Jim "J.J." Walsh is an Irish
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...
player, chess correspondent and the compiler of the daily chess puzzle in
The Irish Times
''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...
. Walsh started contributing a weekly chess column and puzzle in the Irish Times in April 1955, and since September 1972 the daily chess puzzle, making his puzzle one of the longest running chess articles in the world.
He played chess in the Leinster leagues for Clontarf, Eoghan Ruadh and Dublin Chess Club, winning the
Armstrong Cup on a number of occasions as well as the Irish National Club Championships. Jim represented Ireland in three Olympiads, Amsterdam 1954, Moscow 1956 (playing on board 1) and Munich 1958.
Jim Walsh
Biography, Irish Chess Union website Walsh won the Leinster Schools chess competition in 1949, and won the Leinster Chess Championship in 1954 and 1961.
As well as for The Irish Times, Jim also wrote contributed articles to other papers such as '' The People'' and '' The Sunday People''. He edited the ''Irish Chess Journal'' on occasions, and has contributed articles and chess book reviews to a number of publications.
In recognition of his contribution to Irish Chess, in 2014, Jim was made a life member of the Irish Chess Union and a trophy was named in his honour.
References
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1932 births
Living people
Irish chess players
The Irish Times people