John Owen (chess player)

John Owen (8 April 1827 – 24 November 1901) was an English vicar and amateur chess master.

[2] He was ordained by the Church of England in 1851, and served as Vicar of Hooton, Cheshire from 1862 to his retirement in 1900.

[3] In 1858 he won a chess game against the young American master Paul Morphy, the world's best player, who was then touring Europe.

His performance in the very strong 1862 London tournament, the first international round-robin event (in which each participant plays every other) was more impressive.

He finished third, ahead of future world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, and was the only player to win against the eventual tournament winner, Adolf Anderssen.