Author : Henry Spayth
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267866830
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (668 download)
Book Synopsis The Checker Player (Classic Reprint) by : Henry Spayth
Download or read book The Checker Player (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Spayth and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Checker Player I have frequently been asked Which is the deepest game, checkers or chess? To which I have replied, In one respect they are just alike, both being unfathomable and beyond the com prehension of the human mind. The game of checkers, as an intellectual pastime, has no supe rior. It causes the rich and poor to intermingle in the most friendly manner capital and labor are Often seen struggling across the board in the most social style. Esteem and friendships spring up between devotees of the game, both far and near. It was claimed by some that the playing of checkers is condu cive to longevity. Judging from the long lives of some of the Buffalo players, I must admit that such is the case. Here is my old friend L. L. Hodges, with whom I played many a game forty years ago and since, and now at the age of eighty nine he plays a few hours nearly every afternoon. Mr. Hodges commenced playing at the age of ten years, and at fifteen was probably the best player in this country, and for many years was not excelled by any player in the United States, and I have no doubt he is now the strongest player of his age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.