Vocabulary of checkers; a dictionary of words, terms and phrases used in the game called checkers, or English draughts (1909)
Call, William Timothy, 1856-1917 · New York [Schlueter printing co.] · leaf 55
ing is perhaps a corruption of the Continentalword, dama. Dames: An early name for the game in GreatBritain, adopted apparently from the French. KearsSturges states that the following definition is to befound in Cotgraves French Dictionary, published inLondon in 1650: Dames—The playe on the… … BLACK Black to play and win. VOCABULARY OF CHECKERS 49 Solution: 10-15, 1-6, 15-19. 6-10, 19-23. 10-14, 11-15,14-9, 2y2-j, 9-14, 2j-i2. 14-9, 15-11, 9-14. 12-16, 14-18,16-19, 18-22, 19-23, 28-24, 11-15. 20-16, 12-2^, 24-20,28-24. 16-12, 15-11, 22-18, 23-26. Black wins. Debut: Sometimes used as a…
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