106:. He discovered chess through books in 1907 and was mentored in the game at lunchtime at the Toronto Engraving Co. by Alfred Hunter, a co-worker and Toronto chess club member. At 19, Morrison won his first Toronto championship, a feat he repeated in 1945.
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