DRAUGHTS

Evening Star, Issue 22441, 11 September 1936, Page 2

DRAUGHTS

[Conducted by A.W.] Games, analysis, solutions to problems invited for this column. Games should be written in five columns, as below, and all correspondence addressed to the Draughts Editor, the ‘ Evening Star.’ PROBLEM 429. (By W. Donaghy, U.S.A.) Black, 2, Ks. 3, 12.

White, 9, 15, K. 10. Black to play and win, PROBLEM 430. (By R. Holden, Manchester, England.) Black, 14, K. 18.

White, 7, 19, 26. White to play and win. SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. Problem 427, by E. A. Jones. Black. 8. Ks. 18, 25. White, Ks. 9, 16, 20. White to play and win.

* To be specially noted. (a) If 18-14, 6-10, W. wins. ‘ Examiner ’ Note.—The exchange which is seen in both trunk and variation always alters “ the move.” Problem 428, by E. A. Jones. Black, 5,7, 16, K. 22. White, 13, 15, 32 K. 1. White to play and win.

(a) 15-11 only draws. (b) 10-19 6-10, 5-14, 10-26, 19-24 (d) 26-31, 16-19, 32-28. W. wins. (c) 19-23, 25-22, 16-20, 32-28. W. wins; (d) 16-20, 32-28. W. wins. GAME 486. —“ Switcher.”— " (By G. A. Bonar, ex-champion of Scotland.)

(a) 2-6 is also strong here. (b) 15-18 is often played. (c) 11-18 is sometimes taken. (d) Buchanan, in a Scottish tourney, played 15-19 here against Searright, and the latter took the two for one by 27-23 and lost—a published loss. (e) If 8-11, 17-13 draws. (f) 32-28 is usual here, and was frequently played in the early Scottish tourneys. The trunk also draws, and was played by J. A. Kerr, sen., against J'. Wyllie, the “ Herd Laddie.” (h) 15-19 is stronger, but White draws by careful play. GAME 487. • —“ Single Comer.”— (By Alt. Lambert, Longealon.)

(a) 14-17 here is the “ Little Fife,” but White is best. 7-10 is supposed to lose. Where does White go astray after text? (b) If 25-22, 7-11, 22-13, 10-15, and Black wins. (e) The above was played between the great Andrew Anderson and the famous “ Herd Laddie,” James Wyllie, in one of their matches for the world’s championship 80 or 90 years ago. Anderson won wiih the Black side. Where did Wyllie go wrong ? GAME 488. —“ Denny.”—

(«•) Considered weak—2-7 is best. (b) A powerful move. (c ) 24-20 was given to win for White in published play, but it was afterwards shovn to lose. (d) 3-7, 32-28, 1-5, 24-19, 15-24, 27-20, 11-15, 23-19, 15-24, 28-19, 7-11, 20-16, 11-20, 19-15. White wins. (c) 1-5 was shown before. (fi White looks strong but I think it is drarable.—J. Jack. NOTES. The latest score of the British-American match by correspondence is;—U.S.A., 80 wins; Britain, 54; and 256 draws. Many ties are yet to finish. We hear that L. Claxton, London, exBritish chamipon, will issue to S. Levy, Manchester, the present’ British champion, for a match of 30 games, the stakes to be £25 a-side. If it comes off it will ho an interesting encounter and will show how good Levy is. There is no word of the Levy-Stewart challenge coming to anything yet. Mr H. Trench and Mr R. Stewart are having a controversy just now over the matter in the ‘ Weekly Herald.’

16-12 9-6* 10-14 16-19 8-11 18-22a 18-23 White 12-16 6-10 14-18 wins. 11-15 15-18 22-15

l-6a 10-19 22-26 19-28 7-10 9-25 24-28 26-23 13-9 19-24c 32-27 White 5-14b 25-22 28-32 wins. 6-9 16-19 27-24

11-15 13-22 11-18 6-9h 19-23 21-17 26-17 30-25 17-13 27-24 9-13 4-8 8-11 10-17 23-26 25-21 29-25 31-26 13-6 20-16 8-11 l-6a 11-15 2-9 12-19 17-14 25-21 28-24 23-14 24-15 10-17 15-19b 3-8 cl 9-18 Drawn. 21-14 23-16 24-20 21-14 6-10 12-19e 8-12e 75-19 22-17 24-15 26-23f 32-28

11-15 28-24 3-7 18-11 17-26 22-18 8-12 27-24 9-13 25-22 15-22 19-15 20-27 11-8 26-31c 25-18 4-8a 31-24 2-7 Black 12-16 24-19 16-20 22-18 wins. 29-25 7-11 52-27 5-9 10-14 26-22 7-10 8-3 24-19 11-16 15-11 13-17 16-20 30-26 8-15 26-22b

(By J. Jack, New York, U.S, .A.) 10-14 20-16b 9-14 27-18 19-23 22-17 12-19 30-25 15-19e 6-2 7-10 23-7 5-9 24-15 23-26 17-13 2-11 25-22c 10-19 2-7f n-15a 22-17 13-25 17-14 White 25-22 14-18 29-22 1-5 best. 8-11 23-24 3-8d 14-10 24-23 8-12 23-18 6-15 4-8 26-23 14-23 13-8