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Charles Caldwell Moore

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Years covered: 1853


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CHARLES CALDWELL MOORE
(born Feb-13-1830, 195 years old) United States of America

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Dr. Charles Caldwell Moore was born in Marion, New York, USA and died in 1895 or later, possibly in New York City.(1) He was a well-known problemist and published The American Chess Journal from March 1878 to July 1879.


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White to move and mate in 3
Source: American Chess-Nuts, 1868

(1) Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia, 1994 edition. Cited in Edward Winter's C.N. 8945, http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...


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1. S Loyd vs C C Moore 1-0241853corrC33 King's Gambit Accepted

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Nov-10-12  Calli: Nice problem from the Doc.
Nov-10-12  whiteshark: Any Moore infos available?
Nov-11-12  Calli: <whiteshark> Dr. C C Moore, but I have not discovered his forenames or date of death.
Nov-11-12  whiteshark: Thanks <Calli>!

Here's a crump I found on a Sam Lloyd article:

"The first composing period was his [Sam Lloyd's] youth, which coincides with his work for CHESS MONTHLY. The second period is his work with AMERICAN CHESS NUTS. The third one started in 1876, and again the literary aspects spurred him on. O.A. Brownson (1828-04-18 - 1892-04-28) had started the DUBUQUE CHESS JOURNAL in 1870, and later this magazine changed hands and changed its name to the AMERICAN CHESS JOURNAL.

The new owners couldn't improve the poor financial situation, however, <so it was bought by <Dr. C.C. Moore (1830-02-13 - ?)>, who knew Loyd and who also lived in Elisabeth, New Jersey. <Moore> asked Loyd to be the problem editor. After some years the magazine again changed owner and later it stopped.

It was <Moore> who gave Loyd the idea that he should publish his own problems. Moore took care of most of the financial aspects and spurred on Loyd until the work was completed.>

The book appeared as CHESS STRATEGY - a treatise upon the art of problem composition, by Samuel Loyd; it contains 535 problems on 279 pages. The work on it was started in 1878 and wasn't completed until 1881."

http://problemskak.dk/td100-sl.htm

Sep-08-14  zanzibar: From <The American Chess Journal> Dec. 1877, Vol II-No 5

<A PARTING WORD

With the present number I close my connection with THE AMERICAN CHESS JOURNAL, having sold the stock of books, type, subscription list, good will, etc., to Dr. C.C. Moore, No. 68 Courtlandt street, New York, who will continue its publication, and fill all unexpired subscriptions. [...]

Wm. S. Hallock>

http://books.google.com/books?id=Mw...

Sep-08-14  zanzibar: He also wrote a chess column in the <Kentucky Turf Register>, Louisville, circa ~1858.

http://books.google.com/books?id=FI...

Here is a nice portrait of him, from a 1877 Scientific American supplement. It's certainly out of copyright, so perhaps <CG> might add it here?

http://zanchess.wordpress.com/2014/...

Sep-08-14  zanzibar: And a more in-depth contemporary(*) discussion of <The American Chess Journal>

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/revie...

(*) Contemporary, as in current or modern.

Sep-08-14  zanzibar: Maybe the same, do we have more info on his full name?

<WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., April 10. -- Dr. Clifford Colgate Moore, a retired New York physician, and his wife and Frederick Payne are at their respective homes suffering from injuries sustained through runaways resulting from reckless driving of automobiles.>

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstra...

Right location (NY) and approx age (~70)

Sep-08-14  zanzibar: And Moore's lozenges were apparently of nation wide renown:

<Woore's Lozenges. "I can say in alLcandor thatMoore'a Lozenges aro thu bost thing of the kind evor used in my family. Thoy .are a wonderful medicine in hoarse- ness, coughs, fitc. Preacluirs and singers will IInd them invaluable. Among childrou thoy tiro iho most excellent and agreoabki remedy to be found." KKV.'W. McK., Uarwood. Thoy aro the host remody in the world for Whoojung Coujjh or a hard cold. Moore's hoxougeH are truly tho best modtctue for Throat and Lungs ever produced. Sold in 10 cent and large 5ft cdnt boxos. By druggists, or Dr. C. C. Moore, 78 Cortlandt St., New York City.>

http://newspaperarchive.com/us/indi...

Sep-08-14  zanzibar: Moore's influence on Loyd:

<As we see, Loyd's chess problem activities occurred mostly in brief spurts with shorter or longer pauses in between.

The first composing period was his youth, which coincides with his work for CHESS MONTHLY. The second period is his work with AMERICAN CHESS NUTS. The third one started in 1876, and again the literary aspects spurred him on. O.A. Brownson (1828-04-18 - 1892-04-28) had started the DUBUQUE CHESS JOURNAL in 1870, and later this magazine changed hands and changed its name to the AMERICAN CHESS JOURNAL. The new owners couldn't improve the poor financial situation, however, so it was bought by Dr. C.C. Moore (1830-02-13 - ?), who knew Loyd and who also lived in Elisabeth, New Jersey. Moore asked Loyd to be the problem editor. After some years the magazine again changed owner and later it stopped. It was Moore who gave Loyd the idea that he should publish his own problems. Moore took care of most of the financial aspects and spurred on Loyd until the work was completed. The book appeared as CHESS STRATEGY - a treatise upon the art of problem composition, by Samuel Loyd; it contains 535 problems on 279 pages. The work on it was started in 1878 and wasn't completed until 1881.>

http://problemskak.dk/td100-sl.htm

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Notice of Mrs. C.C. Moore recovery (but not the Dr) on May 7, 1902:

http://www.fultonhistory.com/Proces...

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