Alexander Aird Thomson (21 February 1917 – May/June 1991) was a Scottish
chess
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player,
Scottish Chess Championship winner (1951).
Biography
Son of
Florence Frankland Thomson (1885–1939) who was six-times winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championships.
Alexander Aird Thomson twice in row won Scottish Boys' Chess Championships (1932, 1933). He was a member of ''Polytechnic Chess Club'' in Glasgow and five-times won this club championship (1937 (shared), 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (shared)). Together with ''Polytechnic Chess Club'' Alexander Aird Thomson won Richardson Cup in 1952. In 1951 he won
Scottish Chess Championships after play-off.
Alexander Aird Thomson played for Scotland in the
Chess Olympiads:
* In 1956, at fourth board in the
12th Chess Olympiad
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in
Moscow
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* In 1958, at second reserve board in the
13th Chess Olympiad
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in
Munich
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* In 1964, at second reserve board in the
16th Chess Olympiad
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in
Tel Aviv
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Alexander Aird Thomson lived in London from 1954 and has worked in the book trade all his life. He won the ''Richmond & Twickenham Chess Club'' championship in 1956 and 1962. Also Alexander Aird Thomson represented the club in the London League until his death. He married in 1961 to Susan Mary Thomson (née Hamilton). His wife won the Scottish Women's Chess Championship in 1965.
Alexander Aird Thomson was found dead in his flat on 5 June 1991 after neighbours had not seen him for some weeks.
Chess Scotland
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References
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1917 births
1991 deaths
Sportspeople from Glasgow
Scottish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
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