chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

WADE VARIATION, 75 in the oUEEN's cAMDr
Dcclincd. Robcrl Graham Wade (1921 ) won
the chanpionship ol his honeland, NeN Zealand,
lhree tines betore noving 10 England as a young
nan. He woi tnc British championship tMe,
gaincd rhe Intenalional Master drle in 1950. and
has been responsible ior rhe haining ol 6any
Rd3 21 Radl Bf3 2 Rdl sJ 23 Bci ()96 2a Oxg6
hxo6 2tRalb6 26Ma5 27bxa5bid 28dx.5Brc5 2q
Ra'4 RfdT 30 Rc4 Bxf2 ll Rxc6 t{dl 32 Rcl RIc1 33
Rxcl le3 34 Rrl g1 35 BxcT Rd2 36 a4 Ra2 37 Bb6
Bd2:r3a6Rxa4 39a7Kfi 40Bd1Ra6 4lRalBa5 42
WAGNER GAMBIT, 222, a o
rNC vanalion naned alte. tbe Hanburg nastcr
Heinnch wasner (188s 1959) *ho played it in a
nalch agaiDsr Br.cR in 1924; 695, the sw6s
GAMBT, naned atter Alcxander Wagner.
WATTING MOVE, generaly any move thal carrics
no lhreali specificaly such a movc in an e.dgame
or siudy tbat is played with the objecl of LoslNc EE
MoE and lhcrcby setring up a sauEzE or on
occasion a zuczw^Nc. For sone endgame examples
see souEzE, EMPo-MovE (a wailing nove
b, a pa{n), EMPo qaY,
WAI-BRODr, CARL AUCUST (1871 1902),
Geman player bom in Ansterdam. ranufacluF
er. He learned rhe movcs wben he was len, ptayed
at mastcr Ievel in 1890- and betweenlhenand 1898
eniered abonr a dozen tourdanenh and played
seleral natches. One of his besl acbicvementswas
al Kiel1893 whcn hc camenrsl (+6 2)equalsith
BARDELEES . bu t he had fair res ul ts in several o1h er
srronS roumanents: Dresden 1892. a share of
lourthprizei Leipzig 1894,equalfou hiardBerlin
1897. seco (+11=6-2) aiier cs{ousE( ahead
oIi^Nowsn, s.sccErER, and.sGo{N. ln match
play Walbrodl delealed Bardelcbcn in 1892
(+4=4). drcrwith s.HEvE in 1891(+4:2 4) and
MrEsEs i. 1894 (+5=3 5), but lost to Janowsrj,
u6!uir, and rAescs. walbrodr had undoubred
1alen1, but lacked apptiution. F.om rhe
early 1890s h€ suffered lrom tuberolosis ard he
sougbt to enjoy lile Iully *hne he had 1ine,
alegedly hasteniDg bis dealh by unruly li,ing'.
Walbrc{t-Charousct B.rlin 1397 Four Knighrs Open
1e4e5 2Nl3Nc6 3Nc3Nf6 4Bb5Bb4 50-00.0 6
Nd5N:d5 7cid5.,4 3dxc6'lxc6 9Re2crB 10Bxflf5
1ld4Bd6 l2Qd3Qhl lrerQl6 11.4ft rsc5Bh3 t6
Bs2Bxs2 17ysg213+ 13KhlBc7 I9BI4R 20Qc4
WALKER, GEORGE (1803 79), Eiglisn ches
wnter and propagandist. Boln ove. his lather's
bookshop in London he later becane a Busic
publisherin parhersbip with his lather. Ata lime
sben he was receiling od.ls ol a rook lrom LEwts
he had tbe lenerity to cdit a chess mlumn in lhe
aan.e, (i811-4) i tne 66t such colunn to appe.r in
a periodical, it was, pe aps tortunarely, shortlived.
He lried his hand at composine problens,
furh unnetuorable resultsi but nis play imp.oved.
In the early l83G hc vas receiving odds oI pasn
,nd move lrom MDoNNET. aftei whose death
(1835) walker was, Ior a tew yeas. l-ondon\
stoneest active player,
Walkefs importance, however, lies in the nany
othcr cont.ibutions he nade to the Aame. Hc
founded chess clubs. notably the westminsicr ai
Huttnan\ in 1831 aod thc Sl Geo.ge's at llanover
Square in 1843. Fron 1835 to 1873 he ediled a
coltrmn in A€llt a/e, a popllar Sunday papcr
featuring sport dd s@nd!I. Many oI his contdbutions
were pertunctory, bDt on occasion te *rote a1
length of news, gossip, and personalilies in a
.ollicking style sunabb for sucn a paper. As wilh
manyolhis qitines he was mo.e enthusiastic thad
accuratc. He edited Engiand\ fisl chess magazine
The Philidotian (1837 8). Above all. Walker
publisbed nany books at a low price: they sld
widely and did much lo popuhnze the gane. The
third edition of his Nc, ?rea,n" (184i) Nas 6
u*tuI a nanual as colld be bought at thc timc and
its section on the EvANs cAMBrr was praised by