A certain Captain Bird was listed as a subscriber on page 278 of William Greenwood Walker's A selection of games of chess, actually played in London, by the late Alexander Mcdonnell … (Thomas Hurst, 1836).
Can anyone supply any information about Captain Bird?
Captain Bird
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Re: Captain Bird
Isn't that Captain Bird's Eye?
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Re: Captain Bird
Um yes, I think that was the joke
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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Re: Captain Bird
oops, you should have given me a few more years to work it out