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Otago Witness, Issue 2506, 2 April 1902, Page 60

" GO."

THE NATIONAL GAME OF JAPAN,

4000 YEARS OLD

A RIVAL TO CHESS

(Translate* from Mittheilungen der Deutv chen Gesellschaft fur Natur und Volkerkunde Ostaeiens by Mr Johx Mottat, Ch-ss Editor of th« Otago Witness.)

Anyone wishing to study this famous game can easily provide himself with the material by getting a board made according to the directions already given. Black ami white marbles do fairly well for men, requiring only a small countersunk, hollow at the points, 8 3 as to prevent the men rolling about. Wf hope to be able to arrange ior a consignment of the real article from Japan through one of our local import eis. GAME V. Played May 26, 1835. Tafo! 12. (B.sck, Ito Tokube. White, Yasui Shintetsu.)

I£. 44, 47, 50, 53, 56, 67, 78, 83, 32, 95, 101, 104, 107, 110, 113. 116, v. 157, 167. (Omitted, 98.) Notes to Game V (The numbers lefer to the numbers of the moves.) 18. Another move at P 17, or, peihaps, Q 10, should have preceded this in order to form a position which might lender the withdrawal of C 15— E 15 feasible. With moves 18 and 20 White gives away the lead, and Black, by 21-29, uses this, followed by 30. It is time that White holds a safe position on 17, but is ■wholly uncovered on 15. The wide =pace that iXYhite commands at 3 does not outweigh thi=. 31. Black opens a strong atiark. 37. Shows well the disadvantage at which lie finds himself. 37 is dnectcd as well against White on 14 as on 9, and moie especially against 14; nevertheless White answers an P, because the loss of this posit. on would be still greater. 70. Will take off the While on 9. 73. Will cut off the race for them. 79. Cuts off from White the ictreat on 70-22 , therefore White's 9 seeks to make exit with 90. 96. Black cannot fill up C 15. because then ."White lives by H W. 99. White lives if he doss not answer to O'J. foi Bluck. White. O 19 ? 13 0 18 X 18 j 18 :<■ io But he plays 100 upon 93 in older not (o lo«o the 16 eyes that this move is vvoi.h, and also ijot to let go the Fdfc position, because BUck now gets an oopoitiuiity for * Ko on White's 18th. US. Fre?d Wliite o-i I"; the ait .o: ly Black is directed with a! 1 the gic<-.'-e t caic to tho result to White at Q 10. 127 ko4 A 29 lose, Tke place wlieie White

•would seek deliverance. This is particularly disastrous for White, because both men are 1 in the lead. 135. It is clear that thereupon F 9 shall follow, whereby three men would be cut off, which means a difference of 30 spaces. Bivt White fears Black's 88. Study White's 136 H 11. 139-157. Black plays elegaaitly. 186. White is delivered: but therefore Black, with 187, takes six men that are worth 20 eyes, and has also enlarged his space in tlie lower right corner during the fight. White gives up the game ; he has lost by 10 eyes.

Black. White. Black. White. 1 C 4 3 D 17 '5 C 11 7 G 17 9 D 5 11 R 5 13 R IB 15 R 7 17 Q 15 19 E H 21 O 16 23 N 16 25 M 17 27 L 17 29 X 17 31 D 15 33 C 16 35 D It 87 G 11 39 C 14 41 B 15 43 D 12 45 D 8 47 49 F 18 51 F 4 ■33 55 H ir 57 G 4 59 G 6 61 I 11 63 E 18 65 F 12 67 63 I 5 71 Q 7 73 L 9 75 X 12 77 H 15 79 M 11 81 D 6 83 G 15 85 £ 12 87 C 15 89 91 A 12 93 S 10 2CJ3 4 C 15 6 F 15 8 E 3 10 H 3 12 P 14 14 QG 16 P 17 18 C 9 20 E 9 22 O 17 21 N 17 26 M 18 28 L 18 30 R 18 32 D 14 34 E 15 36 E 13 38 G 9 40 C 13 42 B 14 44 4G D 9 -18 F 17 50 52 F 3 54 G 16 56 55 G 3 60 I 9 G2 E 17 64 G 13 66 F 13 G8 D 13 70 R 9 72 R 12 74 X 10 76 I 13 73 80C6 82 C 7 84 B 11 86 B 10 88 B 16 98 B 13 92 94 S 9 95 97 H 14 99 X 17 101 103 X 13 105 R 11 107 109 I 16 111 S 12 113 115 F 11 117 P 6 119 D 18 121 Q 12 123 R 13 125 N 7 127 X 3 123 N 3 131 Q 5 133 X 8 135 F 8 137 O 10 139 M 12 141 P 8 143 O 7 145 M 10 147 X 7 149 I 6 151 Q 9 153 O 9 155 P 10 157 159 I 8 161 H 7 163 G 8 165 X 9 167 169 N 4 171 I 3 173 N 5 " 175 O 6 177 Q 4 179 R 3 181 S 4 l«0 M 2 185 L, 2 187 F 9 96 I 15 98 100 S 18 102 H 13 101 106 Q 11 108 I 11 110 112 P9 114 F 10 116 118 C 18 120 B 17 122 P 11 124 N 9 126 M 8 123 C 2 130 R4 132 O 3 134 N 11 136 E 8 138 N 10 140 R 10 142 O 8 144 L 10 146 M 9 145 X 6 150 L 6 152 Q 10 154 IS' 8 15G O 11 156 I 7 160 H 8 162 L 8 161 H 9 166 L 7 163 L 4 170 L 3 172 O 5 174 X 6 170 M 6 178 P 3 ISO R 2 182 N 2 184 O 2 186 M 3