E was rewarded by the discovery of some curious and

said generally that a game is a contest of skill for two or more persons,

into which we enter either for amusement or to win a prize. A puzzle is
something to be done or solved by the individual. For example, if it were possible for us so to master the complexities of the game
of chess that we could be assured

of always winning with the first or second move, as the
case might be, or of always drawing, then it would cease to be a game and would become a puzzle. Of course
among the young and uninformed, when the correct winning play is not understood, a puzzle may well
make a very good game. Thus there is no doubt child ren will continue to play "Noughts and Crosses," though
I have shown (No. 109, "_Canterbury Puzzles_") that between two players who bot