DRAUGHTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18581, 2 October 1928, Page 6

DRAUGHTS.

By " WILL# O' THE WISP." POSITION NO, 386, By J. Tonar.

Black 1, ; 2, 3;.king 7.

White 5, 12, 13, 16, 28. I Black to play and win. The solution is as follows: 7—lo 28—2! 16 —23 8— 4 16— 11 11—16 4 8 15—11 10— 7 4 8 3 7 3 2 8 11— 8 3 6—20 8— 4 11—15 7 11 24—3 9 23—19 8— 3 8— 4 20—16 4 8 15—11 2 6 8 4 3 9—15 Black wins. BIRMINGHAM CHAMPIONSHIP. The accompanying game is from the last competition for the Birmingham ehtunpionship. The play demonstrates why usual and accepted lines of defence should not be departed from: — Black—F. Smith. White—S. Pickering. 9 13 28—19 10—14 15—11 24—19 4 : — 8 25 22 6 9 11—15 22—18(c) 2 7 11— 7 27 24(a) B—3l 30—25 27—31 S—ll 25—22 3 6—20 7 2 24—20(b) 6 9 18—15 10—14 15 24 29—25 20—24 22—18 28 — 19 1— 6 27—20 31—28 3 8 31—27 14—17 18—15 32—28 11—15 21—14 26'—30 11—16 18—11 9—27 20—11 7—16 26—23 8— 24 22—18 7—lo Black wins. (a) 28—24 is the usual move; the departure in the text 1b not to be recommended. (b) Here it would have been better to follow up with 32—27. fc) White is paying the penalty of his weak opening, and after the next seems to have a lost game. Black gives him no chance. A QUICK WIN SCORED BY WILLIE RYAN. Following is a short game won by Willie Ryan, the youthful American champion, who is about to visit Australia : Second Double Corner. Black —W. Ryan. White—D. Macßae. 11 15 5 9 3 6—20 10—15 24—19 26—22 29—25(a) 19—IP 15—24 B—li 4 8 6—15 28—19 22—17 37—13 • 13— P 914 11—16 B—ll 2 9 22—18 25—22 31—-26 Black wins. (a) Tfce draw ip by:— 17— 11—15 r 22—IS 9’-- 8 4 S 18 —IT 7—IT 32—28 22—17 7—16 18—15. B—ll 'B—ll 26—22 11—18 (b)2S—24 20—26 2 7 29—25 18—22 Drawn—An old and tricky line. (b) 19—15 lose*. DRAUGHTS NOTES. A match of thirty games between Willie Ryan and A. Anderson, the latter a well-known American .expert, ended in a ■win lor the youthful Ityan. The match

was played at Chicago. Scores (Ryan was five up when the match was abandoned)—Ryan, seven winsf Anderson, two; draws seventeen. H- P. Holloway lias won the Birmingham championship. In the final he defeated F. F. Smith by two wins to none and three draws. A game won by Smith against Pickering in the tournament is given, above.