31 27-a 812 39 26 12 19 832 12 19 2 7 32 28 16 19 £7 23 23 16 B wins. 29 25 3 8 23 36 (g) The annotators in a note to the game state:—" This loses. 32 28 is strong foi White, and leads to some pretty play." Sei trunk at (f). (h) They seem to have quite overlooked the effect of 2 6. White's strength is a thing of the past, and more apparent than real. This corrects the 1899 " I7itern&tioinl Book," • where instead of 2 S the annotators continue with 14 18, 20 11, IS 23, 26 19, 15 31, 22 6, 12 29, and only draw. - It will be seen from th foregoing play that 23 18 at die sixth move requne veiy careful handling. 29 25 gives White a hetle game. — T. C.—Liverpool Mercury. We publish, from the Boston Post tlie two following games, played in the recent team match between Boston and the rest of New England, between Mr A. J. Heffner (Boston), exohampion of America, and Mr G-. Dearborn i (New the well-in^wn exper^.

In the second game, Dearborn formed the "Single Corner," and at the thirty-ninth mova the position stood as diagrammed.

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