Black.
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White.
FIG. 8.
[BLACK TO MOVE AND [WHITE TO MOVE AND
WIN.] DRAW.]
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_Solution_.
Black to move. White to move.
28.24 32.27 31.27 22.18
32.28 24.28 23.19 31.27
24.20 27.32 27.31 28.24
28.32 18.22 19.24 27.31
22.18 31.27 32.27 18.23
31.27 22.26 24.20 31.26
23.19 30.23 27.32 Drawn.
27.31 28.24
19.24 B. wins.
For further information as to the science of the game, see the article
"Draughts" in _The Book of Card and Table Games_, of which the above
account is an abridgment. The reader desirous of still more minute
information will find it in _The Game of Draughts Simplified_, by Andrew
Andersen. The fifth edition (1887) of this standard work (James Forrester,
2s. 6d.) is edited by Mr. Robert McCulloch, the writer of the
above-mentioned article. Mr. McCulloch has also produced a book of his own,
_The Guide to the Game of Draughts_ (Bryson & Co., Glasgow, 2_s_. 6d.).
These are thoroughly up-to-date publications. We may mention in addition
the _American Draughtplayer_, by H. Spayth, the accepted authority in
America, and two valuable works by Mr. Joseph Gould, _The Problem Book_,
and _Match Games_.
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