DRAUGHT ITEMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 366, 8 May 1889, Page 3

DRAUGHT ITEMS.

Fehrie v. Ca^ipbelu — A match of si:; games, wins and draws to count, for a stake of £4, took place on the 16th of February between J. Feme, ex-champion ot Renfrewshire (but now resident in Glasgow, and captain of the Irish Nationalist? Draughts Club), and William Campbell, blindfold champion, with the following result: — Feme, 3 ; Campbell, 0 ; drawn, 1. The following; are the names of the openings and their results : — First game, Feme's move, "Laird and Lady," Ferric won; second game, Campbells move, "Defiance," drawn : third game, Feme's move, " Nailor," Ferric won ; fourth gam«, Campbells move, " Whilter," Ferric won. — "Glasgow Weekly Herald." The 24th of May i? the date fixed for the annual draughts match, Town v. Country, which takes place in Dunedin. Great interest is always taken in this contest, but the forthcomtng event is of special interest, as the town players will make strenuous efforts to reverse the result of the last match, when they suffered a defeat. The country players will need to look to their laurels. — Otago "Witness.' 5 At a tournament of ten players recently played at Taylors, Water-street Checkerrooms in Boston Mr .3. H. Irvvin came out first, Mr Burille second, and Mr Durgin, draughts editor of the Boston "Globe,"'' third. Mr L. M. Steams, the well-known problemist and checker editor cf the." Derry News," is about to publish in pamphlet form a treatise on the " Laird and Lady" opening, in which he will give lines of play that have never before been embodied in any book. He will also publish a number of problems by the great composers of the world. The work will be the first of a series, which will be known as the "Granite State Series." He also ranks amongst the heavy-weights, stands 6ft lin, and turns the scales at 2011b. A tournament for the championship of Scotland is talked of. With such experts as Moir, McKelvie, Bryden, Campbell, Ferric, Jackson, and W. Reed as contestants, it would be difficult to pick the winner.