MacDonald vs E Adam (1968)

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MacDonald vs E Adam
USA corr (1968) (correspondence)
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation (C10) · 1-0

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Oct-28-14		ljfyffe: The nature of correspondence chess being what it is, Adam could well have been involved with it right up to the time of his death.

Oct-28-14		Granny O Doul: Someone might have had a good chew with the gum that was spent on those stamps.

Nov-13-14		ljfyffe: The World CC Championship no.1 ended in 1953, and Adam played in that.

Jul-16-15		ljfyffe: But UK player Stephen MacDonald-Ross would be only 13 in 1958! Something seems amiss.

Jul-17-15		ljfyffe: Looks like 1968 is correct date and E. Adam, an American.

Nov-28-23		Alan McGowan: There is no source shown for this game. Is it made-up? Can anyone provide details of American cc players called Macdonald and E. Adam?

Nov-28-23		MissScarlett: If one searches on surrounding games in the DB (as indicated by gid #s), it will be seen that there appears to have been an original small file/collection of MacDonald games uploaded in the dim and distant past. E.g.: R C MacDonald vs P H M Acosta, 1969 J K MacDonald vs J A Diani, 1971 J S MacDonald vs A Cartier, 1943 When these were assigned their current player identities is anybody's guess.

Nov-28-23		stone free or die: Don't know how much this is worth, but since <ljfyffe> was a published Canadian chess historian, his posts aren't just random.

Nov-28-23		perfidious: <ljfyffe: The nature of correspondence chess being what it is, Adam could well have been involved with it right up to the time of his death.> In the late 1990s, Vyron Bellas died on me, and two other opponents then passed on soon after our games finsihed.

Nov-29-23		stone free or die: <perf> this line of discussion makes me wonder if there's mention of any chess players who got buried with a chess set and board, er, on board? Pocket sets applicable, of course.

Nov-29-23		Alan McGowan: This all started by thinking that I might be able to clear up any ambiguities in regards to Scottish names. It was natural to see what CG had on Ronald Cadell MacDonald I noticed that the last three games in the list were there in error (the Dr died 1942). I sent a correction suggestion. Then I noticed the 1924 reference to RC Griffith-Dr RC Macdonald, which, to me, looked a little like analysis. I have looked at all BCCA references in the 1924 BCM. Dr Macdonald played in the Trophies Tournament, Class 1a, but Griffith was not in the group. Still looking.

Nov-29-23		stone free or die: <<Alan> Still looking.> Much respect for all your efforts fwiw.

Dec-02-23		stone free or die: A technique I learned from <missy>, when trying to suss out a misidentified player, is to look at games in the DB before and after. In this case we have a series of three R.C. MacDonald games bracketed on either side by this player: J Ken MacDonald [Alan McGowan has pointed out R.C. died long before this game was played] .

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