James Ferrie Explained

James Ferrie (born 1857; died 1929^[1]) was a Scottish checkers or English draughts player of Irish descent.^[2] He was the World Checkers/Draughts Champion from 1894 to 1896 and again from 1903 to 1912^[3] He first became champion by defeating James Wyllie in 1894.^[4] He is mentioned in the book One Jump Ahead: Computer Perfection at Checkers by Jonathan Schaeffer.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.checkerworld.com/oldplayers1.html Old Time Players page at Checkerworld
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=LPfNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA430 Chambers's Journal for 1896, pg 430
3. http://www.wcdf.net/champions_hist.htm WCDF champions list
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=46chAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EJoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3388,1173597&dq= Reading Eagle of July 25, 1895
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=IVumOsLLqgAC&pg=PA262 One Jump Ahead by Jonathan Schaeffer