Elbert Lowder

{{Short description|American checkers player}}

Elbert Lowder (1932 – December 14, 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.nccheckers.org/NCCA/Obiturary18.htm |title=North Carolina Checker Association |publisher=Nccheckers.org |date=2007-01-06 |accessdate=2013-11-05}}) was an American checkers champion noted for dominating the "11-man ballot".{{cite web|url=http://www.wcdf.net/champions_hist.htm |title=WCDF Champions list |publisher=Wcdf.net |date= |accessdate=2013-11-05}} He worked as a piano tuner{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X-xVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zEANAAAAIBAJ&pg=3597,3134705&dq= |title=Sanford Man Captures Checkers Championship |newspaper=The Robesonian |date=1977-11-25 |accessdate=2013-11-05}} and was from North Carolina.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r1xQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UVcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5626,2757340&dq= |title=The Evening Independent - February 15, 1966 |publisher=News.google.com |date=1966-02-15 |accessdate=2013-11-05}} As one of the grandmasters who played against the Chinook program he is mentioned several times in Jonathan Schaeffer's book One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers.Jonathan Schaeffer, One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers. (Springer, 1997), pgs 94, 110, 126, 138-141, 143, 167, 243-244, 260-261, 263, 265, 267, 272-273, 368-369, 374, 447, and 554 Elbert Lowder was a member of the United Methodist Church.