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
Tim Harding (chess player) with his thesis on correspondence chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824–1914. He is credited with coining the name Frankenstein–Dracula Variation in his 1975 Vienna Game book. CDs: Tim Harding (chess player) Timothy David (Tim) Harding (born 6 May 1948 in London) is a chess player and author with particular expertise in correspondence chess. He published a correspondence chess magazine "Chess Mail" from 1996 to 2006 and authored "The Kibitzer", a ChessCafe.com column from 1996 until 2015. In 2002, he was awarded the title Senior International Master of Correspondence Chess by the International Correspondence Chess Federation. Harding has lived in Dublin