Born in Toronto, Morrison grew up in the city's west end. He discovered chess through books in 1907 and was mentored in the game at lunchtime at the Toronto Engraving Co. by Alfred Hunter, a co-worker and Toronto chess club member. At 19, Morrison won his first Toronto championship, a feat he repeated in 1945.[3][4]
Morrison won the Canadian 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,[6] seventh place at New York 1918,[7] and equal 14th place at London 1922; all three tournaments were won by Capablanca.[8][9][10]
Morrison played first board (+5 –6 =4) on the Canadian team at the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.[11][12]
In 2000, he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame.[13]
A number of Morrison's games are published in chess books, including Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals.[14]
john, morrison, chess, player, john, stuart, morrison, 1889, 1975, chess, master, canadian, championship, five, times, between, 1910, 1926, represented, canada, 1939, buenos, aires, olympiad, played, several, international, tournaments, that, were, josé, raúl,. John Stuart Morrison 1889 1975 was a chess master who won the Canadian Championship five times between 1910 and 1926 He represented Canada at the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad and played in several international tournaments that were won by Jose Raul Capablanca 1 2 John Stuart MorrisonCountry CanadaBorn7 December 1889TorontoDied1 March 1975 1975 03 01 aged 85 Toronto Contents 1 Biography 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksBiography editBorn in Toronto Morrison grew up in the city s west end He discovered chess through books in 1907 and was mentored in the game at lunchtime at the Toronto Engraving Co by Alfred Hunter a co worker and Toronto chess club member At 19 Morrison won his first Toronto championship a feat he repeated in 1945 3 4 Morrison won the Canadian 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 6 seventh place at New York 1918 7 and equal 14th place at London 1922 all three tournaments were won by Capablanca 8 9 10 Morrison played first board 5 6 4 on the Canadian team at the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 11 12 In 2000 he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Chess Hall of Fame 13 A number of Morrison s games are published in chess books including Capablanca s Chess Fundamentals 14 References edit Gaige Jeremy 1987 Chess Personalia A Biobibliography McFarland p 291 ISBN 0 7864 2353 6 Morrison John Stuart obituary Globe and Mail 1975 03 03 p 33 Malmsten Eric 2018 02 13 Celebrating the Beaches Chess Club Toronto Champions 100 years ago PDF Retrieved 2023 03 17 The Toronto Closed Chess Championships torontochess org 2021 05 07 Retrieved 2023 03 17 Early Canadian Championships 1872 1943 New York National 1913 365Chess Retrieved 2024 04 01 New York 1918 Chessgames com Retrieved 2024 04 01 Watts W H ed 1968 The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1922 Dover Publications Tournament 15th BCF Congress London 31 July 18 August 1922 British Chess Game Archive 2022 11 22 Retrieved 2023 03 17 Capablanca in hard tilt with Morrison New York Times 1922 08 22 Retrieved 2023 03 17 8th Chess Olympiad Buenos Aires 1939 Archived from the original on 2012 02 24 Retrieved 2008 02 14 Passengers of the Piriapolis Buenos Aires 1939 www ara org ar Retrieved 2023 03 17 Cohen David 2020 01 15 John Morrison Canadian Chess Biographies Retrieved 2023 03 17 Capablanca Jose Raul Chess Fundamentals Algebraic ed Everyman Chess pp 59 60 Retrieved 2023 04 26 Further reading edit Chess in Canada American Chess Bulletin v 11 1914 Yanofsky D A 1967 100 Years of Chess in Canada p 20External links editJohn Morrison Player profile Chessmetrics John Stuart Morrison Player profile Chessgames John Stuart Morrison Player profile 365chess Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Morrison chess player amp oldid 1216756325, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
