John Morrison

Chess Player

1889 – 1975

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Who was John Morrison?

John Stuart Morrison was a Canadian chess Master, who was born and died in Toronto.

He won the Canadian Chess Championship five times and shared first place in 1931. He took twelfth place at New York 1913, took seventh place at New York 1918, and tied for 14-15th place at London 1922.

Morrison played at first board for Canada in the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.

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Born
Dec 7, 1889
Nationality
  • Canada
Died
Mar 1, 1975

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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