Walter Grimshaw

Grimshaw, c. 1880

Walter Grimshaw (12 March 1832 – 27 December 1890) was a 19th-century British composer of chess problems. In 1854 he won the first ever chess problem composition tourney in London. He is perhaps best known for giving his name to the Grimshaw, a popular problem theme.[1]

  1. ^ "Walter Grimshaw". Yorkshire Chess History.