CHECKERS CHARLES F BARKER
Charles F Barker's checker column from Boston dated September 15 1880 lists correspondence from readers and presents algebraic style checker problems with positions The note also mentions headquarters at No 15 Pemberton square room 13 with Mr J A Maynard as superintendent and a team of readers in various cities.
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Boston
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Chess and Checker Players
Pemberton Square
J. A. Maynard
Notable endgame note by Theo W Kimley in game 1038
In a correspondence on game 1038, Kimley details a seventh move position with listed Black and White pieces and proposes a continuation 23.18 16.28 17.13B 23.18. He admits missing a critical wave that could avert a Black win and concedes the ending seems to lead to a draw after extended analysis.
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J. A. Maynard
Delap
Theo W. Kimley
Greenford
Kimley
Bristol
A. J. Heffner
Boston
Mass
2U Ll
Mr. Strickland
Bowen
Mr. Bowdish
Black
Howenu
New England
Theo. W. Kimley
Answers to Correspondents in The Globe
Reader letters from A J H r of Boston Greenford Ohio and others praised or noted, with mentions of forthcoming chess publications. References include Harker American Checker Player and Barker A C Pp with publication plans and best plays forthcoming.
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Acme Library of Modern Classics
American Patriotian
Halifax player Forsyth visits town without playing in HQ games
Halifax Nova Scotia’s W Forsyth was in town last week but did not play any HQ opponents. An anxious crowd sought matches with him, including visitor H Delap who claims Nova Scotia championship. Delap played ten games with Bowen of Millbury scoring Bowen 2 Forsyth 0 Drawn 8. Also noted are Newark championship match progress Houghson 2 Rain 1 Drawn 2. A Guelph checkers draw between M McKenzie and D Naismith. Cook of Thompsonville scored vs HM Smith 6 10 Drawn 6. U T Smith 7 Drawn s 2. Also ad copy for Hop Pitters medicine and a girls for general housework needed in Boston.
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Millbury
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Stoneham
Newark
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Bain
Houghson
Checkers
American Hotel
Guelph
M. McKenzie
D. Naismith
MecKenzie
Naismith
Andrew Cook
Thompsonville
Republican Artillery Company Forms in Orange New Jersey
Boasts of a “solid north” are dismissed as unreliable. A Republican artillery company forms in Orange New Jersey under George P. Olcott. At the Hancock Veterans’ first charge, they will ellott and run. Whitelaw Reid cites Garfield’s 1867 remarks but omits a later Tribune critique about concealing a lesser sin.
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N.J
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Hancock
Elcott
Whitelaw Reid
James A. Garfield
Congress
Tribune
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