George Walker (chess player)

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George Walker between William Lewis (left) and Augustus Mongredien (right)

George Walker (born March 13, 1803 in London , † April 23, 1879 ibid) was an English chess master and writer .

Tournament player

He was the son of a London bookseller. Together with his father he ran a music publishing company until his death in 1847, after which he worked as a stock trader on the London Stock Exchange . After the death of Alexander McDonnell , the farmer and his train pretend could, he was for several years as the best player in London. He founded several chess clubs : in 1831 the Westminster Chess Club and in 1843 the St. George's Chess Club .

In 1845, Walker played with Henry Thomas Buckle , William Davies Evans , George Perigal and William Josiah Tuckett in London two games (one win and one draw) by telegraph against a team consisting of Howard Staunton and Hugh Alexander Kennedy in Portsmouth . In 1846 Walker won a match against Daniel Harrwitz in London 7-5.

Chess publicist

From 1835 to 1873 he had a regular chess column in the Sunday paper Bell's Life . He also published the first English chess magazine, The Philidorian , from 1837 to 1838 . He was friends with Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais and William Davies Evans, whom he also supported financially.

Walker was the author of The Celebrated Analysis of AD 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). The latter book contains over 1,000 games from the period between 1780 and 1844, making it the most extensive collection of games at the time. Howard Staunton criticized Walker's compilation and threatened to file a lawsuit for infringement of copyright .

Chess composition

Over 80 compositions by Walker are known, almost all of which relate to practical play. With his endgame studies he made important contributions to the development of endgame theory in chess. Many of his published positions are combinatorial. According to the development status of the composition at the time, the game is predominantly forced.

George Walker
A New Treatise on the Game of Chess, 1832
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Checkmate in five moves

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Solution:

1. Rd4 – d8 + Rf8xd8
2. Da5xd8 + Ka8 – b7
3. Ra4 – b4 + Kb7 – c6
4. Rb4 – b6 + Kc6 – c5
5. Qd8 – d4 mate

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jeremy Spinrad: The telegraph, the velocide, and the Bristol sloth ( Memento of February 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 427 kB)
  2. ↑ Chessmetrics
  3. ^ Books and Writers - Chess Books 1749-1875
  4. ^ Edward Winter: Copyright on chess games

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personal data
SURNAME Walker, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English chess player
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1879
Place of death London