DRAUGHTS.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 7, 30 April 1920, Page 6

DRAUGHTS.

(Conducted by F. Hutchins. ) PRORLEM 7. Black 3, 5, 12. King on 25.

White 13, 17, 20. King on 1. Black to rnove and win. The above is an ending played some years ago between D. Scott and the late M. G'Byme, and should interest old stagers and learners alike. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 6. Black men on 1, 7, 12, 13, 14, 23. King on 24. White men on 5, 8, 22, 25, 29, 30. King on 4. 8.3 7.11, 3.8, 11.16, 22.18, 14.17, 25.21, 17.22, 29.25, 22.29, 30.25, 29.15, 8.11, 15.8, 4.18, and White wins. The following is an extract worth quoting from a speech delivered by Mr McKiiligan, at the opening of the twentyfourth annual draughts match, Aberdeen City v. Country: — "The man who earried the rules of draughts into daily life would play a fair, straight, open game. There was no room for sneaking, backstairs, subterranean moves. Man must meet man in honest square fight. No undue influence could here be exercised. Brains and not the wiles of low cunning. And they played .not as whining milksops, who took possession of any and every kind as a personal affront, and as an excuse for waspish bitterness, but as men, who were matching skill with skill, who met failure manfully, and who, the more they were beaten, respected and admired their adversaries the more. That was the right spirit for draughts, it was the right spirit for the daily round — when a fair game was being played. And what better prac-tic-i could they have in reflection than that which the moves on the board supplied ? They had to look before they leaped — in fact, the less leaping the better. Seeing in front of one was a quality of the first rank. It saved much vain regret. It made the losers in life's game smile when they knew that a few moves further on defeat would be turned to victory, and tbose who could not see past their noses and who crowed over present advantages, which were actual blunders, were al the time losing ground and running themselves into a snare. They learned to labour, and- to wait, especially to wait. " 'Tis perseverance gains the raeed, And patience wins the raee." EARLY STROKES FOR AMATEURS. The following shows Mr Wylie's renowned stroke in the switcher :

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11.15 10.17 15.18 11.15a 12.19 21.17 21.14 24.20 30.26 27.20 9.13 6.10 2.6 6.9b 18.27 25.21 22.17 28.24 24.19 31.6 8.11 13.22 4.8 15.24 9.18 17.14 26.17 29.25 20.16 26.22 (a) 18.22, 25.18, 10.15 draws. W. wins, (b) The fatal move.