George Walker (1803–1879) (mar 13, 1803 – apr 23, 1879)
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An English chess player and author of several books on chess.He founded both the Westminster Chess Club in 1831 and the St.Georges Club in 1834.
He wrote a chess column in Bell's Life in London, a weekly sporting paper. He used this column to propagate organizing the international London 1851 chess tournament, the first international chess tournament.
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mar 13, 1803
apr 23, 1879
~ 76 years