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| Birth | 1 January 1932 | |
| Death | 14 December 2006 (aged 75 years) |
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Elbert Lowder (born 1932; died December 14, 2006) was American checkers champion noted for dominating the "11-man ballot". He worked as a piano tuner and was from North Carolina. 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. Elbert Lowder was a member of the United Methodist Church.