The chess games of Norman Alasdair Macleod

Most played openings

B22		Sicilian, Alapin (4 games)
B21		Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (2 games)
C35		King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham (2 games)

NORMAN ALASDAIR MACLEOD
(born Dec-06-1927, died Oct-02-1991, 63 years old) United Kingdom

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Norman Macleod studied at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. He joined Glasgow Chess Club, and during his time there he met Comins Mansfield, the renowned problem composer, who encouraged Macleod's interest in chess problems. In the BCM 1980, page 283, Macleod commented that he had met Mansfield over the board, but had not realised he was a problemist until he, Macleod, obtained a copy of Brian Harley's book Mate in Two Moves and he "became hooked."

Macleod played in several Scottish championships, the earliest being 1951. In 1952 he was 2nd with 6/9, one point behind the winner, Dr Aitken. In 1953 he shared 2nd and 3rd places, and in 1957 he shared 2nd-4th places with 6½/8, on both occasions losing out to Dr Aitken. In 1959 he might have had his best chance of winning the event as the tournament was weakened through both Aitken and Fairhurst not being in the lineup. However, it was to be 2nd place again for Macleod with 4½ points, behind winner Peter Coast on 5.

In 1953 he took part in the Glasgow International Tournament. This was a strong event, which included Jonathan Penrose, Fairhurst, Golombek, Wade and Yanofsky etc. He scored 2½ points.

Shortly after this tournament Macleod, who was now working for the Foreign Office, moved to Washington D.C. for several years. During his time there he met his future wife, Daphne Maines.

During his service with the Foreign Office, MacLeod was based in Cheltenham, at GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). He was involved in chess locally, as was Dr Aitken, mentioned above, who worked at the same establishment. Macleod's duties took him back to the USA in the 1960s, and in 1964 he won the Maryland state championship.

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. N Macleod vs M Borja	0-1	33	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
2. N Macleod vs L Sanchez	½-½	27	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
3. N Macleod vs J Kostro	0-1	50	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
4. N Macleod vs R Sanguineti	0-1	62	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
5. Golombek vs N Macleod	½-½	44	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	A16 English
6. M Gabriel vs N Macleod	½-½	46	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	B32 Sicilian
7. D Bertholdt vs N Macleod	½-½	36	1958	Munich Olympiad qual-3	D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
8. K Grivainis vs N Macleod	1-0	29	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
9. N Macleod vs F Palmiotto	1-0	41	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
10. N Macleod vs J M Ribeiro	½-½	31	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	C35 King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham
11. P Reissmann vs N Macleod	0-1	88	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	C78 Ruy Lopez
12. N Macleod vs M Borja	½-½	40	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
13. B P Reilly vs N Macleod	0-1	41	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
14. B Kchouk vs N Macleod	½-½	31	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	E77 King's Indian
15. Y Mashian vs N Macleod	1-0	58	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
16. E Rojahn vs N Macleod	½-½	55	1958	Munich Olympiad Final-C	E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
17. P Wallis vs N Macleod	0-1	40	1962	SCO-ENG	E90 King's Indian


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