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Oct-29-10 | | BobCrisp:  click for larger viewFrom a consultation game between <Oxford University> vs. the <Lud Eagle Club>, otherwise <JM Aitken & CS Besinger> vs <F Leicester & G Tregaskis>, White found 1.Qc7!! 1...Qh6+ 2.Re3 changes nothing. |
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Jul-15-11
 | | kingscrusher: Code breaker at Bletchley park
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14164529
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o... |
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Dec-03-11 | | BIDMONFA: James Macrae Aitken AITKEN, James M.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/aitken_jame...
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Oct-27-13 | | Kikoman: <Player of the Day> Rest In Peace Sir James Macrae Aitken. |
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Oct-27-13
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD>: James Macrae Aitken. |
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Dec-20-14
 | | MissScarlett: <An extract from a letter sent by Harry Woolverton to <Newsflash> (see July 1984 issue, page 6): 'It is not generally known that Aitken played a match with the veteran Mieses in 1947 which he won by 5.5-0.5. In deference to the feelings of the old master the result was never published. I watched the second game which was played at the Ilford Chess Club; a collection was made at the time for the veteran.'> C.N.787 |
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Oct-27-16 | | Nosnibor: I first met and played Dr.Aitken in the 1st Jersey International Tournament in May 1973 where he and myself together with W Schmid,R.0`Kelly and Tim Harding finished second equal half a point behind the late Cardoso. Our game ended in a fighting draw. I found him to be a very polite and amiable gentleman full of Scottish humour and anecdotes. |
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Oct-27-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, James Aitken. |
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Dec-12-16 | | diagonal: An extended portrait offers: http://www.chessscotland.com/histor... |
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Oct-27-17
 | | Bubo bubo: Afaik today's POTD introduced a now well-known move in a sideline of Giuoco Piano's Greco gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.Lc4 Lc5 4.c3 Sf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Lb4+ 7.Sc3 Sxe4 8.0-0 Sxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3?, and now Aitken's 10.Ba3! is an improvement over the traditional 10.Qb3: click for larger view |
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Oct-28-17 | | Cibator: If he did,<Bubo Bubo>, then the game isn't given here. Or did he just suggest it as a possibility without trying it out in practice? The move certainly worked out well for white in this game: C J Corte vs Jacobo Bolbochan, 1946 |
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Oct-28-17 | | sneaky pete: George Botterill (Open Gambits, 1986, page 40) writes about 10.Ba3 .. : "Aitken first suggested the idea in the British Chess Magazine in 1937 and he supplied a very attractive variation." Botterill is skeptical about the worth of the move compared to 10.Qb3 .. and he may be right. On the corte vs Bolbochan page I posted a line long ago that might save black. |
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Feb-01-18 | | Alan McGowan: Corrected link for Aitken's biography in the Chess Scotland History Archive: https://www.chessscotland.com/docum... |
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Feb-01-18 | | Alan McGowan: Aitken contributed some interesting memories to Scottish Chess magazine in 1962. It has been reproduced at
https://www.chessscotland.com/docum... |
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Feb-11-21 | | Nosnibor: Hereunder a game played by Aitken whilst he was at Baliol College, Oxford University. <Source: Leicester Evening Mail> White: A. Lenton Black: J M Aitken <Leicester v Oxford University >Board 2 Date: November 8th 1934. Petroffs Defence. 1 e4,e5.2 Nf3,Nf6.3 d4,Nxe4.4 Bd3,d5.5 dxe5,Nc6.6Qe2, Bf5.7 0-0,Bc5.8 Nbd2,Nxd2.9 Bxd2,Qxd7.10 Bxf5,Qxf5.11 Qb5,Bb6.12 Qxd5,Rd8.13 Qc4,g5!?14 Bxg5,Nd4.15 Bxd8,Nxf3+.16 Kh1,Rg8.17 Rad1,Rg4.18 Qxg4?,Qxg4.19 gxf3,Qxf3+20 Kg1,Bxf3+ White resigns 0-1. Apparently White had hardly a minute at move 18 to play 7 more moves before the first time control. |
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Feb-12-21 | | Nosnibor: With reference to my Lenton-Aitken game I should have also mentioned that on board one in this match that Rupert Cross lost to Victor Lovell. Cross is often referred to in Aitken`s memoirs. |
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Feb-12-21 | | Jean Defuse: ...
<A. Lenton v J M Aitken> also appear in the 'Aitken's Games Collection': https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/p... ... |
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Sep-28-21
 | | Sally Simpson: I have finished my Aitken quest entering over 1,700 games from descriptive into PGN format. There 225 games here. Britbase http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn... now has 2,268 Not an arduous task, I'd do it all again.
Aitken's handwriting regarding who he was playing and what event he was playing in left a lot to be desired. Fortunately I had a wee army of helpers headed by John Saunders and Alan McGowan deciphering the names. |
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Sep-28-21
 | | MissScarlett: Congratulations, a Herculean effort.....now about those Morphy games.... |
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Sep-28-21 | | Nosnibor: <Sally Simpson> The collection in britbase does not include his 6 games in the First Jersey International Tournament, May 1973 in which I referred to in an earlier quote. I can submit my game if you wish. |
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Sep-28-21
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi
I'll get on those done ASAP - bet I've seen blank stubs thinking they were already in. What Morphy games? (I've just checked, I don't think Aitken played Morphy.) Are you talking about the 4 Staunton - Morphy games I discovered in Staunton's old house which were written on the wall in pencil and were papered over in 1890 by the new owners? I took pictures but deleted them by mistake. OOPS! |
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Sep-28-21
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi Nosnibor,
The full score of the games are already in. I did them ages ago. Try another download. John has them numbered games 1652 to 1657.Rd1. Whitley
Rd2 Robinson
Rd3 Harding
Rd4 P???t (can you help here)
Rd5 Herring
Rd6 Cardoso |
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Sep-29-21 | | Nosnibor: <Sally Simpson> His round 4 opponent was Paut (France). |
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Sep-30-21
 | | Sally Simpson: Thanks Nosnibor, we could not make it out. |
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Sep-30-21
 | | MissScarlett: Who’s responsible for uploading the 2000 games then? I trust they are all rendered in the <CG> PGN standard. |
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