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'''David Forsyth''' (1854–1909), a [[Scotland|Scotsman]] who emigrated to New Zealand, served as [[chess]] editor of the ''Glasgow Weekly Herald''.  Forsyth invented a method for recording chess positions, which he published in the ''Glasgow Weekly Herald'' in 1883, now known as [[Forsyth notation]].<ref>Gittins, F. R. (1897). [https://books.google.com/books?id=5HF4scVBTDsC&pg=PA123 ''The Chess Bouquet''], p. 123. Feilden, McAllan & Co., Ltd.</ref> He won the [[New Zealand Chess Championship]] in 1901.

He was also one of the compilers of what was possibly the first regular [[Go (game)|Go]] column in any newspaper (in the ''[[Otago Witness]]'', from February 1902 until March 1903), according to the New Zealand Go Society.<ref>[http://go.org.nz/index.php?title=History:Early_Go_in_Otago_-_August_1990 History:Early Go in Otago – August 1990 – go.org.nz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In recent times, Forsyth notation has been extended as [[Forsyth–Edwards Notation]] for use with computers.

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==External links==
*{{chessgames player|id=19459|name=David Forsyth}}

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