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Show CHECKERS Checker and chess headquarters, :tl3 Continental National Bank huildinR. Address Ad-dress communications to D. A. Flumly, 200 Federal building-, Salt Lake City. Dec. 0, 101. i S. L. C. TRIBUNE PROBLKM NO. 247. Respectfully inscribed to the premier problematist, O. H. Richmond, being No. 24J of The Salt Iake Tribune and No. 1726 of the Pittsburg Leader. Bv H. il. Johnson, Denver, Colo. Black 1, 21: kins 30. ; "1 11 n rri 1 r il lS Wh yi 1 m j il m B n! '1 j iilo,ll,l,li' White 20, 25, 29. "White to pla', black to win. Inasmuch as this problem has appeared in both of the leading checker columns of the United Stales without anybody attempting' at-tempting' to shuw the true results, it is left for the undersigned to show Mr. Richmond Rich-mond "'the error of his way," being only on rarest occasions that an opportunity is left open to correct the "old master of j intricacies supreme." We thought it. somewhat strange that Mr. Richmond . showed no line of play that leads to Die ! demolition of his terms, which be pub- 1 lished as "white to play and draw," but : the facts are otherwise. 11. E. JOHNSON". Rocky Mountain Checker association, ! Denver, Colo. I S. L. C. TRIBUNE PROBLEM NO. 24S. Contributed by O. H. Richmond, Chicago. I submit ibis study in analysis with : some diffidence, as I know it is a very critical win; but I will risk it. and if the- boys give -me the "K. O." 1 will submit gracefully. Black 1, IT., 26; kings 5, 2'i. ;9l 1 il i m mmm i ii ns m mmM m I Hlfil it jaBi,pjg White 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 25. Vhite to plav ynd win. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 215. By L. J. Vair. Black 5, 20, 2S; kinqs 10. 23. "White 24. 25, 31; kinss 17, 32. White to play and win. 17-14 32-27 23-32 25-21 20-27 21-14 10-17 "White wins. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM 246. Bv O. H. llk-hmond. Black 1, 10, 11, 20. White rt. 9, 27; king: 5. fi-2' 10-15 -a !l-K 26-30-a 2S-32 22-25 1- 6 5-!" 22-26 lS-i-l' 25-21 23-26 2- 7 15-1S 1 4 -IS 17-22-a 27-24 23-2!! 6- 13 16-10 13-17-a 24-2S 20-27 26-30 7- 16 1S-22 l'J-24 30-25 32-23 While wins. (a ) Best. S. L. C. TRIBUNE GAME NO. 54S DOUBLE CORNER. The eleventh same in the match for the Chicago championship cup. Contrihuted by A. H. Barnes. Black John Howe, Jr. W hite Arthur H. Barnes. 9-14 11-16 S-ll 1-10 14-21 14-17 22-IS 22-17 30-25-a 1S-9 22-18 6-9 5-9 16-20 2-7 3-7 15-22 17-22 26- 22-b 31-27 25-22 32-28 24-S 9-13 10-15 S-ll 10-15 10-14 22-26 21-25 21-19 17-13 19-10 9-5 S-3 13-17 15-24 11-16 6-15 16-19 7-10 25-30 2S-19 25-22 14-10 23-16 5-1 7-10 4-S 7-14 12-19 10-14 27- 24 22-17 13-6 21-17 1-6 White wins, (a) Barnes springs a cook. Tile posi- JOHNNIE KID MEX, who meets Young Gilbert in Manhattan headiiner tomorrow tomor-row night. i ' .'4?"s"''' ' Tiff ; i :ht . : A zi 1 I tion somewhat resembles the 2-7 Paisley loss. (b) Johnny seemed unfamiliar with this line- S. L. C. TRIBUNE GAME NO. 549 DOUBLE DOU-BLE CORNER. The twelfth same in the match for the Chicago championship. Contributed by A. II. Barnes. Black A. H. Barnes. White John Howe, Jr. 9-14 6-9 9-13 2T-32 31-26 22-1S 29-5 16-11-e 18-9 18-9 14-10 5-9 16-20-b 7-16 5-14 32-27 26-22 "4-19-a 25-2 19-12 23-19 21-14 1S-14 11-15 1-5 10-14 11-16 27-11 22-1" 18-11 19-16 22-IS 19-15 9-6 1-5 8- 24 12-19 2-7 16-19 20-24 3-7 25- 19 23-16 32-27 27-23 6-1 4- S 14-23 7-11 19-24 24-27 -5-22 26-19 30-25 25-22 26-22 5- ll 9-13 13-17 24-27 27-31 22-1S 27-23 31-26 22-1$ 22-1S Drawn. (al The popn'ar Une. (h) 1-5, 25-22. 7-11. 27-24, 16-20, 32-2S. 20-27 1-2-1, 11-16, 19-15. 10-19, 24-15, 16- 19. 23-lo. 12-19, 26-23, 19-26, 30-23, 3-7, 22- 17. 7-l'.l, 2S-24, 10-2S, 17-1. D. Drum-mo Drum-mo nd. (c) 22-1S looks better. S. L. C. TRIBUNE GAME NO. 550 LAIRD AND LAD1 Contributed by Bert Titus, .Minneapolis. First played in 1S97. A well -played game. Titus played White and remarks that his opponent was one of the toagh-est toagh-est players he ever met 11-15 "4-20 5-9 27-23 22-25 10-15 23- 19 6-9-b 19-15 13-17 10-7 1S-14 S-ll 31-26 10-19 19-15 11-15 15-24 22-17 13-17-c 23-7 10-19 20-11 14-10 9- 13 25-22 3-10 23-7 26-31 11-7 17- 14 1S-25 28-24 '2-11 7-3 10-3 10-17 29-6 17-21 26-23 31-27 24-19 21-14 1-17 24-19 12-16 3-7 3-7 15-1S 23-1$ S-ll 1S-14 27-18 19-15 26- 23-a 7-10 32-27 17-22 7-10 4-S 27-23 9-13 14-10 15-19 white win". (a) James Lees regarded this as weaker than 27-23, but it appears safe for a draw and also has Its own winning ways. (b) 6-10 seems to be called for here. (c) 2-6 is usually played. PROBLEM NO. 237. My Dear Plumly The inclosed letters refer to that stroke I sent you to publish. I do not think you "played it up" enough, as I fully sigree with Richmond's opinion of that remarkable stroke compopltmn. Yours as ever. HEFTER. My Dear Hefter I have not bothered you much lately, knowing what a busy j feilow yon are. so I will venture to ask a favor of you. I will explain, first, that whenever I am particularly anxious to see a copy of the Sunday Leader that my copy falls lo come. This has happened about once a month, and I suppose the wiapner Rets torn off in transit. Wed, 1 1 was as anxious to see last irundny's as j a ki.l is to see Christmas. It was on j ! account cf that imported razzle-dazzle i i you contributed. No. 217. Mainly be-' t cause yon said it was "ood" I worked I at It until I pot cold feet and quit. If j you love me, for gracious sake send me the solution by return mail. It is humiliating hu-miliating to have to give up a problem, but I have to own that I lost my Capricorn Capri-corn us on that. Sincerely yours, O. H. R. My Dar Hefter Many thanks for the solution to that splendid stroke. It is the finest Htroke I ever saw and I am not ashamed that I failed on it. I had it half done six or seven times and missed on that cute wind-i.p. But of all the mixups I ever had. T had on t.iis. Firstly, how could I have thnuuht that was in the leader and waited for that when I knew the number was 237, a iu mi or far be;ow the Lender numbers': -i?re I was walling and waiting on it for five dayg and all the time T had tho solu-j solu-j tion ri 'it in my scraphnnk. As snon a s i 1 saw the column you sent was from The i Tnbcne I die, not need to unpin it 1 I f.ciu 1 it at mice in mv rmtside snap- 1-onk. 1 make two books one for my ! own work, ire other for outsiders, i Wei!, we ail w'i-h you wre riot o husv ,j ?s to p:i?''!ii'l'"' your wo;kin; on checkers. Several of think no one can come up tn you in the ll-M of analysis and research. re-search. As you may wish to preserve the col- umn, I return same with my sincere thanks. ( Yours truly, O. H. Rrf'HMO.VD P. S T forcot to say that I did not solve that 237. I admit it. Even after you told me it was a stroke I was no j better off. as 1 had Ions; ai;o figured that i it mu.n be a stroke from the very nature of u- O. 11. R. NOTE. With tills issue all carries and problems are. and hereafter will be, marked S. L. C. Tribune, for convenience in reference. refer-ence. So Brother Kerr of the ittsburs Leader lias made another convert. |