John Morrison (chess player)

John Stuart Morrison (born 7 December 1889 in Toronto – died 1 March 1975 in Toronto) was a Canadian chess master.[1][2]

John Stuart Morrison
Country Canada
Born7 December 1889
Toronto, Ontario
Died1 March 1975(1975-03-01) (aged 85)
Toronto, Ontario

Biography

Morrison, whose father was a schoolteacher and principal, grew up in Toronto's west end. He discovered chess through books in 1907 and received lessons at lunchtime at the Toronto Engraving Co. from Alfred Hunter, a co-worker and Toronto chess club member. At 19, Morrison won his first Toronto championship; he won again in 1945.[3][4]

Morrison won the Canadian Chess Championship five times (1910, 1913, 1922, 1924, and 1926) and shared first place in 1931 (Maurice Fox won the playoff).[5] He took twelfth place at New York City 1913 (José Raúl Capablanca won), took seventh place at New York 1918 (Capablanca won), and tied for 14th-15th place at London 1922 (Capablanca won).[6][7][8]

Morrison played first board (+5 –6 =4) on the Canadian team at the 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires 1939.[9][10]

In 2000, he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame.[11]

Several of Morrison's games were published in chess books, including Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals.[12]

References
  1. Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 291, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. "Morrison, John Stuart [obituary]". Globe and Mail. 1975-03-03. p. 33.
  3. Malmsten, Eric (2018-02-13). "Celebrating the Beaches Chess Club – Toronto Champions 100 years ago" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  4. "The Toronto Closed Chess Championships". torontochess.org. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  5. Early Canadian Championships [1872-1943]
  6. Watts, W.H., ed. (1968). The Book of the London International Chess Congress, 1922. Dover Publications.
  7. "Tournament: 15th BCF Congress - London, 31 July - 18 August 1922". British Chess Game Archive. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  8. "Capablanca in hard tilt with Morrison". New York Times. 1922-08-22. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  9. "8th Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires, 1939". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  10. "Passengers of the Piriápolis - Buenos Aires 1939". www.ara.org.ar. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  11. Cohen, David (2020-01-15). "John Morrison". Canadian Chess - Biographies. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  12. Capablanca, José Raúl. Chess Fundamentals (Algebraic ed.). Everyman Chess. pp. 59–60. Retrieved 2023-04-26.

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