George Walker (March 1803 – April 1879) was an English chess master and writer.
He was an author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor (London, 1832), The Art of Chess-Play: A New Treatise on the Game of Chess (London, 1832), A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor (London, 1835), Chess Made Easy (London, 1836), and Chess Studies (London, 1844).[1]
In 1845, he teamed up with Henry Thomas Buckle, William Davies Evans, George Perigal, and William Josiah Tuckett in London in two telegraph games (one win and one draw) against a team of Howard Staunton and Hugh Alexander Kennedy in Portsmouth.[2][3] He won a match against Daniel Harrwitz (7-5) at London 1846.[4]
Walker used his column in Bell's Life to propagate organizing the international London 1851 chess tournament, the first international chess tournament. Adolf Anderssen won, leading many to consider him the world's strongest player.[5]
References
- ^ Books and Writers - Chess Books 1749-1875
- ^ http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad15.pdf
- ^ The Kibitzer
- ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
- ^ Eales, Richard [1985] (2002). Chess, The History of a Game. Harding Simpole, pp. 142–45. ISBN 0-95137-573-3.
External links
- George Walker player profile at ChessGames.com
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