Sketch of Benjamin R. Foster.
[American Chess Journal.]
"The subject of this sketch was born February 13, 1851 in St. Louis, Missouri, and is therefore in his thirtieth year. He learned the game of Chess in 1872, from which time he has been a faithful student of its beauties and difficulties. In the St. Louis Chess Club Tournament of 1876 he gained a prize, and in the recent match at the odds of a Knight, between Mr. Max Judd and eight of the best players of St. Louis he was one of the two only ones that beat the champion both games. During the past three years Mr. Foster has been editing with marked ability the Chess Department of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He is a warm supporter of the game and has probably done more for Chess in the West than any other devotee. As a writer, he is clear, caustic at times, fearless and conscientious. As a problemist, he has shown a moderate degree of talent, and his article on the Art of Problem Composition, which he published in his own column, proves him to possess a thorough knowledge of problem construction. He has composed upwards of one hundred problems. As a player, he is accurate in his calculations and can sometimes conceive brilliant coups. His Chess powers are not fully developed, and when they shall have reached their acme, there is no doubt that he will rank high among Chess players. At an early age Mr. Foster evinced an aptitude for mathematics, which to illegible to Chess, and while at school greatly excelled in this branch of learning. He graduated with honor in the collegiate department of Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, and now devotes himself to his St. Louis school, of which he is principal. Just such men-enthusiastics if you may call them so—are needed to promote the cause of Chess in America."

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