DRAUGHTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 263, 29 March 1913, Page 7

DRAUGHTS.

Mr. Uruee, secretary to the New 'Plymouth Draughts' Club, under whose au's- . pices the recent tournament was held, told a Xews representative yesterday that the reason a North Island tournament was held here was that a large number of players objected to some of the rules of the New' Zealand Draughts Association (e.g., that players paired must finish their two games at one sitting, even if it took a day or two), consequently some players' had to play from 7 o'clock in. the evening to 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning. The second objection was the time limit of five minutes to a move, which was broken altogether, some players taking half an hour and even an hour to a move, 'thirdly, that a, tie for the championship was decided without being played off, on a proportional scale, more points being given for the defeat of a good player than for an indifferent player, a thing unheard of in any other pert of flu: world. The rules observed here in regard to the first objection were that (he player sealed his move and gave the envelope to the referee, and at tile opening of the next sitting the referee made the sealed move and the players proceeded. The time limit, five minutes to a. mov", was strictly enforced. Tf there had been a tie here it would have been played off.