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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. [1] Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United ...
Benjamin Franklin The American Founding Father and scientific experimenter began playing circa 1733, making him the first player known by name in the American colonies. [ 6 ] An avid player, his essay on " The Morals of Chess " in Columbian Magazine , in December 1786 is the second known writing on chess in America [ 6 ] and has been widely ...
1975–1991. Marion Franklin Tinsley (February 3, 1927 – April 3, 1995) was an American mathematician and checkers player. He is widely considered to be the greatest checkers player ever. [1] Tinsley was world champion from 1955–1958 and from 1975–1991 and never lost a world championship match. He lost only seven games (two of them to the ...
The best board game ever, Checkers, is here. Make your move, red or black, and king me!
Chess is a metaphor for life… and Benjamin Franklin is already thinking two moves ahead. Michael Douglas stars as the legendary Founding Father in Apple TV+’s new limited series Franklin ...
The Morals of Chess. "The Morals of Chess" is an essay on chess by the American intellectual Benjamin Franklin, which was first published in the Columbian Magazine in December 1786. [1] Franklin, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, played chess from at least 1733. Evidence suggests that he was an above-average player, who ...
You all know the rules to Checkers: you can only move diagonally forwards, and if you are placed diagonally to an opponent's piece, you hop over it and claim it for yourself! Getting to the other ...
Junto (club) The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather Apron Club's purpose was to debate questions of morals, politics, and natural philosophy, and to exchange knowledge of business affairs.