DRAUGHTS

Southland Times, Issue 21073, 3 May 1930, Page 19

DRAUGHTS

CONDUCTED BY F. HUTCHINS. "Irft eclence give release To mlade o'er wrought by core and thought. Let the checker board be brought, The battlefield ot peace. 1 * All communications to be addressed to “Draughts Editor,” 54 Biggar Street. Solutions of problems, games, criticisms and analyses are invited. Draughts Club meets every Wednesday evening opposite Police Station at 7.30. Visitors welcome. PROBLEM No. 165. (By W. H. Wragg). Black—S, 17; K 22.

White—lB, 19, 31; K 10. White to play; and win. A neat ending. PROBLEM No. 166. By Stratham, in Melbourne Leader, Black 1,5, 24, Kings 14, 29.

White 13, 19, 20, 31, King 7. White to play and win. The above was put on the board by Mr J. R. Clark at the Tourney who declared it was one of the best forced strokes he had seen. GAME No. 178. Played between J. Lucas and J. Scott at the championship tourney held in Invercargill during Easter.

Notes by D.E.: (a) In the last named International match England v. America Ginsberg played 23.18 here and won with the White. The text is what is called the “Dundee Dyke.' J (b) 16.20 is often played and is favoured much in America but text is quite sound. (c> This looks weak, Gonotsky in the last International played 6.9. 16.20 is also strong. Scott was evidently trying to get off the beaten track. (d) White now appears to have a strong game. (e) A good move. (f) Forcing, the win neatly.

(a) 24.20 is considered the strongest reply. (b) Differs from the preceding game and was played by Christie against Ginsberg but Ginsberg took the cut 11.18 after 24.15 as did Jordan in the International match. (c) Leading to a very even game. There is some fine play from this point and our Southland champion held his end up well against his redoubtable opponent. (d) Making for a strong Dyke formation. (e) A good counter. (f) Looks risky but is really a strong move. (g) Good again, the student, will now see the value of the previous 13.9 move. (h) Real good and looks to be the only move to draw. This game is well worth study. (i) Forcing his opponent to break the bridge. Problem Solutions. No. 159 by Mannish Charosh; White to play and win. Solution: 39.25 20.16 U.S 7.2 2.11 23.14 12.19 4.1 S 14.7 1.10 ■—and 11.15—White wins! No. 160 by J. W. Swan; Black to play and win. Solution: 11.8' 1.6 3.7 10.6 6.8 4.11 2.9 11.2 20.11 B.w (A “First Position” win). No 161, by Fausto Dalumi, White to play and draw: 13.9 14.17 1.5 15.18 d-1.6 10.14 a 6.1-b 17.14-c 23.19 10.1 9.6 7.11 5.1 14.10 19.15 Drawn. (a) 7.11, 9.5, 10.7, 5.1, 7.3, 1.5 (1.6 loses) 3.7, 5.9, draws as in trunk. (b) 6.2 loses. (c) 17.22, 23.18, drawn. (d) 19.16, or 1.5 loses. No. 162 by Wm. Fleming; White to play' and draw: 21.17-a 17.13 27.23* 25.21 13.9 9.14-b 14.17 19.26 10.14 Drawn (a) 22.17, 9.14, 15.18, 13.9, 18.22,—81ack wins. (b) 9.13, 25.21—White wins.

SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. Mr J. A. Scott (Mossburn) scored the most points among the Southland players and was presented with a gold medal and is now declared champion of Southland. Mr Scott is a first class player and has taken part in many tourneys. In the 1927 championship tourney at .Hamilton he wrested the title from D. Calderwood. At present he is far away from any players and consequently was out of practice at the recent tourney. He is a quiet unassuming man and of a genial disposition and his conquest of the title will be very popular. We are authorized to state that Mr Scott will be ■ready to defend the title in a set match at any time during the next twelve months. N.Z. DRAUGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP. INVERCARGILL 1930. Below is a complete score sheet, of the recent tourney showing the individual scores. By following the numbers against each player, and the corresponding number at the top of the columns the score of each player can be seen againrt every other competitor.

Prizes. Championship. D. Calderwood (Ist) 20 G. A. Brown (2nd) 14 J. Boreham (3rd) 10 Handicap. W. O. Malley (1st") 10 J. R. Clark (2nd) » J. O.’Neill (3rd) .. 6 J.-Lucas (4th) .- -- 5 J. Scott (sth) 3. W. Carswell (6th) —•• 2

The Champions. Yr. Winner Runner up Played at J. A. Boreham H. Montgomery Wanganui. 1897 J. A. Boreham J. A. Lucas Oamaru. 1898 J. A. Boreham J. A. Lucas and J. Mulvey Wellington. 1899 D. A. Brodie J. Gardiner Dunedin. 1900 D. A. Brodie J. Gardiner * Invercargill. 1901 J. Gardiner D. A. Brodie and J. Mulvey Palmerston N. 1903 J. A. Lucas J. Gardiner Ch. Ch. 1904 J. Gardiner F. E. Hilliker Wanganui. 1908 F. E. Hilliker J. Gardiner Dunedin. 1909 J. A- Boreham D. A. Brodie Gore. 1910 W. Penman J. A. Boreham Auckland. 1911 Wl Penman F. E. Hilliker Dunedin. 1912 F. E. Hilliker D. Calderwood Wellington. 1913 J. Gardiner F. E. Hilliker Gore. 1914 D. Calderwood J. Gardiner Auckland. 1915 D. Calderwood J. A. Boreham Invercargill. 1920 D. Calderwood F. E. Hilliker Timaru. 1921 J. A. Boreham F. E. Hilliker "Wellington. 1922 J. Lucas J. A. Boreham Dunedin. 1923 J. A. Scott D. Calderwood Hamilton. 1924 G. A. Brown R. Dotting Gore. 1925 D. Calderwood G. A. Brown New Ply’th. 1926 G. A. Brown J. A. Scott Dunedin. 1927 J. Gardiner J. A. Boreham Wellington. 192 S G. A. Brown J. A. Boreham Christchurch. 1929 D. Calderwood G. A. Brown Dannevirke. 1930 D. Calderwood G. A. Brown Invercargill. Subscriptions. O. Muir’s list (Riversdale) :

DRAUGHTS CONGRESS INVERCARGILL 1930. We give below the receipts and expenditures of the Dominion Draughts Congress held at Invercargill during Easter.

The balance will be handed over to the N.Z. Draughts Association. The secretary’s honorarium has been donated to the cost of the gold medal presented to the champion of Southland. Invercargill Draughts Club. A special general meeting of the above will be held in the club room opposite Police Station, Esk Street, at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7th. Business is very important and a full attendance is requested.

Keen Criticism.. Re game “Double Corner Dyke” m you! issue of the 12th inst. between Jas. Bruce and R. Botting. At 63rd move the position 15 Black: 12, 16, 21, 24, K. 31. White: 22, 26, 30, Kings 1, 13. White to play. Instead of 7.11 what about 30.25 then 7 JI? Yours etc, Jas. Ingram, Mataura. April 29, 1930. A THINKER’S GAME. i (In the Vancouver Sunday Province). “Patience, courage, courtesy, and selfreliance are essential qualifications to a successful pursuit of the game of Draughts,” says the Draught Board—Tonar’s Board—“patience to investigate calmly and accurately the consequences attending each move; courage to act with promptitude and decision, and to bear with equanimity the reverses sustained in competition with a player of superior judgment; courtesy, which implies forebearance to and the recognition of equal rights and advantages for an adversary; and self-reliance, which begets independent judgment, the first practical step to mental culture and progress in this as in all other sciences. “Even in its negative features, the game of Draughts is entitled to our respectful admiration. Totally devoid of chance, its influences are repellent of the excesses which disfigure and militate against games in general. The abuse of intoxicating liquors cannot be associated with it, the indulgence in which being at all times preventive to its practical development. Nor can the mischievous and alluring propensity of gambling be justly laid to its charge. In contests for the championship, where the highest stakes are played for, the players, whatever be their success, are but ill-requited for the labour involved and the time spent in bringing the match to a conclusion. There is but the honourable ambition to excel in a mental conflict. At this game the ordinary and habitual gambler has no chance. Truly its intellect ual grasp lies far beyond his comprehension.”

Dundee. Scott, Black Lucas, White. 12.16 2S.24 30.25 7 ° 22.17 12.16 6.10 15.18 8.12 24 20 25.21 2.6 17.14-a 11.15 10.17 17.21 9.18 20.11 21.14 6.9-f 23.14 7.16 2.6 14.17 10.17 21.17 26.23 9.13 4.8-b 3.7 6.10 18.22 25.21 17.13 13.9-e 27.24 16.19-c 6.10 10.17 White 24.15 25.21-d 23.14 wins 11.18 10.17 7.10 29.25 21.14 14.7 8.11 1.6 5.14

GAME No. 179. Dundee. Lucas 1 (Black Scott (White) 12.16 29.25 2.7-h 28.19 22.17-a 5.9 9.6 16.30 16:19-b 25.22 10.15 11.15 24.15 ~4'r 17.10 30.26 10.19 30.26 7.14 15.19 23.16 7.10-d 6.2 21.17 11.20 27.23-e 15.19 26.22 25.22 9.14 31.26-1 17.13 8.11 17.13 3.8 22.17 22.18 8.11 2.7 14.9 9.14-c 13.9 f 8.12 6.10 18.9 11.16 7.11 9.6 6.22 22.18-g 14.18 10.14 26.17 15.22 23.U 19.23 11.15 26.17 19.24 17.22 Drawn.

1 2 3 4 5 G 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Score H’cp. T’l. 1 Calderwood, D., Hamilton .. 1... 1 11 0’4 1ci. 1 u 11 W 1’4 1’4 iVi 1 Li 11 11 11 11 11 11 27 ’i Scr. 27'4 •> Brown, G. A., Christchurch i... i • 1 ’ •• U ty IV2 ’4 Vi 1’4 11 Vi’4 Li‘4 11 1 '4 11 11 11 1 ’’2 11 26’4 Sen 26 Li 3 Boreham. J. A., Dunedin .. 1 1 0’4 1’2 0’4 ’4 Li 01 01 11 -10 1% 11 1 U ’41 11 11 11 11 l’l 26 Scr. 26 4 Lucas, J., Dunedin 00 1 1 ., 0’4 m 1*4 ’4V2 72 '1! 73 72 11 11 11 ] l 1 ’4 11 11 11 11 26 Scr. 26 5 Clark, J. R , Christchurch .. 1U 1V* */■> O’/2 0’4 Hi 11 Vio u u 11 11 1’4 11 1 ’4 1 ’4 11 2*1 '*•> 3 27'4 6 Scott, J. Mossburn U U 0'4 1 „ 1,, O'/i 5’2 - •-> 11 1'4 114 01 01 1’4 1'4 1 Mt 11 11 11 1 ’2 24 1 25 7 O’Malley, AN ., Port Chalmers OU U U 01 0'4 1U 01 00 OVi IVi 1’4 11 1 1 1 ' *> lit Hi 11 11 22'4 514 2S 8 O’Neil, J., Waitati 00 ’■2 * 2 10 '.** 00 01 0’4 1 '4 0’4 VM ’4’4 11 1 1 11 It 14 11 11 21 a ~ a 1 ■ * 9 Rotting, R. Dunedin .. .. w 0’4 00 U U o', 4 oy; 11 1 u ’4 Vi 11 00 10 11 ’41 , '2 75 01 11 20 1. 21 10 Carswell, AN , Mosgiel .. .. OU 00 01 ’4 ’ i 00 ou 1 ’4 ou %'.4 0'4 10 1 ’4 ’4 M 01 ’4*4 11 1V 2 14 6 23 11 Morris, II., Tuatapere .. .. 0’i U 1 2 OVi 00 1,1 10 0’4 H4 00 1'4 01 11 01 0’4 ’0’4 10 01 11 17 3'4 20'4 12 Young, AV., Christchurch .. 0'4 • r! 00 00 01 0’4 %'/i ’4 '4 01 01 1% o«4 0’4 U ’/» 0’4 0'4 11 1 1 'zzt 6 20'4 13 Meldruin, AN ., Dunedin .. .. 0’4 00 0U 00 00 0’4 00 14% 11 0*>2 00 0'4 11 %'-i 01 *4 4 1 1 1’4 14 6 20 14 Sut herland, J., Invercargill 00 0'4 AtO 00 00 OVi 00 00 01 Vi ’4 01 1 ’-2 00 01 ’4’4 1 Vi 11 11 13’4 4Vi is 15 McIntosh, J , Invercargill .. 00 00 00 0’4 0’4 0'4 0'4 00 00 01 1’4 1 T2 ’4 Vi 01 10 O’zi O'/i . 2 ■ ■> 11 10 21 16 Gilhooley, ' , Dan nevi rke .. 00 00 00 00 00 00 O', 4 00 ’40 *,y 7? 1 u ’4*4 or 1.;, 1 .. 01 14'4 01 1 u 11 5’4 16'4 17 Shadbolt, J , AVaihari .. .. 00 5 00 00 00 0'4 00 0’4 ’4 Vi %% 00 01 1’4 j,„ 0’4 1 *4 1 -0 * •» 00 ov 2 10 6 16 18 Muir, O., Riversdale 00 0'i 00 00 0’4 00 00 00 01 0’4 Oi 1’4 00 00 1 ’ 01 11 00 9'4 10 19’4 19 Templeton, NV., Naseby .. .. 00 00 00 06 00 0’4 00 ■ 00 00 0'4 00 00 0% 00 %% 0’4 1’4 11 • 6'4 10 16'4

£ s. d. Jas. Stevenson 5 0 I). McLennan 5 1) 0. Muir 5 0 II. Tavlor 2 6 Geo. Robinson 2 6 1 0 0 Balance of .1. Allen’s .. .. 19 6 SUB to Draughts tournament, j er F. Trapski. £ d. F. Trapski 2 6 Colin Rpbertson 2 6 E. Bowmar 2 6 I. Golden R. Baird 2 6 L. Neiderer 2 6 G. Wravtt 2 6 J McNeil 2 6 W. Norman 2 6 A. J. Service 2 6 « £1 5 0 Further subs not previously acknowledged: • £ s. d. D. Calderwood (Hamilton) 10 6 J. Sutherland's list 3 0 J. Allen’s balance 19 6 O.Muiy’s (Riversdale) .. . .. 1 0 0 F. Trapski (Pukerau) .. . . .. 1 5 U 5 18 0 Already acknowledged .. .. 80 19 0 86 17 0

Receipts. £ s. d. Entry fees .. 10 10 0 Local donations and lists .. . . 42 9 6 Donations per lists posted . . 44 7 6 Sale of games .. .. 5 0 0 Sale of Rule books 12 0 102 19 0 Expenditure. £ th d. Prize money 0 0 Printing . .. 1 10 0 Stationary and stamps .. .. .. 1 17 0 Refreshments , . - 12 (i Caretaker .. .. 1 0 Car trip .. 4 0 u .. 4 0 0 Secretary’s honorarium .. 1 1 0 Balance .. S 13 6 102 19 0