John Stuart Morrison (1889-1975) was a chess master who won the Canadian Championship five times between 1910 and 1926.
He represented Canada at the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad and played in several international tournaments that were won by José Raúl Capablanca.
[1][2] Born in Toronto, Morrison grew up in the city's west end.
He discovered chess through books in 1907 and was mentored in the game at lunchtime at the Toronto Engraving Co. by Alfred Hunter, a co-worker and Toronto chess club member.
[8][9][10] Morrison played first board (+5 –6 =4) on the Canadian team at the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.