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Show 1 CHECKERS Julr 7. 1313. S. TRIBUNE PROBUJM NO. 403. Contributed by S. Stejsel, Rochester, N. Y. Black 8. 12; kings 11. Zl. $m krJ f... I 6i lb iJ &! .m m m m fcirSrf kiiiJ eti '. . m n p r : 1 n m mm Whito H. 20. 24; kiog 6. Whltn to play and draw. S. h. TRIBUNE PROBLEM NO. JM. Contributed bf P. J. Let. Etack 10. 20; ktns 25. ; I . p-.T j ,j! J - LXi ri p$ taiiX SJ fei,i5 1 ppr ew -rrri?i' fcLi a13 -Si m mm m I Cf f?:s; y7j frt: i ! Ife-i fe i.. I sI- Ihj I'il bil White IS, 27. 31. White to p,lay and draw. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO m. ! By L. J. VeJr. Deuvr, Colo. i Blaok 2. 25; Uings 4, 16. 29. litc 11. IS; kings 1". 20, 26. ! Wh ile to play and win. Il-T IS-15 :'-ll 26-23 17-21 ! a-11 . i 1 - IS Cj-30-a )-:: Whiw wicE. I IM ! is--b r:-2fi 23-30 :-2f; I 26-iO 30- 17-21 1 V.it wins- j CB 18-23 25-30 30- 2i-!3 -19 17-22 13-15 l:.-2: "nil it --inc. E. L. TRIBUNE GAME NO. SOI. 3-13. 23-:S. The following clever play is by Hagh san in the Melbourne Weekly Times, acd v ell worth parting Id yonr dope book : Kollowirs interesting and inbtmrtivo analysis is j za excerpt from "The Weakly Times' ' of Jnr S. 1310. Had this play ben taken notice ot by the author o "Shearer's HadbooU.' ad the authors au-thors of rhe "Encyclopaedia of Draugcia , " it might have altered considerably their trea.t.eot of tht1 line i'4-i'O at note "b" in their respective worlcs. As it stands the "boo-pla.y" is altogether alto-gether unsound, and the studeni is Liable to receive re-ceive a wrong impression. For instance, J. Alexander, Alex-ander, to "The Encyclopaedia," page 40-, note "W." leaves Use pouion just prior to "A." ag given below, as a draw black perhaps best ! v,-bereas it is actually a win lor white. With a little advertisement the lice here deaJt vnih t .-should, I think, become very popular. Score; I "EDINBURGH" (9-Vd, -lS. L By Hugh ga. ex-champion ot Victoria. f 9-lJ 11-IS 3-7 li-ZZ-w S-24 15-20 5 C3-1S 27-13 25-22 17-14 5- 9 7-10 14-18 11-16 1-10 10-17 24- JO-b 27-24 24-19-5 30-11 21-17 -a 3S-21 . 10- 14 10-13 7-11 -10 12-16 lS-15cl 24-15 32-27-d 25-2S J White -wins. f a ) Submitted to win for white and correct : 22- 17. et.'., drawn, as piaed by Mr. Hugh Hen- derson in game 127, Pittsburg '"Despatch," as via note 1 b 1 . TniE win is also a correction of "Shearer's Handbook." pae 13? . var. 12, at 24th move ; two years be Jure the publication of that work. The correction u-aa alto published over five years before the publ Ication of volume 7 of "The Encyclopaedia of Draughts ." which on rag 19i. makes the same error as the 'Handbook. " f b In his analytis on this line in game 127. 1 Mr. Heuderson quotes this move as being "lirge- ' ly iu favor of black. " So it might bJ but, as his subsequent play appears to treat white's 24-5 move rattier harshly. I tke the liberty of suggesting sug-gesting a few i pro vein en on white's play. (c 1 Mr H. quotes two other moves here. la (allows black a "e light puJP'V "7-E3 (a f blaik win), but I think they will both draw, a1 j. io var. 1. ; (di Mr. H. remarks that the following botw all allow black to win, 2S-2. .-17. 22-23: but I j think the last-named will draw. See ir. 1. , VARIATION" 1. ! I 27- 23-3 22-17 23-15 23-22-e 83 ; 4 7-10 13-53 4-8 &--2 14-17 2-? 1 28- 24 -17 30-26 25-25 21-14 5-1 ! 3-7 11-15 8-11 15-lS-t -37 K-S' : 1 Z2-2S 18-U 26-Td S-S-g 2D-1S '1 1-i S-15 S-13 13-29 12-13 . Drawn. ! ' p) Submitted to draw for white, ed correct- j Mr. Henderson's var. 5 at 17 1 tnova, where be I pla.s 23-1S. and black wina. ! !if t 2-6. 31-26. et , draws. V (gl 24-6 makes a longer ending, bat to 0 vantage for either. j VARIATION 2. ! 14- 1S 20-11 2-11 24-19 25-31 - . 23- 1.- 7-23 17-14 15-24 22-1S 12-16 11- l-h 14-7 23-25 2S-L3 6-9 J -Dra fh 6-?, 2?-K. 9-13. 17-14. 10-26. l-8. 38-31. 3-7. probibie white win. VARIATION 3- 25- 23 26-10 21-17 15-24 3-7 6- 10 !?-; 25-5 2S-19 SI -56 19-10 30-26-1 25-1S 4-S 7-10 6-l 10-15 -7-U 27-23 32-27 23 -IS 25-17 IS-15 U-15 S-U 2-6 13-23 11-15 33 -19 5"-i3 25 2 And black his a "slight .9 n.' H. HenaT3 (11 There may be a sound zame or v'nite hers by 25-24. but it 13 v-er doub'ful. H. Ejas. VARIATION 4. 2S-22-J 2-7 27-24 4-11 29-23-1 p--lS 7- 1' 24-1 1-5 22-lS 6-9 2:.- 2?-2 7 7-1C 24-15 1 4 - 25 S0-25-m 17-2? 30- 1? 31-27 S-U 25-:9 I3-17-n -lfi 27-24 10-13 15-5 3-14 0-2c-23 DriTTL (ji Mr. H. quotes this as being "weak,- with i possibility of some drawing loophole in the ending. end-ing. 1 k The ' drawir loophole," ind correcis v-. : of game 127. at IT move, where 25-24 is p!yed ai: black wir. This s another crrection of t "II mdi'ook." ard supersedes by nearly eight years game in "L- Angfles Times." which ia taken irni Die "Lynn Item. ' ' 1!) 30-26 i!so draws, by 13-17. 6-S, 96-25, same as above, but 25-24 loses, a 13-17, 29-26. 6-9, 30-2R, 9-13. 25-22. (?S-23, 17-22. 2&-a. 5-141. 5- 9, 22-:S, 14-50. 21-5. 30-26. 5-0. 26-23L. 1-5, 23-16, 6- 10. 13-17. Black wins. tm) 2S-24, eame as Note 1. 1 n 1 14-IS. 2i-23. 1S-23. 21-17, 12-16, etc. -Drawn. 10) 25-2L' or 2S-24. same ai 0l I pi 17-22, 25-15. 9-13. 1S-9. 5-14. 2S-24, 13-1, 25- 1S, etc. Well-known loes. VARIATION 5. 26- 22 3TV2S 15-24 25-22 1-10 23-25 9-14 7-!-r 22-5 . 15-17 26-23 11-15 in-lVq 24-13 2-3-B -S -11 25-23 6- 16 Drawn. Lit Improves game 127. "Pitrsbvrg Despatch." and ' 'Shearer s Handbook." pf-ge L59. var, 13. at 5th move, where 32-27 Is played and white gets a difficult game. Ease var. 6. (ri "There are others." but the text is, probablv heft. is) 1-10, 2C-22, drawn. VARIATION . 32-27-t 27 -2-4 1 0 - 7 2 2-L". 24-19 3-17 7- 11 . 15-23 27 -.3 11 -IS 2S-24 19-25 24- 19 15-10 7-3 19-16 ! 6-9 23-27 14-1S S2-33 12-19 ; Dra.2 And white his a bad ending H. Henderson. (O This I me is very weak, and should, I think, be aroSocd. In " Shear- r Handbook" the posi-! posi-! lion at the er.d or var. 6 is left a6 drawn, but !t is a matter of g:i?at di 'ficulty to locate the equal game. VARIATION 7. 32-2R 12-22-V 20-11 6-10 20-25" 12-19 15 - 2:; 25-IS 23-27 16-6 1-10 24-6 21-17-U U-16 31-2- 3-J1 19-16 1 raw. ! fu) Draws and corrects nous "h" of Mr. Henderson's Hen-derson's piay, where 26-22 is played, and black : win?. fvi H-18, 17-14, 1-5. 19-15. 2-7, 23-16, 1S-33. 25- 24, 9-1 1. Draw. 1 fw) 9-14. at this etaara, draws and correcta ! "Shoarer's Handbook." r c lS. var. 12, at Ifit-h I move. ; he "Encyclopaedia of Draughts, " vol. 7, pje 432, note "w." ai ll'h move, and Mr. Hen-1 Hen-1 jcrion's game 127 at 13th move, where IS -23 allows al-lows the win as outlined in the foregoing "trunk-" plav. Continue 9-14, 26-23 (I can find nothing better), II-15. 20-11. 6-10, 15-6. S-24. 27-20. 13-27, - 31- 24, 1-10, 24-19. 4-3, 25-22, S-U, 30-2.5 draw. S. . TR-ISirNT GAME NO. SU2. i 11-1S. 23-19 ! Contributed by S. tiel, Rochester, N. T. 1 11-18 30-26 4-S 2S-19 S-S 23-19 H-15 24-20 7-11 51-2& I 16-23 22-1S 8-11 25-22 S-U 26- 19 15-22 23-25 U-15 :S-16 : 3-14 2;-9 U-15 22-2S ! 27-23 5-14 22-1? 1S-24 2S-7 J S-l: 26-22 15-24 2 -13 2-U ; Now into Tribune prbVm No. 401. ! Eck 1. 6. 10. 11. 14. ! "Ahite IV, 20. 21. 22, 26 ""hue to play and draw. 17-13 5-9 16-11 26-23 !-V 1-5 25-13 27-31 3-S 26-23 15-24 11-7 2 -IS U-15 20-16 81-26 8-1 . 22- 24-27 7-S 1S15 tu. S. !5sL |