DRAUGHTS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 394, 17 August 1889, Page 3

DRAUGHTS.

. ' ... w ,' PROBLEM 3?o. 77. , ..Erid game .frbm bhb Switcher < btofcween^ Wyllie and Dowie 1 , apringins from .that famous 29-25 move by J. Wyllie.,

Position — Black on 1, 3, 11, 12, 14, 21. King, 25 •■ White oh 5, 15, 18; 20, 23; 26, 30 White feo move and draw.

1 ' Corrocfc solution received from R.W., N,ewton.

IVfrR. S. White, manager and referee of the tiournamenb, B.ombay, -forwards the following question :— .Can black or" white de"itf&rid the game fco be won In, forty moves ? The. game stands thus : Bjlaclc'has three kjngs— 32, 26, 15 ; white, two kings— 2o, 1, and two men — 28, 24. White to move.

"Ayrshire Lassie" Playedv recently ab Melbourne between Messrs WyHie and Hoskens.

(I 1 .) • • - .1 . In tho second game Hoskeng varied here with :—: —

"KeiscS." Played on board a trans-Atlanttcsteamer» in mid-6cea.n, between Mr G. Reid and Dr« J. R. .Marshall:

, iMv F, Dunno, of Waruingrton, published tlii 3 .position as an end game 1 -from tlic "Sma;le "Col'ncr," and later oivMr Beattie, oX Liverpool, showed it' from the "Bristol." We now have it from the " Kclso."— J.R.'M., ' Glasgow WdbklJ" Heralds"

22-17-08-32 39-24- - 24-27 28-32 " 27-31 •32-28 31-26 28 24 ' 2G-22 24-27 17-13-10-14 13- 9 14-10 22-11 27-2;: 9- t B. wing,

Hoskens' move.

10-15 12-16 v 17-10 2a-20 52-27 16-19 21-17 26-23 37-20 19-26 28-24 30-23 20-27 (o)5- 9 51-24 23-18 9-13 18-11 6-15 17-14 1519 14-10 19-23 22-18 2- 6 18-15 23-26 11- 7 6- 9 7- 2 9-14 2- 6 14-17 " 6-9 17-21 9-14 13-17 15-1 C 17-22 Drawn* (C) 6- 9 15-19 &48~ J ~ ' 18-ib-9-14 ,t,, t , 17-13, . 19-24 15 7 11 24-2-7 B, Trips.

10-15 .22-18 15-22 25-18 6-10 2fc-22- < •- 10-15 2&-25 913 24-19 -15-24 - 38-19 1- 6 18-14 6- 9 22-18 11 If. ■25-22 2- 6 . 13-2? 27-24 • 30-2 6 16-20 20-27 "14-10 26- 1 7-14- W. wins. 22 17.

Reids Move.

11-15 25-22 1249 24-20 18-25 2336 8-11 - • 29-22 14-18 28-24. i (1)32-27 22-17 4- 8 ' 24-20 - 9-13 23-19 . 27-32 ' 16-11 9-14 (a) 26-23 " 45-22 22-17 5- 9 • 26 17 . 15-18 , 17-13 ' 18-22 32-28 10-15 11- >7 11-16 30-26 15-18 20- 4 6-10 7- 3 • 3- 8 13- 6 10,15 4-11 2- 9 i- 7' 7-32 20-16 22-26 (a.) 31-27 6- 9 26-23 32-23 (b)3O-26 - 2- 7 ,26,19 9-13 20-16 (b) the winning move. 31-22 1- 5 • 18-25 1 17-14 ' 7-111 26-30 15-18 11- 7 28-24 22-18 '25-30 7-2 " V - 24-20 18- 9 30-25 13- 6 20-16 5- 9, 18-23 6- 1 16-11 32-28 ' " 25-22 Drawn. 17-13 23-26 21-17 5- 9 24-20 ' 28-24" 1* 6 W. wins.