John Gilchrist

30 May 1836, Lonend, Abbey Parish, Paisley - 12 April 1907, Clincarthill, Rutherglen

• Member of Glasgow Chess Club, and sometimes President and Treasurer.
• Glasgow CC champion 1884, 1885 and 1902.
• On Glasgow CCs winning Richardson Cup team of 1900, 1902, 1903.
• Played in many Scottish championships: 3rd in 1886 with 8½/11; 2nd in 1889 with 7½/10; 2nd in 1891.
• West of Scotland champion on several occasions.
• Helped organise the first Scottish Chess Association Correspondence Chess Tournament. It began January 1885 and lasted two and a half years, being played on a knockout system.
• Father of Miss Mary Dinorah Glichrist, Scottish Ladies' Champion 1921/22/23 and 1938, and British Ladies' Champion 1929 and 1934.

Sources
ScotlandsPeople web site
Unpublished history of Glasgow Chess Club.

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland

Updated - 23/01/2019