John Wisker

John Wisker

John Wisker (30 May 1846, Kingston upon Hull, England – 18 January 1884, Richmond, Victoria) was an English chess player and journalist. By 1870 he was one of the world's best ten chess players, and the second best English-born player behind only Joseph Henry Blackburne.

Wisker moved to London in 1866 to become a reporter for the "City Press" and befriended Howard Staunton. His proficiency at chess improved rapidly, and Wisker won the 1870 British Chess Championship after a play-off against Amos Burn ahead of the defending champion Blackburne. He won again in 1872 after a play-off against the first British champion, Cecil Valentine De Vere. After this second victory the British championship was not resumed until 1904. Wisker edited chess columns "The Sporting Times" and "Land and Water". From 1872 to 1876, Wisker was Secretary of the British Chess Association and co-editor of "The Chess Player's Chronicle".After learning that he had contracted tuberculosis, Wisker emigrated to Australia in the autumn of 1876 to try to regain his health. In Australia he wrote a chess column for the "Australasian". In 1884 Wisker died from bronchitis and tuberculosis.

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