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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1879
Page
7
In Boston on April 15, 1879, draughts advertisements list titles and prices including New England Checker Player at $1 a year, single copies 10 cents, American Draught Player, Spayth's Game of Draughts at $1.50, Spayth's Book for Beginners 75 cents, and Swees's Elements of Draught at 60 cents. Address W. C. Parrow at 8 Tremont Row, room 438, for communications.
Letters discuss chess positions and references to past issues. A Manard notes position 552 equals 448 at move four, questions arise about an Old Fourteenth game. Several correspondents promise solutions or updated numbers, with instructions to address queries directly to avoid delays.
A compilation of contact addresses includes B F Baker at 486 Harrison Avenue Boston J Blaney 80 Old Harbor Street South Boston H Robertson 222 Devonshire Street Boston G P Oak 194 Washington Street Boston W R Amatsen 8 Boylston Square Boston G F Wadsworth 40 State Street Boston E A White 30 Bromfield Street Boston J T Graves 209 Sliver Street South Boston F Parkham 7 Phipps Street Charlestown J P Dresser Medford Mass G Fels Grafton Mass.
Position No. 557 credited to A. D. Moore for the prize shows Black to move and White has a winning line. Position No. 668 by Eureka presents a White to move and draw scenario.
The fragment discusses drawing moves and best lines for positions 555 and 556, noting white drawing options and a recommendation to examine a solution. It references a Turf endgame between Scoville and De Con with partial move lists and a drawn result in some lines.
Mr. H D Lyman notes that Mr E Kestin’s stated position matches his prize result in Clipper No 44 volume 26 with colors reversed. Kestin says he did not intend publication and brought it to notice as a difficult item. the paper accepts responsibility and pledges greater care in the future.
The Weekly Globe notes growing contributor list and urges readers to recruit more. Boston rooms at 48 Controw offered for chess and checkers under Mr Maynard. Upcoming lecture by a draughts expert at New England rooms. Priest defeats Freeman 5 to 2 with 4 1. Siewel delivers lecture in Indianapolis. Vermont championship tied Gates Goran Hyler, prizes set for May 14. Barker backs left for Europe. Irwin scores shown. 100 Barker photo exchanges offered for players.
The article explains Polish draughts shifting from a 100 square board and forty men to standard boards. It details man moves and queen captures, crowning rules, mandatory captures, prioritizing the greatest capture, lunettes, and strategic advice such as sacrificing men for stronger queen endgames.
The excerpt outlines color selection by lot for the first game and alternation of white and black in a series, black having the first move. It covers touch and move rules, penalties for touching a piece, and completion of a move when the hand leaves the piece. It also notes handling improper or illegal moves and movement constraints near square angles.
The text outlines older chess rules including capturing own pieces with replacement option, completing a move when one or more prisms are in prise, time controls with agreed durations, huffing and buffing penalties, forced captures when possible, and draw or win conditions under various odds. It also details specific move limits for forced wins and draws in imbalanced positions.
The notice details an upcoming Living Chess Exhibition in New York on the 16th with a grand tableaux d Echocs Vivants at the Academy of Music. It describes costumes, roles, and pageantry to depict a game between celestial and regal figures, after an overture by the Minnesota frigate band, plus a later famous game reenactment.
The article surveys historic chess boards from simple two cubis square boards to luxury pieces made of jasper, chalcedony, gold and silver. It notes a famous New York gift from 1859, a solid ebony board inlaid with pearl and a silvered inscription, crafted by Tiffany & Co. for over $1000, as well as various display boards in cafes and royal sets. It ends with an advertisement for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Hop Bitters claiming cures for throat and lung ailments.
The Esterbrook Steel Pen Co lines up its old reliable pens for what is described as a larger sale than ever with all stationers keeping them in stock.
A Boston letter warns against medical humbugs stealing a physician’s credit for a diphtheria cure once popular in U S and Canada. The author cites Dr Orlando Robins and a New York Sun report, offering $5000 to the Boston mayor and $1000 to charity if Robins confirms the claim, noting the circular around each bottle was allegedly stolen.
Dr Kaufmann's Sulphur Bitters is defended as copied from a three year old circular while the New ark Sun carried its disclosure last September. The ad touts cures, blood cleansing properties and liver stomach benefits, promising purity of blood and health, with a treatise wrapped around each bottle.
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