1860
THE
CENTRAL CLUB OPENED IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
11/28-12/11
50-GAME MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, AND £100 PER SIDE.
ROBERT
MARTINS VS JOHN McKERROW 10-6 at GLASGOW.
HENRY
SPAYTH'S "THE AMERICAN DRAUGHT PLAYER" IS PUBLISHED.
1861
A DRAUGHTS
CONTEST WAS HELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. ROBERT MARTINS WON A SILVER CUP. GEORGE BULLOCK OF SHEFFIELD WAS RUNNER-UP.
3/1
DEATH OF ANDREW ANDERSON, AGED 62. RECOGNIZED AS THE FIRST CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.
OCT. JAMES TONAR VS MCMILLAN 8-5-6 DRAWS at CARLISLE, ENGLAND.
1863
APRIL
SECOND MATCH, FOR £40, at CARLISLE, ENGLAND.
JAMES
TONAR VS MCMILLAN 2-2-16 DRAWS.
8/31-9/12 MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND,
AND £100 PER SIDE.
ROBERT
MARTINS VS JAMES WYLLIE, ALL GAMES DRAWN, WITH 48 GAMES PLAYED ON THE GLASGOW OPENING(!!) at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. THEIR
SECOND MEETING.
1864
1/18-2/9
62-GAME MATCH FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, AND £100 PER SIDE.
JAMES
WYLLIE VS ROBERT MARTINS 10-5-47 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. THEIR THIRD MEETING.
WYLLIE
WINS TITLE.
SEPTEMBER
FORMATION OF THE METROPOLITAN DRAUGHT CLUB IN NEW YORK.
1865
MAY
FIRST RECORDED CHECKER TOURNAMENT IN THE U.S. PROMOTED BY THE METROPOLITAN CLUB OF NEW YORK. MELVIN BROWN WINS TOURNEY.
8/25 FIRST
APPEARENCE OF THE FAMOUS CHECKER COLUMN IN THE TURF, FIELD AND FARM. COLUMN BY A.J. DUNLAP .
W.
H. BURR WINS METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIP at NEW YORK.
1866
DR. ISAAC CLUTE WINS METROPOLITAN
CHAMPIONSHIP at NEW YORK.
1867
JAN. DEATH OF GEORGE BULLOCK, SHEFFIELD. (BORN 26 APRIL 1806). ONE OF THE BEST
PLAYERS IN ENGLAND, HE BECAME SHEFFIELD CHAMPION AT THE AGE OF 16.
8/5-9/13
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
JAMES
WYLLIE VS ROBERT MARTINS 7-7-46 DRAWS
at GLASGOW,
SCOTLAND. THIS WAS THEIR FOURTH MATCH, WHICH WAS ABANDONED AS DRAWN WITH 2 UNFINISHED GAMES. AFTER THE BACKERS PROTESTED,
2 WEEKS LATER, FOUR MORE GAMES PLAYED, WITH WYLLIE WINNING 2-0-2 DRAWS
FALL
R.E. BOWEN MAKES HIS DEBUT BEFORE THE CHECKER PUBLIC WITH AN ANALYSIS OF THE BLACK DOCTOR OPENING, IN THE TURF, FIELD
AND FARM.
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12/23
AFTER A DRAWN MATCH WITH J.B. TEES OF PHILADELPHIA, DR. ISAAC CLUTE ISSUES CHALLENGE TO ANY AMERICAN CHECKER PLAYER FOR A
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. NO ONE ACCEPTS, CLUTE CLAIMS TITLE.
1868
2/24-28 A SPECIAL TOURNEY WAS HELD FOR THE
VISIT OF JAMES WYLLIE TO NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. 24 COMPETITORS. WYLLIE BEAT J. PRICE IN THE FINAL TO WIN A SILVER CUP.
FALL CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP
WILLIAM FLEMING VS. E.R. JACQUES (HOLDER) 3-1-8 DRAWS
at
FLEMING WINS TITLE.
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1869
2/24
DETROIT CHESS AND CHEQUER CLUB ORGANIZED.
5/1
TONAR'S BOARD PUBLISHED
(Full
title: The Draught - Board: A Monthly Medium of Interchange and Correspondence
for
Students and Admirers of The Game of Draughts. Edited by J. Tonar, Newcastle-on-Tyne)
THE
FIRST PERIODICAL PUBLICATION OR MAGAZINE DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY TO THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS.
In
December 1870 the Editorship passed to W. Patterson of London and the subsequent editions from 1871 up to March 1872 became
known as Patterson's Board.
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