DRAUGHTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3291, 11 April 1917, Page 47

DRAUGHTS.

CONDUCTED BY JOS. ABBRNETHY.

Solutions of problems, games, and analyses invited for this column. Gomes should be written to ?lx columns as below, and oil correspondence addressed to the Draughts Editor.

PROBLEM 4322. By D. A. Bbodie, Dunedin. Black.

"" White. White to play and win. GAMES. The following games were played in tho 1916 Scottish championship. Scores and notes from the Glasgow Herald.

DRAUGHTS ITEMS. Nearly every largo business concern in Chicago (says the Pittsburg Leader) has an organised checker clufo, which meets weekly, some tri-weeldy, others daily. Our (Yorkshire Post) Johannesburg correspondent, Mr A. Roach, as an instance of the early records of our game being played, sends us the following extract from tho "Historian History of tho World," volume V, page 31G, dealing with the days of the Roman Republic, 147-146 B.C.: —"After the capture of tho city of Corinth all treasures, pictures, and works of the famoiis artists who had moulded Corinthian brass into effigies of living force and symmetry were seized by the Consul on behalf of the State. Mummius, a new man, was distinguished by the rudeness, rather than by the simplicity, of an Italian boor. He was not greedy, for he reserved little for himself. He cared not for the works of Grecian art, but suffered his soldiers to seize one of the choicest works of the painter Aristides, as a draughts board, and when Attains offered him a largo sum for the painting he imagined it must be a talisman, and ordered it to be sent to Rome. Every one knows his speech to the seamen who contracted to carry tho treasures of Corinth to Rome. 'lf they lost or damaged them, ha said, 'they must replaco them with others of equal value.' " Among the spectators present at tho Scottish championship tournament was Mr J. Ferrie, who holds tho greatest of all records in the history of the tourney, having won tho championship outright six times, and in six other years was the runner-up in the final—a really wonderful record, and one that may never be beaten. It is interesting to heax that Mr Andrew Jackson, who was the runner-up in the first tourney in 1893, also put in an appearance, together with Mr James Searight, who reached the final in 1906. What an attraction this annual New Year event has for many old Scottish, experts.

Game 8488— 9 14, 22 17. Black: L. Collingwood. White: H. Barr. 9 14 26 23 12 19 32 16 19 23 16 7 22 17 16 20 81 26 1 6 21 17 8 17 11 15 80 26 80 23 29 25 23 27 B-21 14 25 22 2 7 27 2 14 18 25 21 Drawn. 7 11 23 18' £0 27 22 15 27 31 23 19-A 14 30 2 9 10 19 1713 11 16 19 16 5 14 17 14 8 11 (a) Forma the "Whilter."" _ 17 13, as played by Boyle against Campbell, is better. (b) All book. Game 3489•9 14, 22 17. Black: B\ Barr. White: L . Collingwood. 9 14 29 25 16 19 25 22 6 9-B 14 10 22 17 11 16 24 15 4 8 17 14 7 14 11 15 23 18-A 10 19 18 15 18 15 10 25 22 14 23 22 18 8 7 26 22 6 15 8 11 27 11 7 16 22 18 19 23 18 14 Black resigned. (a) A comparatively : new line !, very strong for White. (b) Losing move. 16 20, 17 14, 7 11, 26 22 draws, as played by E lenvir against Stewart in the American international match, 1905. Game 3490—: LI 16, 21 17. Blaok: L. Collingwood. White: H. Barr. 11 16 23 16 3 7 29 25 4 8-b 28 19 21 17 12 19 25 21 8 15 27 23 7 10 9 18 24 15 6 9 27 23 D 13 16 11 22 18 10 19 21 17-A 18 27 25 22 2 6 13 22 17 14 11 15 82 16 8 12 B.wina. 26 17 7 11 18 11 « 0 23 19 16 19 80 26 9 18 81 27 15 24 (a) Woak. 27 23 gives ; White a, good game. (b) Blaok forces the win in fine style. Game 8491— 10 15, 22 ; 17. Black: A. B. Scott. White: G. O'Connor. 10 15 6 22 5 9-A 7 10 11 15 12 19 22 17 26 17 29 25 80 26 13 6 27 23 11 16 8 11 2 6 8 8 1 10 19 26 23 18 27 23 * 17 13 33 27 17 13 31. 22 15 22 11 15 4 8 10 15 10 14 Drawn. 25 18 24 19 25 22 19 10 13 9 9 14 15 24 8 11 6 22 16 19 18 9 28 19 22 18 26 17 23 16 (a) Varies from Lees i v. Buchanan game, and leads to a strongc: c ending for Black. Game 3492—: 10 15, 22 17. Black: G. O'Connor. White : A. B. Scott. 10 15 29 25 8 11 28 19 3 10 10 15 22 17 4 8 27 24 18 22 17 13 17 21 11 16 24 20 19 23 13 9 2 9 15 19 17 14-A 16 19 25 21 7 11 13 6 24 27 9 18 17 13 6 1014 7 23 27 . 31 24 23 14 , 10 17 24 19 5 14 6 2 B-32 27 8 11 21 14 15 24 17 10 27 32 B.wins. 21 17 15 18 28 19 11 15 2 7 6 10 26 22 11 15 21 17 10 14 25 21 11 15 82 28 15 24 7 10 1 ,6 22 17 15 21 10 6 14 17 (a) Scott strikes out on a new path, but the deviation is not profitable. (b) Black wins neatly