DRAUGHTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 68

DRAUGHTS.

Conducted by Jos. Abernethy. Solutions of problems, games, and analyses jnrjted for this co'umn. Games should be written In six columns as below, and all correspondence addressed to the Draughts Editor. PROBER 2756By W. Veal, Southampton, England. r BLACK ] •

[White.] Black: 10, 15, 19. White: 24, 28, king 4 Black to play and draw PROBLEM 2757 By T. Spiers. [Black.]

[White.] Black: 4,8, 26, kings 2, 21. White: 5, 23, 30, kings 9, 16. White to play and win. A delightfully refreshing theme, treated in a manner highly artistic. —Plymouth Weekly Mercury. . TO CORRESPONDENTS. P. S., Waimahaka. —Congratulations on successful inauguration. We wish the club success. Thanks for report. GAMES. SEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, 1909. \ J. A. BOP EH AM \. J. M. HUTTON, Game 2795.—“ Dundee.”

(a) I\6 20 is perhaps and is more often adopted by Home experts. (b) Mr Boreham had in view his solution' of a position submitted to this column for solution about a year ago. The win is completed in a similar manner to some unpublished variations of it. (C) 6 9, 14 10, 9 6, 10 7, 6 2 (13 9 also loses), 15 11, 1 6 (2 6' also loses), 5 1, 6 9, 7 10, 26, 11 15, 9 5, 10 14, B. wins.

is a z/ 11 m 10 zi m zi za u 14 Then 7 11, 14 9, and we have position on diagram, which occurred in , the Victorian championship, 1905;

■Then 25 30, 28 19-(d), 30 16, drawn.—H. M'Diarmid v. J. P. Moore. (a) 9 5, 20 24, 26 23, 19 26, 28 10, 26 30, 25 21, 30 25, . 22 18, 25 22, 18 14, 22 18, 14 9, , 18 14, 10 7, 13 17, 7 3, 17 22, drawn—iH. Egan. (B) 26 23, 16 27, 11 18, 19 23, 28 19, 27 31, Black wins.—Egan. (c) If 26 23, etc., Black captures piece on I 22 and draws. i (d) A similar draw comes up from the

(a) Is this the best at Black’s command? "What say our critics? Game 2797. —“ Bristol.” "Rtr TTrirkTr F.nA\r (’'llram/ninn rtf Vip+nrio.

■ . • V March 30, 1910. OTAGO WITNESS . • MULTUM IN PARVO. the b>ank2? of river. If the unwary fisherman chances to drift his boat too near 1 Notes from (a) First played by The Field. Winawer v. Berger in DRAUGHTS. the walls of the fortre -« he is greeted by the th Nuremburg tournament, lo63; suusequenuy adopted witn On the L.C.C. tramways in London a workman may travel nearly 20 miles for 2d. — In a division in Parliament m 1871 Oi I shoot!” Not even the Dead. Sea in Pillsbury. (B) 8 . . - Q R-Kt 1 has always been considered an adequate reply. Curiously enough, Schlechter’s deviation was suggested by Kanzleirat Schallopp- in th© book of the above-mentioned tournament in a note to CONDUCTED BY JOS. ABERNETHY. the deserts- of as so utterly jhouitecl and out off from the living world is is this fortress of Schlusselburg, which nea within Solutions of problems, games, and analyses invited for this coinmn. Games should be written In six columns as below, and all correspondence oirlv one member voted in the Opposition 40 miles of St. Petersburg. They are very addressed to tne Draughts Editor. lobov. ancient, the high walls ot tne lortress. in . B-K 3. It may — Alcoholic liquors for the use of natives many places they are cracked from old age, that Schlechter came across it in fur-PROPT.'-'T)' 975R. are not permitted to be imported into and in the cracks little trees nave taken bisliing up the defences of the Ruy Lopez By W. Veal, Southampton, England. Somaliland. root. Thev look sullen and ominously preparatory to the present match. The — Of tne 3795 vessels passing through the silent, as if they hid dark and gruesome variation is not worked out any further than r BLACK ] Suez Canal in 1908 2333 carried the British Hag. secrets. The regime and aspect of the prison were carefully thought out and to Black's 10 . . . (c) 11 P x P might ELK 3, as in the text, be considered. If 11 % m & & ® — The total annual output oi coai m planned, being, as the Ministers, visiting the . . P x P, then 12 R x B, Q x B; 13 the United Kingdom is about 255,000,000 Schlusselburg repeatedly declared to the P-Q B 3, etc. b-e no objection to 13 III Hi iH tons, and the value over 119£ millions nrisoners. intended to demonstrate to thorn (d) There seems to stoning. that it was destined to be their grave. B-K B 4, Q 3 Q; then 14 B x Q, D-Q3 \ H S • s| m — For skating a mile and a-half with three turns 4min 41 2-5sea is the record — Celestials appear to understand the value of advertising quit© as well as Eng15 B x B. Kt x B; value of the vpen Q 16 F x Jr, etc. xne R file, however, in m m*m m time in Great Britain. — If all 'the money in the world were equally divided among civilised people every person would get £6 as his share. — Under tne British Constitution the lishmen, strange as the statement may sound to the later. Chinese biscuits bear the imprint of the baker, and if you buy a duck in the market it will very likely have on its back a big red stamp, on which, the actual gamis is a consideration. (b) Black has now a batter game than with any other defence of . the Lopez, being a pawn ahead besides temporarily. (p) Th© point now is to keep the adyairi H »•« m s. m°m m s King could make war without reference if you could only read it, is the name ot conclude that it is most difficult to reill W to - Parliament. — Five collections ot stamps nave realised an aggregate tota. lof £llc,800 at recent the market-man. Large and attractive signboards are a great feature of Chinese- shops and present a strange mixture of the flowe~y tain the pawn. If 15 . . • P-B 5, then 16 B-B 2, B x Kt; 17 R x B. O-O, when White could, amongst other lines of play, [ White.1 sales. literature of the land and the advertising chan©© the knight, remaining with bishops Black: 10, 15, 19. White : 24, 28, king 4. — Survey cameras for use from balloons are now in constant use in the British instinct of a commercial people. A few of different colour. Another more promising samples will illustrate their general characvariation would be: — White. Black. Black to play and draw Army. ter:— Shop ot neaven-seiu- j. — More people in proportion to the popuShop of Celestial Principles, -the IN in© 16 . B-R 5 20 B O 6 Kt-Q 2 PROBLEM 2757 lation die in China from suicide than in Felicities .Prolonged, ” “Mutton fehop ot 1C B-B 2. Kt-B 4 2 B-Kt 4 Kt-Kt 3 Ey T. Spiers. any other country. Poverty amd misery Morning Twilight,” ‘The Ten Virtues all 17 R-B 4 B-Kt 2 22R-R.fi B-K 2, and are not the only causes' of this, for a Chinaman will take his life for the most trivial Complete, ’ ’ ‘ ‘Flower Rise to the Milky 18 Kt-Kt 1 B-K 2 19 R-R 8 ch B-Q 1 White’s attack is [Blags.] Way. In these signs we see man me omnareasons. In China when you want to ruin man can combine the soul of a poet with (g) If 21 . . . E-R 1, then 22 Kt-B 7. li b®n your enemy you commit suicide on his the pocket of a show man. “The Honest* (h) The game was adjourned here, but a doorstep. He will be accused of your Pen Shoo of Li,” implies that other pen drawn result was expected. murder, and even if acquitted is ostracised for life; and will bo haunted ever alter shops are not honest. Pock-marked Wang” Th© “Steel Shop ot suggests that any The following is the score of the game in s@s m * by your .avenging spirit. Sometimes two men who have quarrelled will take poison; peculiarity of a shopman may be used to imnmss the memory of customers. Snub the championship Schlechter (White) contest wherein C. defeated Dr Lasker m m i@i together, and then their spirits light it out noses, squint eves, la me legs, and humped (Black): — White. Black. f M B M ®m i°i m backs might all be put to service m this White. lack. — A story used to be told of Paderewski way A charcoal shop calls itself tho 1 B-K 4 P-K 4 30 P-K 3 R-K 2 that he could crack a pane of French plate “Fountain of Beauty, and a place for the 2 K -KB 3 Kt-QB 3 31 P-Q Kt 4 P-QKt. 4-A m B*H m •glass half an inch thick merely by placing sal© of coals indulges vealy Embroidery.” in the title of “Hea3 B-Kt 5 K'-B 3 4 0 0 P-Q 3 5 P-Q 4 1 -Q2 6 Kt-B 3 B-K 2 32 P x V Kt X Jr 33 P KICt 3 P-KKt 4 34 K-Kt 2 R-K I one hand upon it as if upon a piano keyAn oil and wine .|oi M W board and striking it sharply with his establishment is the ; Neighbourhood 01 35 Q-Q 1 P-'-3 1 ’V middle finger. Chopin’s last study in C Chief Beauty — a tne reaiisa7 B-Kt 5 O-o 36 Q-Kt 3 Q-K 3 minor has a passage which takes two tion )f which it is hard to imagine existing 8 P x P QKt x P 37 0-0' HKRl [White.] minutes and five seconds to play. The total anywhere in Pekin. “The Thrice Righte9 B x B KKt x B 38 P-KKt 4 Q-QB5 Black: 4, 8, 26, kings 2, 21. White: 30, kings 9, 16. 5, 23, pressure brought to bear on this, it is estious” is a pretension one would scarcely ex10 B x B K xKt ch 39 P-QK4-B Q x KtP JO P x R Q x P 41 R QKt 3 Q K 3 42 Q-Q 4 B-K I 43 K-Kt 1 K-K 4 44 Q-Kt 4 Q-Kt 4 mated, is equal to three full tons. The average “/mnage” of an hour’s piano-p.ay-ing of Chopin’s music varies from 12 to 84 tons. Wagner has not yet been oalcupect from an opium shop. 11 Q x Kt Q x B 12 Kt-Q 5 Q-Q 1 White to play and win. 13 QR-Q I R-K 1 14 KR-K. 1 Kt-Kt 3 15Q-H3 Kt. x Kt A delightfully refreshing theme, treated in a manner highly artistic. — Plymouth Weekly iated along these lines. — Pne Rev. Provost F. Llewellyn Deane, ■ U1L33. 16 R x Kt R-K 3 17 R-Q 3 Q-K 2 45QK1-C Q-Q 6 46 R-Kt 4 P-QB 4 Mercury. of Be. Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, says 18 R-Kt 3 R-Kt 3 47 J v- R 4 V -Bo 48 Q-QR 1-d Q x KP ch 49 K-K. 2 R-Kt 4 TO CORRESPONDENTS. that the Saga literature of ancient Iceland Conducted by F. J. Mottat. KR-K 3 R-K 1 P. S.. Waimahaka. — Congratulations on suestood absolutely alone. The native Titera21 oo R x B BB x R Q-Kt 4 P-QB 3 50 Q-R 2 Q-K 4 ch 51 K-Kt 1 Q-KSch cessful inauguration. We wish the club ture, which soared far above anything that The Otago Chess Clttb meets tor play at th« success. Thanks for report. the whole of Europe was able to achieve rooms, Liverpool street, Dunedin, every Mon23 u-K 3 P-K 3 - 52 K-R 2 P-Q 4 until comparatively modern times, was 'unique in its orignality, its richness, and its artistic *nd historic worth. The Icelanders dav, Wednesday,’ and Saturday evening at 8 24 Q Kt 3 R-Q 1 53 R-R 8 QKrfi GAMES. o’clock. Visiting chess players are cordially invited to the club on these evenings. 25 P-QB 4 R-Q 2 6 Q-Q 1 Q-K 4 •27 0-Kt 4 K-K I 18 Q-K 2 K-Q 1 54 K-Kt 2 Q-B 4 '55 Q-k 6 R-Ktl-E 56 K-R 7 ch K-Q 1 57 R x P Q-Kt 3 NEW ZEALAND (THAMPTONSHTP were the first of all-European peoples since GAMES, 1909. \ the old glory of Greece and Rome had died PROBLEM 3589. 29 O.-Q 2 K-B 2 58 Q-K 3 Resigns. J. A. BOT? EH AM c. .7 M HTTTTON to create any living tongue, while England, France, Germany, and Italy had nothing By G. E. Pickering, Kirkstall. Notes from Daily News, assuring Black the Game 2795. —“ Dundee.” but a few dull and tedious monkish .annalists writing in, crabbed Latin. , ~ — What is practically the first Canadian survey of the Grand Prairie country,’ on the Peace River, has recently been completed. The Dominion land during the year .1909 have laid out 30 town-” Black 10 pieces. , (A) a useiui move, better -end-e-ame. Black — Boreham. White — Hutton. rim ■ (b) White, who feels his position changing from indifferent to bad, sacrifices a pawn in the hope that the open file may enable him to force - a drawn result. (c) The s pect a-tors may he excused if here12 Jo 23 iS 10 15 II 1 iJ Hi 25d Hi H't 18 9 25 22 21 i7 , 22 17 5 14 7 10 b-19 24 20 24 Zb 1 6 14 9 6 1 9 5 2 6 III iilll m iii fail •>>) 16 19-a 23 B5. 6 10 24 27 24 27 24 27 22 18 23 19 10 6 21 17 mm aoouts xney oenevea a victory lor i^iacK 11 20 15 15 24 29 27 31 23 18 ships for settlement. The completion of m m assured in the end. J8 11 18 9 32 23 13 6 5 1 6 -2 these surveys marks the opening of that portion of the province which ha® been 8 15 5 14 24 27 27 31 . 15 11 18 14 mmi up a position which gives him chances. 24 19 29 £5 26 22 30 25 17 13 2 6 rightly termed the Last West, and to which it is anticipated thousands of settlers will find their way during the next few years. jik iiiii e) And this is a plair blunder. E-Kt 2 15 24 £8 19 9 14 11 15 27 31 23 19 31 27 19 16 23 19 6 1 14 10 15 19 31 27 19 15 23 18 11 15 C- 6 2 14 9 m ■ibki is necessary. 57 2.3 33 6 Grande Prairie is known as a district of mm I iiiii iiiiii • Mr D’O. Bernard, the problemist, 4 8 10 15 10 19 3l 27 18 14 15 11 the West which has been proved to be sends the following interesting game-endm s 22 18 16 12 17 10 1 5 6 2 B. wins. adapted to the widest range of agricultural to Reading Observer. Tie says therein that (a) 1\6 20 is perhaps and is work, and especially for mixed farming. I IfaI AiWA it was played against a well-known hrstThe land, so far, is practically untouched. — A marriage advertisement is published i inni inm mim t cia-ss pi-ayer, ana tnat it snows now, oy a little cheek, a desperate game can be pulled (b) Mr Boreham had in view his solution BS&B8 j of a position submitted to this column for ■in a Zurich paper by “a rich Swiss philolllgglf Wmk i solution about a year ago. The win is comsopher,” who wants a wife who must fulfil the following conditions. She must be beaueMik 1 Black (Amateur). pleted in a similar manner to some unpubWhite __mnu.i ’V” 1^ lisned \ anations ot it. tiful in body, face, and mind, and possess pieces. M if .1.111 igwii (c) 6 9, 14 10, 9 6, 10 7, 6 2 (13 9 also loses), beautiful teeth and hair of her own and not bought articles. Besides German, she 4kt3; p3r3; PpR5; 4kPlp; lQ2Plrl; 5pPl; 15 11, 1 6 (2 6‘also loses), 5 1, 6 9 0 A n IK Q K 10 14 R win a , 7 10, dJA.ii.Uj ; Di 1UZJVZ. iS i must have a knowledge of English and White to mate in two- moves. Game 2796.—“ Dundee.” Franoh, be a musician, and have an irreproachable reputation. “Other faults,’ - the philosopher of 40 years states, “will be overlooked.” i §!%■ Black—Hutton. White—Boreham. PROBLEM 3590. 12 16 23 18 16 20 18 9 15 24 26 17 3 10 5 14 28 19 2 6 29 25 22 17 Sll 17 14 6 9 22 18 5 9 18 15 Tourney Problem in Hampstead and Highmi § iii i iii iiiiyiif — In a small plush-lined, specially-made gate Express. 26 23 4 8 22 18 10 17 25 £2 * 9 13 coffin, covered with white- velvet and fitted mm. mm mm. mm. 8 12 25 22 11 16 21 14 1 5 Drawn. with ornate silver handles, Jerry, a. Scotch 'oollie dog, belonging to Mrs W. H Schafer, tf ! 30 26 11 15 18 9 7 10-a 32 £8 IBJlB 9 14 24 19 6 22 14 7 9 14 of Minneapolis,’ was buried in a Jot across IS*'^ Apr wPi? mm iHH 1 (A) Is this the best at Black’s command? the street from Layman’s Cemetery, and What say our critics? 50ft from the burial lot of the Schafer family. A hearse, drawn by plumed black horses, caried th.corpse from , the Schafer home to the grave. A closed carriage, conv k'Mk ■ 'wJadi ’ Game 2797.—“ Bristol.” By Hugh Egan, Champion of Victoria. 11 16 5 14 7 16 12 19 8 12 3 8 taming the mourners—Mr and Mrs Schafer B®|| \k 9 14 11 15 16 19 10 15 12 19 8 12 and their • son Harold—completed the 22 18 29 25 18 9 32 27 31 27 21 17 funeral .procession. WW/A ■ White (H. D O. Bernard). 8 11 15 24 6 13 4 8 2 7 12 19 — At the present day smoking is common Wk 1 Wm White to nlav. 18 9 27 11 23 16 27 23 27 23 17 14 in South American churches. A rebent visitor to Peru records that in’the church of The game now proceeded: — Then 7 11, 14 9, and we have position on clia©ram. which occurred in . the Victorian Lai Merced, Lima, he noticed one of the iii iii wm mm & 1 P-Kt 4 1 Q x P 1 championship, 1905; — congregation enjoying a cigar while the sendee was going on, and through the open door of the sacristy he caught a glimpse WM S Hf 2 B x P ! mi * ill isit ( Q ( A bolt from the blue! Black expected x P ch.) 2 « ■ of a bishop who was about to preach indulging in the same luxury. The preacher was attired in full episcopal robes, and had tucked a handkerchief under his chin to • 2 B x B ©■ ■©■ B m m Wmt'M mi wk wA * 53 * mi n*w ■ ■ |afl White 12 nieces. 3 Q x P ch 3 Q-K 3 prevent these being soiled by ashes. In Lima Cathedral smoking is so far recognised that a spittoon is placed in each, of th© stalls set apart for the chapter. rlb-5; iP-lpl; PK4Pp; QlKt2klP; 3p4; 3Kt 2PP; lppP2Bl; lrktq4. "White to play and mate in three moves. 4 B x Kt 4 R-Kt 1 (If P x B, 5 Q-Q 8 ch, wine.)] 5 Kt-Kt 5 5 QxQ — A “Cowboys’ dinner” is one of the latest exuberances of New York “society.’’ 7 Kt-B 7 ch 8 Kf-R 6 d &h 7 K-Kt I 8 K-R 1 a ■ ■ ■ SOLUTIONS TO PRO 15 L K5ISClad in the sombreros, red handkerchiefs, flannel shirts, and fringed _ “chaps”- or skirts of the cowboy—car cowgirl—or in the ■ Problem 3587. 9 Kt-B 7 ch 10 Kt-Q 8 dis ch 9 K-Kt 1 Jtk-ey move : tv-At 7. (Having made sure of the draw, White now blankets and feathers of the real Indian, Problem- 3588. proceeds to look for a win.) Black to move and draw. two dozen of the younger set at Tuxedo Key move : Kt-R 4. ]0 K-R 1 11 16 A-25 21 5 9 2 7 14 IS 16 23 Park feasted in a log cabin, built in the great ballroom adjoining the club. The cabin, which was only 30ft by 20ft, was n P.K i 11 P. X P 30 25 15 62 20 24* B-ll 16 15 18 GAMES(If Black moves his K R P, White mates.) 16 20 ■ Then 9 6 9 14 7 11-C 18 25 23 14 <35 .30. 19-(d). 30 16. drawn.—H. lighted only by candles set in bottles The second game plaved between Dr 12 R-K Kt 1 12 B-K Kt 2 around the walls. Hanging from the eaves Emanuel Lasker (White) and Carl Schlechter 13 Kt-B 7 ch 15 K-Kt i (A) 9 and piled against the cabin outside was (Black) in the contest between the two for 14 Kt- R 6 ch 14 K-R 1 5, HU H 4, ‘2b zo, iy Zb, HG iU, *Zt> dU, artificial snow, while a cluster of cedars the chess championship of the world pro(If 14 . . . K-B 1 , 15 Kt-B 5 wins the liO ZJL, dU j20y • lO, ZO JLO J.'*, AO, JLtt U } bid a band of coloured singers, who furnished the entertainment. The table was of c ceded thus: — piece.) Egan. fBl 26 LM 1, ALT J.I, « V, -X 1 ' Rev Lopez. 15 Kt-B 5, and after a tough struggl e 23. 18 27. 11 18. 19 23. 28 19. 27 31, ' rough hoards, without covering ,and the seats were wooden benches. All courses White. Black. White. Black. wnne won. Black wins.—Egan, 1 P-K 4 P-K 4 19 B-R 4 P-B 5 (c) If 26 23, etc., Black captures piece on were served on tin dishes. 2 Kt-KB 3 Kt-QB 3 20 R-R 2 B-B 4 ch — In the middle of the River Neva, 3 B-Kt 5 P-QR 3 21 K-R 1 B-Q2-G A resolution nas been passed 1 by a con(D) A similar draw comes tvn from the where it flows out of Lake Ladoga, there lies a tiny island surrounded on three sides by the turbulent waters of the- river and hemmed in upon the fourth by the cold and stormy lake. Upon this island stands a very ancient fortress enclosed by high walls more than 20ft in thickness. Day and 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 B-R 4 Kt-B 3 0-0 Kt x P P-Q 4 P-QKt 4 B-Kt 3 P-Q 4 P-QR4-A Kt x QB b Kt x Kt P x Kt Q x P B-K 3 P-QB 3 C P QB4 22 B-Q 6 B x B 23 Kt x B R-Kt 3 24 B x B Kt x B 25 Kt-B 5 R-K 1 2CK-R7 Kt-B 3 27 K-R 2 P-Kt 3 28 Ki-Q 4 K-<-Kt 29 K-B 2 Kt-Q 2 I terence ot Insa JRo-st Urhce clerks advocating the fortnightly washing and disinfecting of all mailbags. A Melbourne exchange states that when the cable steamer Patrol has picked up the ’ original duplicate cable between Victoria and Tasmania, it will be taken to Singa“Switcher,” colours reversed as follows: — Game 2798. —“ Switcher.” 11 15 22 17 18 22 £8 24 22 25 23 1 Q 21 17 13 22 25 18 9 18 30 21 6 1„ 9 13 26 17 11 16 23 14 15 22 13 X 25 21 15 18 20 11 8 11 24 19 10 1, S 11 90 S 99 97 05 00 OK OI o< bight sentinels, relieved ©very two hours, pace around the top of these walls, keeping a vigilant look-out on every hand. No one 12 Q-K 5 Q-Kt I 13 QxQ ch-D K x Q 14 Px P P x P-B >5 Kt-R 3 M?.t 30 P R 3 Kt-B 4-h 31 K-Q 2 Kt-Q 6 32 P-QKt 4 PxPe.p. pore, where the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company has a cable factory with 400 bands employed. Here, old and worn 17 14 10 17 21 14 1 6 32 28 2 6 31 26 29 25 48 23 18 25 30 38 24 20 10 15 26 23 26 2 i 19 1? 22 l2 from within the fortress, not even the 1H B-KB 4 R-Kt 2 34 K x Kt R-QB I cables, are practically renewed by being re6 10 28 24 69 17 13 30 26 15 I soldiers or gendarmes, is allowed to com17 P-B 3 Kt-B 3 35 R x P R x P covered, the copper remaining undetenorContinue: 17 10, 18 15. 10 19. 8 ?, 5 14. municate with the people who dwell upon IS Kt x P 0-0 Diaiv. ated in nearly every instance. 3 17, drawn. — Stenhouse v. Henderson.

Black— -Boreham. White■Hutton, 12 16 8 11 19 24 27 23 27 23 26 23 2:5 US 18 9 25 22 21 17 , 22 17 1 6 10 15 5 14 7 10 b-19 24 20 24 14 9 20 23 25 22 22 17 17 13 17 14 6 1 16 li’-A 6 10 24 27 24 27 24 27 9 5 23 it; - 22 18 23 19 10 6 21 17 2 6 11 ■20 1 5 15 24 2 9 27 31 23 18 18 11 18 9 32 23 13 6 5 1 6 '2 8 15 5 14 24 27 27 31 . 15 11 18 14 24 19 29 £5 26 22 30 25 17 13 2 6 15 24 11 15 27 31 £3 19 31 27 11 15 28 19 19 16 23 19 6 1 14 10 c- ■ 6 2 9 14 15 19 31 27 19 15 23 18 14 9 £7 23 31 26 19 15 25 21 10 6 13 6 4 8 10 15 10 19 31 27 18 14 15 11 22 18 16 12 17 10 1 5 6 2 B. wins’.

- *■ Game 2796. — “ Dundee.” Black—Hutton. White--Boreham. 12 16 18 9 15 24 26 17 3 10 22 18 23 18 5 14 28 19 2 6 29 25 5 9 16 20 22 17 S 11 17 14 6 9 IS 15 26 23 4 8 22 18 10 17 25 £2 * 9 13 8 12 25 22 11 16 21 14 1 5 Drawn. 30 26 11 15 18 9 7 10-A. 32 £8 9 14 24 19 6 22 14 7 9 14

ay HUGH ± iGAN, Ut Lampion Cl VlCt( 3na. 11 16 5 14 7 16 12 19 8 12 3 8 24 19 25 22 22 18 25 22 23 16 23 16 9 14 11 15 16 19 10 15 12 19 8 12 22 18 29 25 18 9 32 27 31 27 21 17 8 11 15 24 6 13 4 8 2 7 12 19

Black to move and draw. 11 16 a-25 21 5 9 27 14 18 16 23 30 25 15 6 2 20 24* B-ll 16 15 18 16 20 9 6 9 14 7 11-C 18 25 23 14

Game 2793 .—“ Black Doctor.’ By W. Veal, Southampton, Eng: land. 11 15 4 8 32 ::3 s i 1 18 U 9 1! g j 19 31 27 4-12 16 22 17 10 (7 10 1 “s 1! 11 16 14 9 13 22 21 14 15 111 22 17 i:i 23 18 5 • 4 25 IS 2 6 22 9 14 •3 18 9 2 MI 16 30 26 19 26 17 14 21 14 16 20 29 25 11 15 18 9 111 :7 16 20 1- 9 5 3 8 26 23 7 3 J9 10 27 8 6 10 25 21 6 9 16 18 7 4 20 27 26 22 3 - 8 a 14 10 3 7 27 23 Drxwn. (1) If 25 22, 6 10, 22 1?, 8 11. 30 25, 10 14. 25 21, 1 5. , 29 25, 3 7. 25 22, 7 10, B. wins. (2), 10 15 25 22 7 1! :4 10 23 2G 5 1 3 i 25 1! 16 17 13 15 8 9 6 25 30 In °2 22 17 15 19 \ 10 7 1 10 I 6 25 18 2 7 23 8 IS 22 7 14 31 2 2 6 18 14 19 23 7 3 26 31 fi H 29 25 10 15 18 14 16 19 14 IS 19 2i 0 10 14 9 11 15 3. 7 22 25 Drawn (3). 8 12 16 19 2 6 2! 26 31 26 22 17 IS 14 23 16 26 22 . 18 15 *11 7 2 3 10 17 . 12 19 19 23 26 .31 £6 22 17 10 21 14 • *30 26 22 IS *15 11 7 2 Prawn (4). 8 11 19 3 12 2 7r6 31 5 14 31 22 25 19 8 3 10 14 9 30 26 25 9 12 16 12 3 Drawn.