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Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 58

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THE NATIONAL GAME OF JAPAN.

4000 YEARS OLD

A RIVAL TO CHESS

(Translated from Mittheilungen der Deuts-

chen Gesellsuhaft fur Natur und Volkerkunde Ostasiens by Mr John Mouat, Ch-^ss Editor of the Otago Witness.)

TO BBIXG POSITIONS TO LIFE

Problems (Continued from issue of 9th April).

4. Mutual congestion of chains. (Chains without open spaces are so closely interwoven that one of them must die, whereby the other is transformed into a gocd position with cpen. 61 ices.)

5. Drawing together. (A few stones near the bolder without collision are separated from another position by an opposing chain which does not touch the border, but approaches it. The problem is to connect these stones with the other position past the opposing chain.) 6. The robber game. (A chain is, to all appearance, entirely in the opponent's power. By placing stones where the oppouent is compelled to capture, he is forced to occupy his vacant space to eitch an extent that eventually he has to sacrifice that portion of his chains which barred the opposing chain to save himself irom greater loss. This is the acme of good play, ana has obtained its peculiar name because the opponent feels quite secure, and does not in the least suspect an attack , therefore the attack is such a surprise as it he had been pounced upon by a robber.)

7. Cutting up. (A chain without spaces is surrounded and separated from another position by an opposing chain which has gaps. By occupying these gaps a piece is cut off the opposing chain and finally the chain is itself surrounded and killed.)

Through pressure of space the following j examples have not been tabled. When the stones of a problem are set up, one obtains, as a rule, four, oi sometimes three or two, examples, which are to be distinguished by A, B, C, and D, in the following (Japanese) manner: C A D B Under each number is shown which sidt has the move. The solutions are appended. (For Problems 1 to 10 see Ota^o Witness, April 9 to May 14.) The following are Problems 11 and 12 — a, d, B. -b, c, W. 11. W.— B 3. C 3, 7. D 3, 6, 13, 18. E3, I 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18. F4,5, 6. G 16, 17, 18. H 18. L 4. M 4. N2, 3. 04. P4. Q 2, 3, 4. 82,4, 8, 12, 13, 14. SB, 12, 15, 16. B.— O 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 18. D 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19. E 4, 5, 11. F 3, 8, 12. G 3, 4, 7, 14. H 6, 15, 16, 17. J 3, 18. K4, 17. L 3, 5, 6. M 2. N5. P5, 6, 11, 13. Q9, 11, 13, 15, 17. 81,3,5, 6, 16. 52,3,4, 9, 11, 17. a, b, c, d, W. 12. W.— B 8, 10. C 5,6,7, 9. D 2, 9. E3, 8. F5, 7. G 3. J 16, 17. K2, 16, 18. L 2, 16. Ml, 3, 14, 16. N3, 4, 15. 04, 15. P2, 4, 6, 15, 16. Q 1, 2, 3 16. B 3, 6, 16, 17, 18. S 1, 2 B.— B 9. C 2,3, 8. D 4,5,6, 7, 8. G 18. H 15, 17. J 2, 18. X 3, 14, 17. L 3, 14, 17, 18. M 2, 13, 17. X" 2, 13. 01,2, 3, 16, 17. P 3, 8, 13. Q 4, 17, 18. E 2, 4, 8, 13, 15. S 3, 4, 6, 15. T2. SOLUTIONS. 11. a.— T 12. T-,14. S 10. B 10. Tl. O h. L 2. K2. LI. M 3. Ml. X 3. O 2. N 1. P 3. PI. Q 1 or L 2. K2. LI. M 3. Ml. X 3. O 2. P 3. N 1. PI. Q 1. P2. N4. c— o 17. B 17. C 16. B 16. B 18. C 15. B 19. A 18. F 15. H 19. F 17. F 19. G 19. E 19. F 18. d.— B 7. 86. A 7. B 8. A 5. A 6. 06. B 5. D 4 or B 7. B 6. A 7. C 6. A 6. A 5. A 4. B 4. 85. 12. a.— P 17. P 18. N 18. O 18. N 17. N 16 O 19. M 18. Nl9 or P 17. O 18. T 18. P 18. S 19. b.— L 1. J 1. B 1. X 1. PI. Nl. L 2. c.— B 7. AB. JS 5. 86. A «. 17. £g