Matthew Hassall, aged 12, plays chess with Gary Davis, of Australia, at the Bush Inn Centre yesterday. Davis, who holds the world record for Playing the most simultaneous draughts games - 177 in four hours, 45 minutes - was playing seven games of chess and 12 games of draughts at the time. He played about 50 games each of chess and draughts yesterday, winning all except a drawn game of draughts and a lost chess game. Davis will take on all comers at the centre in daily demonstrations this week. —Photograph by JOHN COSGROVE.
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92Matthew Hassall, aged 12, plays chess with Gary Davis, of Australia, at the Bush Inn Centre yesterday. Davis, who holds the world record for Playing the most simultaneous draughts games – 177 in four hours, 45 minutes – was playing seven games of chess and 12 games of draughts at the time. He played about 50 games each of chess and draughts yesterday, winning all except a drawn game of draughts and a lost chess game. Davis will take on all comers at the centre in daily demonstrations this week. —Photograph by JOHN COSGROVE. Press, 16 May 1989, Page 1
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