Show chess ches vs checkers chess appeals to mature minds and wood supplies most of the ments with which it lb Is played some of the best are of ebony and boxwood but very satisfactory games may be played with yellow poplar basswood walnut maple and birch outfits the some same holds true of checkers but that game usually Is rated a little lower than chess in scientific points though no less an authority than edgar allan r poe holds that as a mental exercise of f the highest and purest sort checkers surpasses chess |