1870
2/19
REID VS MCINDOE 5-1-3 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
APRIL
IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND, DAVID KIRKWOOD ("DENNY") GAVE A LECTURE ON THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS , FOLLOWED BY AN EXHIBITION
OF BLINDFOLD PLAY.
7/19
A NEWSPAPER COLUMN ENTITLED "THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS" WAS STARTED IN THE ST CLAIR REPUBLICAN, MICHIGAN, EDITED BY R. B.
ROSS. IT RAN WEEKLY UNTIL 14 NOV. 1871.
8/15-9/21
AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.
AT
THIS TIME THERE WERE NO NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS TO DETERMINE THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
DR.
ISAAC CLUTE OF NEW YORK CLAIMED THE TITLE AND WAS WILLING TO DEFEND IT IN A STAKE MATCH. MCINDOE, NEWLY ARRIVED FROM GLASGOW,
SCOTLAND, TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE.
DR.
ISAAC CLUTE VS. J. BROWN MACINDOE 3-2-27 DRAWS at NEW YORK FOR $50.
TERMS WERE THE FIRST TO OBTAIN 3 WINS.
CLUTE RETAINS TITLE.
1871
2/20-3/2
AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.
J.
BROWN MACINDOE VS DR. ISAAC CLUTE 3-1-24 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
TERMS WERE
THE FIRST TO OBTAIN 3 WINS, UNRESTRICTED OPENINGS, FOR A STAKE OF $200 (EQUIVALENT TO $4,000 IN 2010).
MACINDOE,
A SCOTSMAN RESIDENT IN NEW YORK, WINS TITLE. GAMES PUBLISHED IN CANADIAN CHECKER PLAYER , VOL. 4, NO. 9, SEPT. 1910 AND SUBSEQUENT
ISSUES.
3/15-18
FIRST MICHIGAN STATE TOURNAMENT at DETROIT. 10 ENTRANTS.
DR.
L. R. ALDERMAN WINS TITLE.
THE
CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE WAS A BOARD INLAID WITH ROSEWOOD AND MAPLE, AND BORDERED WITH SILVER, WITH A SET OF IVORY MEN.
AT THE
TOURNEY MEETING IT WAS RESOLVED TO FORM A MICHIGAN STATE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION.
MAR.
LOUISIANA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
F. G. FISK BEAT ANTHONY HAAS 9-0-1 DRAW at NEW ORLEANS.
FISK
WINS TITLE.
APR.
MATCH FOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOUTHERN STATES.
F.
G. FISK BEAT A. DELL 3-1-10 DRAWS.
FISK
WINS TITLE.
MAY
THERE WAS A MOVEMENT TO ESTABLISH A DRAUGHTS CONGRESS, WITH DRAUGHTS EDITORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO CONTACT THE EDITOR OF
"THE DRAUGHT BOARD".
8/12
MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
DR.
L. R. ALDERMAN BEAT I. CARRIER 7-2-3 DRAWS at DETROIT.
ALDERMAN
RETAINS TITLE.
WILLIAM
BRYDEN'S FIRST MATCH, VS GEORGE STRATTON 7-5-7 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
1872
7/10-8/6
STAKE MATCH 72 GAMES AT £5 PER GAME.
JAMES
WYLLIE VS. ROBERT MARTINS 4-3-65 at LEEDS AND NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. THEIR FIFTH MATCH.
JAMES
WYLLIE VS BARKER WOOLHOUSE 3-1-26 DRAWS at LONDON.
JAMES
WYLLIE VS GEORGE JEWITT 7-0-11DRAWS.
8/16
IN ENGLAND THE NEWCASTLE WEEKLY CHRONICLE INCLUDED ITS FIRST DRAUGHTS COLUMN, WHICH CONTINUED FOR OVER 60 YEARS.
1873
6/6
THE FIRST MENTION OF ROBERT YATES IS MADE IN AN ARTICLE IN THE "TURF, FIELD AND FARM". AT THE AGE OF 15 HE HAD ALREADY
BEATEN SOME OF THE TOP NEW YORK PLAYERS.
10/27
JAMES WYLLIE ARRIVES IN NEW YORK, BEGINNING HIS FIRST TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA, LASTING THREE YEARS.
OCT. JAMES WYLLIE VS. ROBERT
YATES 1-0-3 DRAWS aT NEW YORK.
OCT. JAMES WYLLIE
VS ROBERT YATES 5-1-3 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
NOV. JAMES
WYLLIE VS. CHARLES F. BARKER 10-3-7 DRAWS at BOSTON.
12/10-
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLUS $200.00 STAKE.
JAMES
WYLLIE VS. W.R. BARKER 10-1-31 DRAWS at BOSTON.
WYLLIE
RETAINS TITLE. GAMES PUBLISHED IN "GOULD'S HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE MATCHES".
1ST
INTERCITY MATCH BETWEEN EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH WON 11-7-18 DRAWS. (6-A-SIDE)
JAMES
WYLLIE VS. W.H. BROUGHTON at PORTLAND, MAINE, US.
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This picture, I think, is a rarity, because I haven't seen another of him in actual play against an opponent, apart from
the well-known one of him and Martins in old age, "The Last Battle".
CHRIS REEKIE
1874
3/3-10 WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH PLUS $100.00 STAKE.
JAMES WYLLIE
VS.W.R. BARKER 3-1-46 DRAWS at BOSTON
WYLLIE RETAINS
TITLE .
GAMES PUBLISHED
IN "GOULD'S HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE MATCHES".
APRIL
R. D. YATES VS. S. T. ALLEN 38-12-50 at NEW YORK.
OCT
R. D. YATES VS. S.T. ALLEN 33-8-59 at NEW YORK.
FORMATION OF NOTTINGHAM MECHANICS' INSTITUTE CHESS AND DRAUGHTS
CLUB IN ENGLAND.
1875
JANUARY ROBERT
YATES VS W.H. BROUGHTON 10-9-14 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
JANUARY W.H. BROUGHTON VS W.H BURR 14-7-15
DRAWS at NEW YORK.
JANUARY W.H. BROUGHTON VS BROWN
11-3-19 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
FEBRUARY R.D. YATES
VS. S.T. ALLEN 16-4-30 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
3/6 REID VS ROBERT MARTINS at KILMARNOCK,
SCOTLAND 0-0-5 DRAWS.
8/6
W.R.BARKER VS. R. YATES 5-1-41 DRAWS at NEW YORK
AUGUST
R.D. YATES VS. C. F. BARKER 6-0-3 DRAWS at NEW YORK
AUGUST
R.D. YATES VS. M. PRIEST 7-0-11 DRAWS at NEW YORK
1st
CORNWALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.
J.
ROBERTS WINS TITLE.
DECEMBER ROBERT YATES VS W. H.
BROUGHTON 3-3-4 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
1876
JAN
W.H. BROUGHTON VS ROBERT YATES 3-1-4 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
JAN "NEW ENGLAND CHECKER PLAYER" FIRST ISSUED.
MARCH EXHIBITION MATCH
ROBERT YATES VS. JAMES WYLLIE 2-0-22 at NEW YORK
CLARENCE FREEMAN MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE, WINNING THE PROVIDENCE CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
APRIL EXHIBITION MATCH
ROBERT YATES VS. JAMES WYLLIE 5-1-20 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
APRIL J. SMITH VS C. HORSFIELD 5-1-3 DRAWS at LEEDS AND BRADFORD, ENGLAND.
2nd CORNWALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.
HENRY TONKIN WINS TITLE.
GEORGE PRICE VS CHRISTOPHER ADAMSON 2-1-2 DRAWS.
CHRISTOPHER ADAMSON VS JAMES TONAR 2-0-4 DRAWS.
5/10-20 JAMES WYLLIE VS. WILLIAM R. BARKER. TERMS OF $10.00 ON EACH WON GAME 5-0-26 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS
JULY
ROBERT MARTINS ARRIVES IN AMERICA AND BEGINS A TOUR.
8/17-9/1
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
ROBERT YATES
VS. JAMES WYLLIE 2-1-47 DRAWS at BROOKLYN, NY.
YATES,
AGED 18, WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
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SEPT. JAMES WYLLIE LEAVES THE USA AFTER A TOUR OF THE US AND
CANADA LASTING 3 YEARS. HE PLAYED ABOUT 12,000 GAMES, WINNING OVER 11,000, LOSING ABOUT 50 AND DRAWING THE REST.
SEPT. ROBERT YATES VS R.E. BOWEN 8-2-2 DRAWS.
1877
JUNE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
ROBERT
D. YATES VS. ROBERT MARTINS 3-1-45 DRAWS at NEW YORK.
YATES
RETAINS TITLE.
THIS
WAS THE ONLY DEFENSE OF THE TITLE THAT YATES WON FROM JAMES WYLLIE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS HE LATER RETIRED UNDEFEATED TO FOCUS
ON HIS CAREER AS A DOCTOR.
DECEMBER
NON-TITLE MATCH
ROBERT
D.YATES VS. WILLIAM R. BARKER 3-1-6 DRAWS at BOSTON.
DATE???
3rd CORNWALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.
HENRY TONKIN RETAINS TITLE.
DATE???
FORMER WORLD CHAMPION ROBERT MARTINS VISITS CINCINNATI, OHIO, WHERE HE HAS A SITTING WITH HENRY HUTZLER, REGARDED AS THE BEST
IN THE STATE AT THAT TIME. SELECT GAMES PUBLISHED IN NORTH AMERICAN CHECKER BOARD MAY 1899.
1878
JAN
"ENGLISH DRAUGHT PLAYER" FIRST ISSUED.
2/14 IN CANADA THE TORONTO
DRAUGHTS CLUB IS ORGANISED.
3/12
J. BIRKENSHAW VS WILLIAM STRICKLAND 3-2-5 DRAWS at LEEDS (FOR £10).
3/29
AS REPORTED IN THE CHECKER COLUMN OF THE "TURF, FIELD AND FARM", R.D. YATES RETIRES AS WORLD CHAMPION. AS SUCH, THE PROPOSED
REMATCH BETWEEN YATES AND JAMES WYLIIE IS CANCELLED, AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVERTS TO WYLLIE.
5/18-23
JAMES REED VS. CHARLES HEFTER 11-10-29 DRAWS at CHICAGO, IL, US, FOR $200 (EQUIVALENT TO $4,000 IN 2010).
AMERICAN
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
CHARLES
FRANCIS BARKER VS MATTY PRIEST 9-2-31 DRAWS at BOSTON, MA.
BARKER
WINS TITLE.
JUNE
CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.
JAMES
M. DYKES VS. JAMES LABADIE 3-1-45 DRAWS at LONDON, ONTARIO.
DYKES
WINS TITLE.
SEPTEMBER
MATTY C. PRIEST VS JAMES P. REED 15-5-22 DRAWS at WILMINGTON, DE. FOR $400.
OCTOBER
JAMES P. REED VS MATTY C. PRIEST 12-6-27 DRAWS at PITTSBURGH, PA.
E.
LORD PLAYED ABOUT 6 SIMULTANEOUS BLINDFOLD GAMES IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.
1879
FOUNDING OF LANARKSHIRE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION IN
SCOTLAND - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.
FIRST LANARKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY WON BY WILLIAM BRYDEN.
CHAMPIONSHIP OF WEST OF SCOTLAND.
WILLIAM
BRYDEN VS STEELE 4-0-11 DRAWS at GLASGOW.
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