Charles G. M. Watson

Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson (22 October 1878 – 5 March 1962) was an Australian national chess champion.

Born in Buninyong, he started playing chess at the age of 10 with his father at the Ballarat Chess Club and later joined the Melbourne Chess Club, winning the Melbourne Chess Club championships first in 1898, then in 1902, 1904, 1905, 1914, 1921, 1931 and 1936. He won the Australian Chess Championship in 1922, ending the run of William Samuel Viner who had been champion since 1906. The Championship didn't return to Melbourne until 1931, when Watson again won the title.

Watson competed in the 1922 London Championships representing Australia and finished 14th. He had victories over Canadian John Morrison, Italian Davide Marotti, Englishman Henry Ernest Atkins and Hungarian Richard Réti.^[1]

References

1. ^ "The chess games of Charles Gilbert Marriott Watson". Chess Games. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=47550. 

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Name	Watson, Charles
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Date of birth	22 October 1878
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Date of death	5 March 1962
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