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Archibald Murray
2 February 1872, Glasgow SCO ─ 25 January 1948, Perth, SCO
Archibald Murray was associated with several chess clubs in his home city, including Glasgow, Burns and City. He was also a former president of the Glasgow Chess Club and one of their leading players, as well as an office-bearer of the Scottish Chess Association.
He was the senior partner in the legal firm of A. and W.M. Murray with his brother when, in 1910, he was violently attacked by the husband of a woman he represented in a legal matter.
After recovering from this attack Mr Murray emigrated in June 1910 to Seattle, Washington State, USA. He maintained his interest in chess, however. On Monday, 23 June 1913, he scored a draw against Frank Marshall in a simultaneous display in Seattle.
During his time in the USA Mr Murray married. In August 1919 he returned to Glasgow with his wife and two children and soon after rejoined Glasgow CC. He again worked in the legal world with the firm of William Baird & Co., Glasgow.
Mr Murray died suddenly at the Royal Infirmary, Perth (usual residence: Riversdale, Comrie), leaving his wife Jane Wilson Carstairs.
Sources:
Strathearn Herald, 12 February 1910, p8.
Chess Amateur, July 1910, p293.
American Chess Bulletin 1913, p176.
Glasgow Herald, 28 January 1948, p 1.
CHESS 1948, March, page 145
Alan McGowan
Historian/Archivist, Chess Scotlandupdated 6/5/2022
