The Boy's Own Book of Indoor Games and Recreations / A Popular Encyclopædia for Boys

by C. Stansfeld Hicks; John Nevil Maskelyne; Gordon Stables

	GAME			2			3			4			5			6			7
1	11	-	15
2	22		18
3	15	-	22
4	25		18
5	8	-	11
6	29		25										10	-	14	9	-	13	9	-	14
7	4	-	8							24		19	24		19	24		20	18		9
8	25		22							16	-	20	11	-	16	1?	-	16	5	-	14
9	12	-	16	11	-	16				28	*	24	27		24	27		24	24		19
10	24		20	24		20				7	-	11	16	-	20	8	-	12	11	-	15
11	8	-	12	8	-	11				30		25	31		27	24		19	19		16
12	27		24	27		24				11	-	16	7	-	10	10	-	15	12	-	19
13	10	-	14	9	-	13				18		15	19		15	19		10	23		16
14	24		19	24		19				9	-	14	10	-	19	6	-	15	14	-	18
15	7	-	10	5	-	9				22		18	24		15	31		27	21		17
16	32		27	28		24				3	-	7	6	-	10	7	-	10	18	-	25
17	9	-	13	10	-	15				18		9	15		6	27		24	30		21
18	18		9	19		10				5	-	14	1	-	10	2	-	7	6	-	9
19	5	-	14	6	-	15				26		22	23		19	24		19	16		12
20	22		18	32		28				14	-	18	14	-	23	15	-	24	9	-	14
21	1	-	5	16	-	19				23		14	27		18	28		19	27		23
22	18		9	23		16				16	-	23	8	-	11	10	*	14	8	-	12
23	5	-	14	12	-	19				27		18	22		17	18		9	32		27
24	26		22	26		23				20	-	27	9	-	14	5	-	14	15	-	18
25	13	-	17	19	-	26				32		23	18		9	22		18	17		13
26	22		13	30		23				10	-	26	5	-	14	1	-	5	1	-	6
27	14	-	18	1	-	5							17		13	18		9	28		24
28	23		7	24		19				black wins.			2	-	6	5	-	14	11	-	15
29	16	-	32	15	-	24							26		22	19		15	23		19
30	30		26	28		19							20	-	24	11	-	27	7	-	11
31	3	-	10	7	-	10							30	*	26	20		2	26		23
32	21		17	31		27							12	-	16	27	-	31	18	-	22
33	11	-	15	2	-	7	19	*	16				19		12	26		22	21		17
34	26		23	19		16	10	-	14				11	-	16	12	-	16	14	-	21
35	2	-	7	10	-	15	16		7				28		19	2		6	23		18
36	31		27	16		12	3	-	10				16	-	30	16	-	19	11	-	16
37				7		10	20		16				32		27	6		9
38	Draw			20	*	16	2	-	7				30	-	26	14	-	17	black wins.
39				11	-	20	16	*	12				22		17	21		14
40				18		11	14	-	17				26	-	22	19	-	23
41				10	-	14	21		14				27		23	22		18
42				22		18	10	-	26				22	-	18	31	-	26
43				13	-	17	31		22				23		19	18		15
44				18		15	7	-	10				18	-	15	26	-	22
45				17	-	22	12		8				19		16	14		10
46				15		10	10	-	14				3	-	7	22		18
				22	-	26							12		8
				10		6	black wins.						15	-	11	white wins.
				26	-	31
				6		1							black wins.
				black wins.

The asterisk, in each case, shows the losing move. These games, however, by no means exhaust the variations in the Single Corner Game.

THE GLASGOW OPENING.

This mode of opening the game was, and is, a favourite one with Scottish players. It is a strong and sound game for the Black, beginning, like the Old Fourteenth, the Single Corner, and the Laird and Lady, with the move from square 11 to square 15. Presuming that Black always commences, the first moves are:—

Black.						White.
11	to	15	—	1	—	23	to	19
8	to	11	—	2	—	22	to	19
11	to	16	—	3	—

This third move of the Black is the variation which gives the Glasgow its special character. The move 4 to 8 instead of 11 to 16 would have been the Old Fourteenth. White’s safest reply is—

						24	to	20
16	to	23	—	4	—	27	to	17

Had White replied with 26 to 19, he would have lost by his opponent playing 10 to 14. As it is, Black’s next move is forced:—

7	to	16	—	5	—	20	to	11
3	to	7	—	6	—	25	to	22