Lizzette Wendroth: Not really. You could of course go and watch the match, but most people replayed it in their own homes. The newspapers would write out each move and by following those instructions on your own board you could see the entire match play out in front of you.Haven't thought about that in years.
Bryant Pillitteri: Newspapers did report the matches move by move, but in pre television days the matches were held in fairly small arenas (only a couple of hundred onlookers) and officials moved pieces on a large vertical board for the crowd to follow along. Kind of like a score board but with chess pieces on it. They still do that today (except with computers) and if you watch a match on TV you'll see the 'score board'.
Torri Tippey: Pretty small room i guess
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