1871

2/20-3/2  AMERICAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

J. BROWN MACINDOE VS DR. ISAAC CLUTE 3-1-24 DRAWS at NEW YORK.

TERMS WERE THE FIRST TO OBTAIN 3 WINS, UNRESTRICTED OPENINGS, FOR A STAKE OF $200.

MACINDOE, A SCOTSMAN RESIDENT IN NEW YORK,WINS TITLE. GAMES PUBLISHED IN CANADIAN CHECKER PLAYER , VOL. 4, NO. 9, SEPT. 1910 AND SUBSEQUENT ISSUES.

3/15-18  FIRST MICHIGAN STATE TOURNAMENT at DETROIT. 10 ENTRANTS.

DR. L. R. ALDERMAN WINS TITLE.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE WAS A BOARD INLAID WITH ROSEWOOD AND MAPLE, AND BORDERED WITH SILVER, WITH A SET OF IVORY MEN.

AT THE TOURNEY MEETING IT WAS RESOLVED TO FORM A MICHIGAN STATE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION.

MAR.   LOUISIANA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

F. G. FISK BEAT ANTHONY HAAS  9-0-1 at NEW ORLEANS.

FISK WINS TITLE.

APR.  MATCH FOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOUTHERN STATES.

F. G. FISK BEAT A. DELL 3-1-10.

FISK WINS TITLE.

MAY   THERE WAS A MOVEMENT TO ESTABLISH A DRAUGHTS CONGRESS, WITH DRAUGHTS EDITORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO CONTACT THE EDITOR OF "THE DRAUGHT BOARD".

8/12  MICHIGAN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.

DR. L. R. ALDERMAN BEAT I. CARRIER 7-2-3 DRAWS at DETROIT.

ALDERMAN RETAINS TITLE.

WILLIAM BRYDEN'S FIRST MATCH, VS GEORGE STRATTON 7-5-7 DRAWS at GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

 

 

 

1872

7/10-8/6 STAKE MATCH  72 GAMES AT  £5 PER GAME. 

JAMES WYLLIE VS. ROBERT MARTINS  4-3-65 at LEEDS AND NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. THEIR FIFTH MATCH.

JAMES WYLLIE VS BARKER WOOLHOUSE  3-1-26 at LONDON.

JAMES WYLLIE VS GEORGE JEWITT 7-0-11.

8/16  IN ENGLAND THE NEWCASTLE WEEKLY CHRONICLE INCLUDED ITS FIRST DRAUGHTS COLUMN, WHICH CONTINUED FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

1874

3/3-10    WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

JAMES WYLLIE VS.W.R. BARKER 3-1-46 at BOSTON 

WYLLIE RETAINS TITLE .

GAMES PUBLISHED IN "GOULD'S HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE MATCHES".

APRIL   R. D. YATES VS. S. T. ALLEN 38-12-50 at  NEW YORK.

OCT  R. D. YATES  VS. S.T. ALLEN 33-8-59 at NEW YORK.

 

 

 

1875

FEBRUARY  R.D. YATES VS. S.T. ALLEN 16-4-30 at NEW YORK

8/6 W.R.BARKER VS. R. YATES 5-1-41 at NEW YORK

AUGUST  R.D. YATES VS. C. F. BARKER 6-0-3 at NEW YORK 

AUGUST  R.D. YATES VS. M. PRIEST 7-0-11 at NEW YORK 

1st CORNWALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY.

J. ROBERTS WINS TITLE.

 

 

 

1877

JUNE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

ROBERT D. YATES VS. ROBERT MARTINS 3-1-45 at NEW YORK

YATES RETAINS TITLE.

THIS WAS THE ONLY DEFENSE OF THE TITLE THAT YATES WON FROM JAMES WYLLIE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS HE LATER RETIRED UNDEFEATED TO FOCUS ON HIS CAREER AS A DOCTOR. 

DECEMBER  NON-TITLE MATCH

ROBERT D.YATES VS. WILLIAM R.BARKER 3-1-6 at BOSTON.

3rd CORNWALL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY. 

HENRY TONKIN RETAINS TITLE.  

 

 

 

1878

JAN  "ENGLISH DRAUGHT PLAYER" FIRST ISSUED.

3/12  J. BIRKENSHAW VS WILLIAM STRICKLAND  3-2-5 DRAWS at LEEDS  (FOR £10).

3/29 AS REPORTED IN THE CHECKER COLUMN OF THE "TURF, FARM AND FIELD", R.D. YATES RETIRES AS WORLD CHAMPION. AS SUCH, THE PROPOSED REMATCH BETWEEN YATES AND JAMES WYLIIE IS CANCELLED, AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVERTS TO  WYLLIE.

5/18-23  JAMES  REED VS. CHARLES HEFTER 11-10-29 DRAWS at CHICAGO, IL US, FOR $200.

AMERICAN  CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH. 

CHARLES FRANCIS BARKER VS MATTY PRIEST  9-2-31 DRAWS at BOSTON, MA.

BARKER WINS TITLE.

JUNE  CANADIAN MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP.

JAMES M. DYKES VS. JAMES LABADIE  3-1-45 DRAWS at LONDON, ONTARIO.

DYKES WINS TITLE.

SEPTEMBER  MATTY C. PRIEST VS JAMES P. REED  15-5-22 DRAWS at WILMINGTON, DE. FOR $400.

OCTOBER   JAMES P. REED VS MATTY C. PRIEST 12-6-27 DRAWS at PITTSBURGH, PA.

E. LORD PLAYED ABOUT 6 SIMULTANEOUS BLINDFOLD GAMES IN BIRMINGHAM,  ENGLAND.

 

 

 

1879

FOUNDING OF LANARKSHIRE DRAUGHTS ASSOCIATION  IN SCOTLAND - THE FIRST OF ITS KIND.

FIRST LANARKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNEY WON BY WILLIAM BRYDEN.

CHAMPIONSHIP OF WEST OF SCOTLAND.

WILLIAM BRYDEN VS STEELE 4-0-11 DRAWS at GLASGOW.