White has
committed himself to this jump, and Red is free to ignore it: 22-25! 15-24
20-27 31-24 23-26 29-22 26-10 RW.Return to my heckers pages
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Here is a nice shot. Diagrams 2 and 3 are from other games in this same match.
J.Drummond-Hudson, 1858 match
11-15 23-19 8-11 22-17 9-14 (11-16 is also the Glasgow) 25-22 11-16 (Glasgow)
24-20 16-23 (or 15-24 to same) 27-11 7-16 20-11 3-7(A) 28-24 7-16 26-23
16-19 24-15 10-26 30-23 12-16 17-10 6-15 23-18 15-19 18-15 4-8 22-18 19-23
21-17 5-9 17-14 9-13 14-10 13-17 10-7 (seems to draw) 2-11 15-10 16-20 10-7
8-12 7-3 11-16 3-8 17-22 8-11 23-26 18-14 26-30 14-10 1-5 10-6 5-9 6-2 9-13 2-6
30-26 6-10 26-23 10-14 16-19 11-15? (11-7 12-16 14-10 13-17 7-11 draws, Tonar)
[diagram #1]
White has
committed himself to this jump, and Red is free to ignore it: 22-25! 15-24
20-27 31-24 23-26 29-22 26-10 RW.
A - 3-8 (Not as good) 11-7 2-11 26-23 11-15 32-27 12-16? [diagram #2]
(Drummond was Red
in this diagram, and he has just set up a shot for White) 22-18 15-22 31-26
22-31 29-25 31-24 28-3 WW, Drummond-Hudson, same match.
The position in
diagram #3 also came up in this match (from a Single Corner), with Drummond
(Red) winning with: 7-10 15-11 3-7 11-2 16-19 RW.