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D16118-3
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- 1943-09-21 (Creation)
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Kenneth Grover, formerly of New York, and now with the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, issued a challenge to Tacoma's checker players - he would compete against 40 players simultaneously and would even take on 4 of the 40 blindfolded at the U.S.O. club at 415 13th Street. Mr. Grover, author of "Chess" and "Let's Play Checkers" and the US crossboard checker champ, opened the competition to chess aficionados as well. He is pictured (standing, far left) on September 21, 1943, examining the checker moves of Pierce County Sheriff Lee Croft, member of a local checker club. Several other opponents await their turn. Unfortunately, the results of this challenge were apparently not reported in the local newspapers. (T.Times, 9-20-43, p.3- article) TPL-9845
Board games--Tacoma--1940-1950; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma; Grover, Kenneth; Croft, Lee;