George Walker (chess player)

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George Walker (born March 1803 – died April 1879) was an English chess master and writer.


He was an author of The Celebrated Analysis of A D Philidor (London, 1832), A New Treatise on Chess (London, 1832), A Selection of Games at Chess played by Philidor (London, 1835), Chess Made Easy (London, 1836), 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 (won and drew) 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 (Adolf Anderssen won).[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.booksandwriters.co.uk/writer/C/chess-books-1749-1875.asp
  2. ^ http://www.chesscafe.com/text/spinrad15.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.belkaplan.de/chess/allgemeine_beitraege/tim_harding/is_there_such_a_thing_as_chess_culture.htm
  4. ^ http://www.chessmetrics.com
  5. ^ Eales, Richard [1985] (2002). Chess, The History of a Game. Harding Simpole, 142–145. ISBN 0-95137-573-3
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