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Walter Penn Shipley (1860-1942) was an American lawyer, chess Master and chess organizer. ==Biography== Shipley graduated from Haverford College, and from the law school at the University of Pennsylvania. He lived and practiced law in Philadelphia. He was a key chess organizer and promoter at the club, local, state and national levels for much of his life. Shipley was champion of many American tournaments as a player in the late 19th century. He was also a correspondence chess enthusiast. He was a mainstay at the Franklin Mercantile Chess Club in Philadelphia, the nation's second-oldest chess club, and represented the club in many matches.〔chessmetrics.com, the Walter Penn Shipley results file〕 Shipley became a partner in his own law firm by his late 20s, and practiced law until his retirement in 1927. He died at Philadelphia in 1942, age 81. Shipley was a lifelong Quaker. His professional, personal and chess papers are held by the University of Delaware library. Shipley is the subject of a thorough 2003 biography by John Hilbert, which includes a large selection of his chess games. The website chessmetrics.com, which has a thorough survey of his tournament and match results, assigns Shipley a rating of greater than 2600. This represents the Grandmaster level as a player. This may be optimistic, since he played very few games under tournament conditions against internationally recognized leading players, so proper comparison and evaluation of his playing strength is problematic. He was certainly a strong Master, however. The website chessgames.com provides a small collection of Shipley's games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Penn Shipley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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