c. 30-25, 4-8, 18-14, 9-27, 22-18, 15-22, 24-15, 11-18, 20-4, 27-32, 26-17, 13-22, 4-8, 22-26, and black appears to have a winning advantage. R. Jordan.
d. Taking the piece on 18 first seems to lose, thus:—
| 15-22 | e 9-13 | 13-17 | 6-9 | 5-14 | |
| 24-8 | 17-14 | 23-18 | 14-10 | 10-7 | White |
| 4-11 | 10-17 | 17-21 | 9-14 | 2-6 | wins. |
| 31-27 | 21-14 | 28-24 | 18-9 | 7-2 | Dallas. |
e. 2-7, 27-24, 22-26, 23-18, 26-31, 18-15, 11-18, 20-2, 9-13, 2-9, 5-14, 24-19, 13-22, 30-26. White wins.
Game No. 3.—“Dundee” Opening.
| 12-16 | 11-15 | c 8-12 | 4-8 | 9-14 | 1-26 |
| 24-20 | 20-11 | 17-13 | 18-15 | 26-22 | 31-22 |
| 8-12 | 7-16 | 5-9 | 2-7 | 14-17 | 19-23 |
| 28-24 | 24-20 | 22-18 | 30-26 | 21-14 | 13-9 |
| 9-14 | b 16-19 | 15-22 | 10-14 | 18-23 | 12-19 |
| 22-17 | 23-16 | 25-18 | 29-25 | 27-18 | 9-6 |
| 3-8 | 12-19 | 14-23 | 14-18 | 6-10 | 7-11 |
| a 26-22 | 20-16 | 27-18 | 32-27 | 15-6 | Drawn. |
| R. Jordan. |
a. This move is the favourite at this point on account of its “trappiness,” but 25-22 is probably stronger, thus: 25-22, 16-19, 24-15, 11-25, 29-22, 8-11, 17-13, 11-16, 20-11, 7-16, and white can with advantage continue by 27-24, 22-17, 23-19 or 22-18.
b. 15-19, 20-11, 8-15, 23-16, 12-19, 17-13, 5-9, 30-26, 4-8, 27-23, 8-12, 23-16, 12-19, 31-27, 1-5, 27-23, 19-24, 32-27, 24-31, 22-17. White wins. C. F. Barker.
| c 8-11 | 27-18 | 15-18 | 14-10 | 24-27 | 7-10 |
| 16-7 | 15-22 | 14-10 | 19-24 | 31-24 | 27-31 |
| 2-11 | 25-18 | 6-15 | 10-7 | 16-20 | 10-26 |
| 22-18 | 10-15 | 17-14 | 18-23 | 3-7 | 31-22 |
| 14-23 | 18-14 | 11-16 | 7-3 | 20-27 | 30-25 |
| Drawn. R. Stewart v. R. Jordan. | |||||
Problem No. 1 is the simplest form of that known to draughts-players as the “First Position.” It is of more frequent occurrence in actual play than any other end-game, and is, besides, typical of a class of draughts problems which may be described as analytical, in contradistinction to “strokes.”