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Ellsworth played a merciless game, however poor a player his opponent might be. He always took the strongest move he could find, and thus commanded the admiration of the public and held the respect of experts. When he succeeded in gaining an advantage, either in position or in number of pieces, his play was admirable. No careless or brilliant if sound moves were made by him, but he would proceed to tie up his adversary in the most effective way, not overlooking any exchange that would shorten the contest or increase the decisiveness or completeness of his victory. When novices com plained of his ungenerous tactics, he would quietly reply that he was playing checkers and was not familiar with parlor amusements. His regular customers stuck to him persistently because he would not let them beat him if he could help it.
Owing to the great amount and variety of his practice, he was an exceedingly strong end game player. He could see (or feel, for he quickly ran over the board with his hands after each play) a familiar ending coming up long before it took form to the ordi nary player.
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