MR. JASON YEO, A FREQUENT CONTRIBUTOR TO THE OMOCH, SENDS US THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING
ARTICLE FROM THE AMERICAN CHECKER REVIEW, WHICH WE PRESENT HERE ON THE ARTICLES PAGE.
THANKS JASON !!
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We graciously accept from Mr. Chris Reekie
the following article.
First, a word from Mr. Reekie.....
"I have written an article on Anderson's Second Edition, "The Game of Draughts Simplified",
to mark its publication 160 years ago in 1852 and it is in the March number of the EDA Journal, out now. In this, I point
out an oft-repeated inaccuracy that his 1852 book was the second edition of his Guide,
published 1848. It was, in his words, "the second edition of the author's works". The two books have different contents.
I have obtained
images of the title pages of both 1848 and 1852 books from the National Library of Scotland. (Shown below)
I can also give you a shortened version
of my article to use with the images."
Anderson’s Books
Andrew Anderson, the game’s first world champion, published two books, “Anderson’s
Guide to the Game of Draughts” in 1848, and in April 1852 ,“The Game of Draughts Simplified”, which established
the rules of the game and is famous as “Anderson’s Second Edition”.
His 1852 book was not, as has often been inaccurately stated, the second edition of his Guide. It
was, in his own words, “the second edition of the author’s works”. The two books have different contents.
The first has 73 pages, gives 58 games and variations, and offers little advice. One merit is that
it includes some of the games Anderson played with James Wyllie in their epic match in 1847. The second has 154 pages, gives
games arising from 15 openings and 648 variations, and offers much more guidance. For this, Anderson conferred with 21other
players, (19 in Glasgow, one in Newcastle, and one in Bristol), and what became the standard laws were drawn up and circulated
to clubs throughout Britain.
Anderson broke new ground by making every game start with black, so replacing the confusing old method
of black and white having first move alternately. He decided that all play would be on the black squares and no longer on
the white squares. He was the first person to name the openings successfully.
Richard Jordan and James Dallas, in their account of the history of draughts in the 1911 edition of
Encyclopaedia Britannica, said that Anderson’s second print was “the important one”. This was because it
“standardised the laws of the game, fixed the nomenclature of the openings, introduced a better arrangement of the play,
and, since Anderson was one of the finest players of the game, excelled in accuracy”. W. T. Call, in “The Literature
of Checkers” said that Anderson’s Second “at once raised a haphazard art to the dignity of a science”.
Anderson was born at the village of Braidwood, beside Carluke, Lanarkshire, on May3rd 1799
and died there on March1st 1861.The images of the title pages of Anderson’s two books,
shown here, are by permission of the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland.
Copyright Chris Reekie 2012.
DEO'S GETTING MARRIED !!!!
STOP SMOKING !
FROM THE "CHECKER KINGS IN ACTION" BOOK, 1952.
WATCH THE 2001 HBO DOCUMENTARY
THE CHECKER KING
THE OMOCH SENDS A SPECIAL THANKS TO JIM O'BRIEN FOR
SENDING US THE LINK !
CLICK HERE !!!
WHO IS TEETZEL ????
As a result of what he believed to be an attack upon his own
personal involvement regarding the game (Checkers), Manson Teetzel wrote in his American Checker Monthly magazine a
biography of his life and times, which included a list of his Checkeristic accomplishments....
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NELSON MANDELA; DRAUGHTS PLAYER !!!!
PERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD INVITE HIM TO A TOURNEY !!
PAT McCARTHY AND HIS CREW !!!
LIAM STEPHENS CONTRIBUTES THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE, ALONG WITH THE NOTES WHICH FOLLOW...
"The Irish Post was the leading Irish owned newspaper in the UK
in the 1970's and 80's and continues to this day. B & I was the abbreviation for British and Irish Ferries. That
Company ran the main ferry services between Ireland and Britain at the time
, but is no longer in existence.
At that time also the London Draughts Association was thriving and had over
50% Irish members in it. One of the annual fixtures held shortly before Christmas time was a match between London Irish and
the Rest of London.
The Irish Post and B & I held annual awards for best sporting achievements by members of the
immigrant Irish community. Pat Mc Carthy had won the Irish Championship that year and this picture is of the presentation
ceremony.
The two players on the right of the picture are wrongly captioned.
On the extreme right is Danny Shields and standing next to him is Bill Kenny."
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN, JULY 9, 1974.
THIS ARTICLE WAS SENT TO THE OMOCH BY WENDY SCOTT, NIECE OF DENNIS BEADELL, WHO TRAVELED WITH DEREK
OLDBURY ON HIS TRIP TO AMERICA.
DEREK OLDBURY'S INIMITABLE INSIGHT INTO THE
TINSLEY-LAFFERTY WORLD TITLE MATCH OF 1987.....
FRANK BEDNALL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE SECTION,(LONDON) 1983.
FRANK IS A WELL KNOWN DRAUGHTS PERSONALITY IN ENGLAND.
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| ARTICLE SUBMITTED BY LIAM STEPHENS |
MARION TINSLEY (1957)AND CHARLES WALKER (1991) ON
AMERICAN GAME SHOW "TO TELL THE TRUTH".
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EDITOR'S NOTE.....BE SURE TO WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO, AS BOTH SCENES ARE CONTAINED IN ONE FILE.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO !!
TIME MAGAZINE
MAY 31, 1943.....
TINSLEY IN HIS PRIME !!!!!!
DRAUGHTS OR COCOANUTS ??
ABE PARLOW'S INTRO TO THE GAME.....
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HELLMAN OR HALLMAN ?
READ THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS FROM THE PAGES OF CHURCHILL'S COMPILATIONS,
CIRCA 1965, FOR SOME INSIGHT INTO THE CHANGING SURNAME OF THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION....
NOT A WOMEN'S GAME....
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN
"THE CHECKERGRAM", APRIL 1930
I COULD NOT STATE THIS ANY BETTER MYSELF !!!
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| ARTICLE FROM HUGH HENDERSON'S COLUMN IN THE PITTSBURGH DISPATCH, LATER REPRINTED IN ACM |
ARTICLE FROM BOOK "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PLAY IN TODAY'S SOCIETY".....
*EDITORS NOTE, ALTHOUGH THE OMOCH IS MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE,AND IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY,
WE WERE NEVER CONTACTED, AND DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE WRITING AND/OR EDITING OF THIS ARTICLE.
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TOM WISWELL ON "WHAT'S MY LINE ?" !!!!!
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO SEE TOM WISWELL ON "WHAT'S MY LINE" EPISODE #195
, BROADCAST FEB.21 ,1954 .
THIS FOOTAGE WAS VERY RARE, AND EXISTED ONLY IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION UNTIL VERY
RECENTLY, WHEN IT WAS POSTED ON YOUTUBE BY A PRIVATE COLLECTOR OF THE PROGRAM'S EPISODES.
THE WISWELL SEGMENT IS FROM THE 4:00 MINUTE MARK, LASTING UNTIL 6:33....BUT YOU
MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN THE RARE LUCILLE BALL FOOTAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CLIP.
BELOW IS A FEATURE ARTICLE ON MILLARD HOPPER BY ANDY LANSET.
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN WNYC RADIO AND
HE HAS A NEWSLETTER FULL OF VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION.
TO VISIT THE WNYC ARCHIVES WEBSITE,CLICK THE LINK BELOW.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM AN EDITORIAL WRITTEN BY MR. LOUIS VAN DEVEN. IT IS FROM
HIS "SIXTH DISTRICT NEWSLETTER" VOLUME 2, NO. 2 MAY 1976.....AND, AS FAR AS HIS IDEAS ON "CHECKERS AND CHESS AND OTHER SUCH INTELLECTUAL PASTIMES"....I COULD NOT
AGREE MORE !!
JAY HINNERSHITZ, OMOCH EDITOR
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| ARTICLE FROM NEW ZEALAND DRAUGHTS REVIEW NO.1 1954 |
KOTIN VS. CHINOOK !!!
THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE KOTIN, A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTOR TO THE OMOCH SITE.
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David would be interested in any thoughts you may have on the subject....
GONOTSKY WINS AMERICAN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP !!
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| ARTICLE FROM AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE SEPT. 1924 |
GONOTSKY'S IN TOWN !!!!
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| ARTICLE FROM MORRIS-SYSTEMS CHECKERIST |
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| ARTICLE FROM DRAUGHTS WORLD |
WYLLIE ON SIMULTANEOUS PLAY.....
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FEATURE ON ART HEDGES !!!
MASTER OF THE CHECKER BOARD SEEKS OUT SECRETS TO A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE.
FOCUS ON
REV. EDWARD SHAW
Photograph used with the kind permission
of the Oldham Evening Chronicle
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| Article submitted by J. Reade |
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| Article submitted by L. Stephens |
WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE AS AN OMOCH EXCLUSIVE. IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVID
KOTIN, AND THE SUBJECT IS ONE OF HIS PERSONAL HEROES....
"CHRISTY MATHEWSON"
by
DAVID KOTIN
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| ARTICLE FROM ELAM'S CHECKER BOARD |
AN INTERESTING ALPHABET !!
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| POEM FROM NORTH AMERICAN CHECKER BOARD |
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| ARTICLE FROM NORTH AMERICAN CHECKER BOARD |
JORDAN VS. BARKER AFTERMATH
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| ARTICLE FROM DRAUGHTS WORLD |
THREE LEGENDARY PROBLEMISTS !!
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