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1880

1/2  DEATH OF HARPER COLTHERD, AGE 61. FORMER MATCH CHAMPION OF ENGLAND. KNOWN AS A VERY STRONG CROSSBOARD PLAYER, HE HAD MATCHES WITH THE LIKES OF MARTINS, WYLLIE, McKERROW AND WAY. 

FOUNDING OF FIRST GLASGOW DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION, SCOTLAND 

4/24-29  SUBSCRIPTION MATCH.

JAMES WYLLIE VS ROBERT MARTINS  4-1-15 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - THE "29-25 SWITCHER MATCH". THEIR 6TH MEETING.

7/26   FRIENDLY MATCH.

CLARENCE FREEMAN VS. ROLAND EDWIN (R.E.) BOWEN

3-0-3 DRAWS at LONSDALE, RI. THIS WAS PLAYED AT THE HOME OF MILES MERRY. GAMES PUBLISHED IN CANADIAN CHECKER PLAYER VOL.4, NO.2, FEB. 1910.

SUMMER???  2nd LANARKSHIRE TOURNAMENT.

WILLIE CAMPBELL WINS TITLE.

WISBECH DRAUGHTS CLUB IS FORMED. THIS IS POSSIBLY THE EARLIEST CLUB IN ENGLAND. RECORDS EXIST OF ANNUAL TOURNAMENTS UNTIL 1943 OR LATER.

POLYTECHNIC DRAUGHTS CLUB IS FORMED at LONDON.

 

 

 

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1881

3/21-31   AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. JAMES P. REED 4-1-43 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS. THEIR FIRST MEETING.

BARKER RETAINS TITLE.

3rd LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY, SCOTLAND.

WILLIE CAMPBELL RETAINS TITLE.

5/11 DEATH OF JOHN DRUMMOND at DENNY, SCOTLAND, AGED 75. CELEBRATED PLAYER, AND AUTHOR OF "THE SCOTTISH DRAUGHTS PLAYER".

5/15  AUGUST  J. HEFFNER VS. HERBERT Z. WRIGHT 6-0-1 DRAW at BOSTON, MASS.

MAY  JAMES MOIR ARRIVES IN AMERICA FOR A CHECKERS/DRAUGHTS PLAYING TOUR.

5/    J. MOIR VS. DR. I. CLUTE  1-0-5 DRAWS at SCHENECTADY, NY.

SUBSCRIPTION MATCH at OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE.

JAMES WYLLIE VS J. BIRKENSHAW  10-2-18 DRAWS.

5/ 28  GEORGE WILLIAM  FAIRGRIEVE VS. JAMES MOIR  2-1-1 DRAW. THIS MEETING, THE FOURTH BETWEEN THESE TWO (OF WHICH MOIR WON THE FIRST TWO AND DREW THE THIRD), WAS THE ONLY SITTING WHICH MOIR LOST DURING HIS TOUR. FAIRGRIEVE'S WINS PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN CHECKER MONTHLY  VOL II, NO. 9 SEPT. 1922. 

6/1   J. MOIR VS. C.F. BARKER 1-0-9 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS., US.

6/3   J. MOIR VS. C.F. BARKER 4-1-15 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS. US.

6/     J. MOIR VS. A. BRODY  5-0-3 DRAWS at QUEBEC.

6/     J. MOIR VS. F. LORTIE  3-0-3 DRAWS at QUEBEC.

6/     J. MOIR VS. A. FINN at  7-1-4 DRAWS at MONTREAL .

7/16   J.MOIR ENDS HIS TOUR AND LEAVES FOR SCOTLAND. 

6/12 WILLIAM STRICKLAND PLAYS 20 SIMULTANEOUS GAMES BLINDFOLD at LEEDS, 7-6-7 DRAWS.

WILLIE  GARDNER VS. BARRETT 4-3-4 at  LEEDS.  GARDNER'S FIRST MATCH. 

OCT   JAMES WYLLIE BEGINS HIS 2ND TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA, LASTING UNTIL 1885.

"THE GAME OF DRAUGHTS; SELECTED PROBLEMS" PUBLISHED BY H.D. LYMAN at WORCESTER, MA. ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEM BOOKS.

DECEMBER  AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. JAMES P.REED 4-1-43 DRAWS at BOSTON, MA.  THEIR SECOND MEETING PRODUCED EXACTLY THE SAME SCORE AS IN THE FIRST MATCH!

BARKER RETAINS TITLE.

 

 

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1882

JAN  JANVIER'S ANDERSON ISSUED.

1/27  DEATH OF W.H. BROUGHTON PORTLAND, ME. US.

4TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY, SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN WINS TITLE.

8/31-9/4   WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP at OMRO.

PERCY BRADT VS PROF. KIRK 15-8-18 DRAWS.

BRADT WINS TITLE.

SEPT  W. BEATTIE VS. J. SMITH 6-5-9 DRAWS at  LIVERPOOL.

WILLIAM CAMPBELL VS. JAMES FERRIE 1-0-7 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

10/24-11/6   WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

JAMES WYLLIE VS. CHARLES BARKER 1-1-48 DRAWS at BOSTON .

WYLLIE RETAINS TITLE

LEEDS DRAUGHTS AND CHESS CLUB FORMED IN ENGLAND.

 

 

 

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1883
1/21  DEATH OF R.E. BOWEN  MILLBURY, MASS, AGED 45. A WELL-KNOWN CHECKERS AUTHOR.
FEB  JAMES WYLLIE VS. JAMES REED 3-1-20 DRAWS at PITTSBURGH, PA.
3/22-30  A.J. HEFFNER VS. H.Z. WRIGHT 7-3-10 DRAWS at BOSTON.
5TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY, SCOTLAND.
D. G. McKELVIE WINS TITLE.
6/11-15    AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS $200.
MATTY PRIEST VS. GEORGE DICK  10-4-28 DRAWS at PHILADELPHIA, PA.
PRIEST WINS TITLE.
THE MATCH BOOKLET WAS A REPRINT FROM THE PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY PRESS.
AUG.  WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP at OMRO.
PERCY BRADT VS E. E. BECKWITH 33-5-11 DRAWS.
BRADT RETAINS TITLE.
NOV  W. GARDNER VS. W. BEATTIE 1-0-5 DRAWS at LEEDS.
MR. M.F. CLOUSER PURCHASES THE COLLECTION OF R.E. BOWEN, AND LATER REPRINTS BOWENS BRISTOL AND FIFE BOOKS, KNOWN AS THE CLOUSER-BOWEN WORKS .
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1884

JAN.  NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP.

ELMER W. SPILLER TWICE BEATS JOHN KERR TO WIN THE TITLE.

1/1  TEAM MATCH
1ST BOSTON VS. PROVIDENCE 10-10-16 DRAWS  at PROVIDENCE, R.I., US.
3/22  STAKE MATCH
A.J. HEFFNER VS. H.Z. WRIGHT 7-3-10 DRAWS at BOSTON, MASS.
6TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY, SCOTLAND.
D. G. McKELVIE RETAINS TITLE.
4/14-16 1ST INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
SCOTLAND VS. ENGLAND 36-7-142 DRAWS at GLASGOW.
5/31   JAMES WYLLIE VS. A. SCHAEFER 2-0-6 DRAWS at NEW YORK CITY.
6/28  SOUTH SIDE DRAUGHTS CLUB IS INAUGURATED IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.
DEC  NON-TITLE "FRIENDLY" MATCH.
CLARENCE H. FREEMAN VS. JAMES WYLLIE  4-1-15 DRAWS at PROVIDENCE, RI.
 
 
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1885

1/15  JAMES WYLLIE WAS DUE TO LEAVE NEW YORK FOR LONDON AFTER TOURING IN THE US AND CANADA FOR OVER THREE YEARS. HE'D PLAYED 19,517 GAMES, WITH A SCORE OF 17,654-109-1754 DRAWS.

1/3  "DRAUGHT-PLAYERS' WEEKLY MAGAZINE" FIRST ISSUED. EDITED BY FRASER, HANNAH AND ROSS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

1/5-13   AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS $400.

CHARLES BARKER VS MATTY PRIEST   3-1-45 DRAWS at PHILADELPHIA.

BARKER WINS TITLE.

1/8-15   FIRST AUSTRALIAN TOURNAMENT at DUNEDIN, N.Z.

JAMES LITTLE WINS TITLE.

2/5  TEAM MATCH, 14 PER SIDE, at LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL VS MANCHESTER  24-20-20 DRAWS. THEIR 4TH MEETING.

4/1-2  SUBSCRIPTION MATCH   

 DR. A. SCHAEFFER VS. H.Z. WRIGHT  2-2-20 at DANBURY,CN.

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4/4-25-   7TH LANARKSHIRE TOURNEY at HAMILTON, SCOTLAND.

JAMES MOIR VS W. BRYDEN IN FINAL 2-0-2 DRAWS.

MOIR WINS TITLE ON HIS FIRST APPPEARANCE IN THE EVENT.

4/11-27 AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CLARENCE FREEMAN VS. CHARLES  BARKER 6-3-39 DRAWS 

at  PROVIDENCE, RI.

FREEMAN WINS TITLE.

FOR THE COMPLETE GAMES TO THE FREEMAN/BARKER MATCH, CLICK HERE

EASTER  WILLIE GARDNER VS. WILLIAM STRICKLAND 2-2-16 DRAWS at LEEDS.

5/25-6/2  AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

AUGUST J. HEFFNER VS. CLARENCE H. FREEMAN 4-3-17 DRAWS at PROVIDENCE, R.I.

HEFFNER WINS TITLE

5/26-29  1ST ENGLISH NATIONAL TOURNAMENT at MANCHESTER. 

JAMES SMITH VS. ANDREW JACKSON IN FINAL.

SMITH WINS TITLE.

JUNE.  MIDDLESBROUGH DRAUGHTS CLUB IS FORMED IN ENGLAND.

6/20  MEETING TO DISCUSS THE FORMATION OF AN ABERDEENSHIRE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION IN SCOTLAND.

6/27-29  MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP OF NORTHUMBERLAND at NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.

J. G. LEWIS VS. R. DOVER  4-2-4 DRAWS. 

LEWIS WINS TITLE.

SEPT   H. Z. WRIGHT VS. C.F. BARKER 9-8-33 DRAWS at ???

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9/11-10/30    J. MOIR  VS  D. C. McKELVIE  3-3-14 DRAWS. THIS WAS THE FIRST RECORD OF A MATCH PLAYED USING 11 PIECES EACH, THE SYSTEM BEING A FORERUNNER OF THE 11-MAN BALLOT OPENINGS. SERIES OF GAMES PLAYED OVER 12 SITTINGS.

AUTUMN   PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

WILLIAM BOWE VS P. P. CAIN (HOLDER)  18-14-18 DRAWS.

BOWE WINS TITLE.

9/30-10/2  SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

J. WYLLIE VS  W. STRICKLAND 3-2-15 DRAWS at LEEDS.

10/5  DEATH OF IRA D.J. SWEET (BORN 4 MARCH 1823) OF NEW YORK. HE WAS A PIONEER CHECKER EDITOR, CONTRIBUTING A COLUMN TO THE NEW YORK CLIPPER FROM JULY 1855.

10/31  BIRMINGHAM  DRAUGHTS CLUB OPENED IN ENGLAND.

11/16-21  30-GAME STAKE MATCH FOR $100 AND GATE RECEIPTS at SPRINGFIELD, MA.

HERBERT Z. WRIGHT (BOSTON) VS JOHN DEMPSTER (NEW YORK)  4-3-23 DRAWS.

11/28  TEAM MATCH 12-A-SIDE at MANCHESTER. 

MANCHESTER VS LIVERPOOL 16-12-22 DRAWS.

CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP

J. LABADIE VS. FLETCHER 14-3-23 DRAWS at

[THIS CONFLICTS WITH INFORMATION THAT FLEMING IS STILL CHAMPION]

SEPT???  DEATH OF ROBERT YATES, AGED 27 (BORN DEC. 1857). HE WAS A SHIP'S DOCTOR WHO CONTRACTED TYPHUS AND DIED ON HIS FIRST VOYAGE. HE WAS BURIED AT SEA. FORMER WORLD CHAMPION AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS THE GAME HAS KNOWN. IN AUGUST1876 HE DEFEATED JAMES WYLLIE TO BECOME WORLD CHAMPION AT THE AGE OF 18.

 

 

 

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1886

1/4-13  ENGLISH MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS £100.

JAMES SMITH VS A. JACKSON   3-0-25 DRAWS at SPENNYMOOR.

SMITH WINS TITLE.

1/11- 2/9   AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. AUGUST J. HEFFNER 2-1-47 DRAWS at PROVIDENCE, RI.

BARKER WINS TITLE.

4/2  DERRY NEWS CHECKER COLUMN, EDITED BY LYMAN STEARNS, BEGINS.

4/26-5/8  45 GAME MATCH. 

WILLIE GARDNER VS. WILLIAM STRICKLAND 4-2-37 DRAWS at LEEDS (RESTRICTED MATCH GAMES). GAMES PUBLISHED IN ELAM'S CHECKER BOARD, JAN. 1960.

APRIL  FIRST LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP - JAMES FERRIE.

SPRING. CHARLES HEFTER VS HERBERT Z. WRIGHT 2-0-20 DRAWS at CHICAGO. 

SPRING ??? 8TH LANARKSHIRE  TOURNAMENT, SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN WINS TITLE.

MAY   HERBERT SANDERSON VS. HENRY HUTZLER 2-1-5 DRAWS at OHIO.

MAY   PERCY BRADT VS KETCHUM  6-1-23 DRAWS at MILWAUKEE.

BRADT BECOMES WISCONSIN STATE CHAMPION.

7/22-24  J. A. KEAR SNR VS J. ENTWHISLE 3-0-7 DRAWS at BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

8/28-9/10  SUBSCRIPTION MATCH.

JAMES WYLLIE VS. WILLLIAM BRYDEN 4-0-16 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND. GAMES PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS-PLAYERS GUIDE BY FRANK DUNNE.

OCT.  TEAM MATCH

LANCASHIRE VS YORKHIRE 22-16-35 DRAWS at LIVERPOOL.

 

 

 

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1887

3/5  ATLANTA CHESS AND CHECKER CLUB ORGANISED at ATLANTA, GA.

MARCH  JAMES WYLLIE LEAVES LONDON FOR A FOUR YEAR TOUR OF AUSTRALIA.

MARCH  DURING A TWO-MONTH EXHIBITION TOUR OF ENGLAND, AMERICAN JAMES REED RECORDED THE FOLLOWING SCORES IN FRIENDLY EXHIBITION MATCHES;

JAMES P. REED VS.  JAMES SMITH 1-1-14  DRAWS at SOUTH SHIELDS.

JAMES P. REED VS. RICHMOND 3-3-10 DRAWS at ???

JAMES P. REED VS. W. CAMPBELL 2-2-16 DRAWS at ???

4/26  JAMES P. REED VS LEWIS 5-2-4 DRAWS AT PELTON FELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.

4/30  JAMES REED SAILS TO RETURN TO THE USA. WILLIAM STRICKLAND HAD CHALLENGED HIM TO A BLINDFOLD MATCH, WHICH WOULD EFFECTIVELY HAVE BEEN FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT UNFORTUNTELY NOTHING WAS ARRANGED.

SPRING   9TH LANARKSHIRE  TOURNAMENT, SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN RETAINS TITLE.

SUBSCRIPTION MATCH

JAMES P. REED VS DR SCHAEFER 3-1-16 at NEW YORK

9/19-   AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLUS $400. 

CHARLES F.BARKER VS. JAMES P. REED 5-1-41 DRAWS at PITTSBURGH PA.

BARKER RETAINS TITLE.

THEIR THIRD MEETING.

OCTOBER  DEATH OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND, LEEDS. (BORN MARCH 1849). A BLINDFOLD EXPERT.

 

 

 

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11/23-24  CONNECTICUT MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

P. F. CONWAY VS DR GILBERT 8-4-6 DRAWS.

12/26-1/10/88 MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA AND £200.

CHARLES F. BARKER VS. ROBERT MARTINS 3-1-45 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

BARKER WINS TITLE. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS PUBLISHED AS A "CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH", THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECOGNIZED MATCH CHAMPION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA. GAMES PUBLISHED IN "THE AMERICAN CHECKER PLAYER" BY CHARLES FRANCIS BARKER.

12/23-24  CONNECTICUT CHAMPIONSHIP AND $50 A SIDE.

P.F. CONWAY VS DR. GILBERT 8-4-6 DRAWS.

CONWAY WINS TITLE.

12/ ?-31   NEW YORK CHECKER CLUB TOURNEY WON BY DR AUGUST SCHAEFER.

DECEMBER  JAMES P. REED VS MATTY PRIEST  7-1-17 DRAWS at PHILADELPHIA

 

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1888

FEB  CANADIAN CHECKERIST FIRST ISSUED.

2/11  TEAM MATCH. NOTTINGHAM VS BIRMINGHAM  23-14-10 DRAWS at NOTTINGHAM. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO CITIES.

3/9-22  BLINDFOLD MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP

McKELVIE VS. CAMPBELL 1-1-26 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

SPRING  10th LANARKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY IN SCOTLAND.

JAMES YOUNG WINS TITLE.

SPRING.  "THE MOST IMPORTANT MATCHES FROM ANDERSON-WYLLIE(1847) TO THE PRESENT TIME" IS PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH GOULD.

MOST COMMONLY KNOWN AS "GOULD'S MEMORABLE MATCHES".

4/9-17  2ND LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP.

FRANCIS TESCHELEIT DEFEATED MORIARTY IN THE FINAL TO WIN THE TITLE.

MAY   A NEW DRAUGHTS CLUB IS FORMED IN BRISOL - CALLED THE JUBILEE CLUB.

5/1 "AMERICAN CHECKER REVIEW" FIRST ISSUED.

5/15  STAKE MATCH at BOSTON.

AUGUST HEFFNER VS HERBERT Z. WRIGHT  5-0-3 DRAWS.

5/21 TEAM MATCH,   29-A-SIDE.

YORKSHIRE VS LANCASHIRE 31-21-47 DRAWS at LEEDS.

JUNE   "ROBERTSON'S GUIDE" PUBLISHED BY JOHN ROBERTSON.

6/25-27  LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

E. MORIARTY VS. FRANCIS TESCHELEIT 2-1-3 DRAWS.

MORIARTY WINS TITLE.

MATCH GAMES PUBLISHED IN DRAUGHTS REVIEW, VOL.6, NO. 1, JAN 1930.

2nd AUSTRALIAN TOURNAMENT at MELBOURNE.

J. PATTERSON WINS TITLE.

J.H. BAILEY VS. ALF JORDAN 1-0-5 DRAWS at

SEPT.  SOUTH BIRMINGHAM DRAUGHTS CLUB WAS FORMED IN ENGLAND.

9/24  FIRST MEETING OF THE NEWLY FORMED  "LONDON DRAUGHTS CLUB".

9/3-7   LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 

A.H. GRANGER VS E. MORIARTY 2-1-5 DRAWS.

GRANGER WINS CHAMPIONSHIP.

NOV TEAM MATCH. 

MANCHESTER VS LIVERPOOL  11-10-13 DRAWS at LIVERPOOL.

12/19  CHICAGO CHESS AND CHECKER CLUB IS ORGANIZED.

12/24 -1/7/89   STAKE MATCH FOR $1000/ £200 (EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT $25,000 / £20,000 IN 2010) AND A SILVER CUP. 

CHARLES F. BARKER (AMERICAN CHAMPION) VS JAMES SMITH (ENGLISH CHAMPION) 5-1-23 DRAWS at SPENNYMOOR, ENGLAND. THIS WAS A NON-TITLE MATCH. 

LONDON WANDERERS DRAUGHTS CLUB FORMED.

 

 

 

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1889

2/9   JAMES  FERRIE VS. WILLIE CAMPBELL 3-0-1 DRAW at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

FEB.  TEAM MATCH at BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

NOTTINGHAM  VS BIRMINGHAM 31-14-11 DRAWS.

2/14  NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

HENRY W. SHANNON VS L. M. STEARNS  10-5-5 DRAWS .

SHANNON WINS TITLE.

SPRING   LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP 

A.H. GRANGER VS E. MORIARTY 3-1-2 at LONDON

GRANGER RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP

SPRING  11TH LANARKSHIRE  TOURNAMENT, SCOTLAND.

ROBERT MARTINS WINS TITLE.

FOUNDING OF SECOND GLASGOW DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION IN SCOTLAND. THE FIRST ONE HAD GONE OUT OF EXISTENCE OWING TO DWINDLING MEMBERSHIP.

6/3-19  AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP 

JAMES REED VS. CHARLES BARKER 9-7-34 at CHICAGO, IL.

REED WINS TITLE.

THEIR FOURTH MEETING.

JULY?  SUBSCRIPTION MATCH at LEEDS.

WILLIE GARDNER VS J. A. KEAR, SNR   4-1-3 DRAWS.

JAMES A. BOREHAM VS. DAVID BRODIE 3-0-5 at NEW ZEALAND

SEPT?  LONDON CHAMPIONSHIP

A. H. GRANGER VS G. FREEMAN 2-0-4 at LONDON

GRANGER RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP

ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT at MOLINE.

A.W. VALENTINE WINS TITLE.

10/12   CHARLES HEFTER VS PERCY BRADT 1-0-3 DRAWS at CHICAGO.

OCT   DEATH OF JOHN ROBERTSON, AGED 74. ANALYST, AND AUTHOR OF "ROBERTSON'S GUIDE".

JOHN ROBERTSON
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11/11 CHESS AND CHECKER CLUB IS ORGANIZED AT SPRINGFIELD, MA.

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