George Walker (chess player) George Walker (chess player) George Walker (13 March 1803 – 23 April 1879) was an English chess player and author of "The Celebrated Analysis of A D 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). In 1839 visited Paris and the Café de la Régence, where he lost (+1-2) a short match to Boncourt . In 1845, he teamed up with Henry Thomas Buckle, William Davies Evans, George Perigal, and
Modern Chess (chess variant) Modern Chess (chess variant) Modern Chess is a chess variant played on a 9×9 board. The game was invented by Gabriel Vicente Maura in 1968. Besides the usual set of chess pieces, each player has an additional piece with a corresponding pawn: The first match was played in Madrid at Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando's cafe on March 18, 1968. The players were Gabriel Vicente Maura himself (White), and Bonifacio Pedraz Cabezas (Black). The starting setup is as shown. All the standard rules of chess apply, along with the following special rules: In response to criticism that bishops