One of checkers champion Newell Banks comments appeared in A Chess Omnibus, where he stated that‘Draughts is 80% memory, 20% intuition; chess precisely the reverse’. This statement came from an article by Banks that was entitled ‘Chess and its Sister Game’.
In the May 1939 issue of CHESS, several other of Newell Banks’ quotes on the two sister games of checkers and chess were given:
(5) ‘… Of the two games, which do I prefer? This is a question not to be answered lightly. Although as a draughts (checkers) player I held the American championship for 25 years, whereas my best achievements at chess were probably my isolated victories over Marshall and Kashdan in one tournament (Chicago International, 1926), I have to admit that I get more enjoyment out of my chess. Mainly for its greater variety.’
On the question of which game he preferred to play, he said,
‘Finally, in answering the question, “which is the greater game – chess or checkers” – I must, in all frankness, favor chess. This statement, coming from the blindfold checker champion of the world may be received with real surprise by many checker players. However, I feel sure that any fair-minded person, reading this article, will understand the reasons that have led me to this conclusion.’
From: checkerschest.com/checkers/banks2.htm
Post prompted by: tartajubow.blogspot.com/2012/08/ … banks.html
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