Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1893 he was the first born in a family of eight children. A frail boy with a keen
mind, young Louis was attracted to the game of checkers at an early age, and was destined to become one of the greatest players of all time. He learned to play checkers in the colorful era that marked the ascension of another renowned Brooklynite, Harry Pillsbury, to the national
championship at Chess. Indeed, Brooklyn has been the cradle of many great checker stars,
for it was here that such champions as Robert D. Yates, Samuel Gonotsky, and Willie Ryan
were groomed in the scientific intricacies of the intellectual art
Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1893 he was the first born in a family of eight children. A frail boy with a keen
mind, young Louis was attracted to the game of checkers at an early age, and was destined to become one of the greatest players of all time. He learned to play checkers in the colorful era that marked the ascension of another renowned Brooklynite, Harry Pillsbury, to the national
championship at Chess. Indeed, Brooklyn has been the cradle of many great checker stars,
for it was here that such champions as Robert D. Yates, Samuel Gonotsky, and Willie Ryan
were groomed in the scientific intricacies of the intellectual art
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