Arthur John Mackenzie (5 February 1871 – 21 August 1949) was a Scottish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player, three-times

Scottish Chess Championship The Scottish Chess Championship is organised by Chess Scotland, formerly the Scottish Chess Association. It has been running since 1884, and nowadays takes the form of a nine-round tournament played over two weekends and the week in between. Auxili ...

winner (1908, 1909, 1913).

Biography

Although born in Birmingham, Arthur John Mackenzie was associated with chess in Scotland because of his family background. He participated in

from 1906 to 1928 and won this chess tournament on three occasions: 1908 (he scored 7/7), 1909 and 1913. He was Warwickshire County Chess Champion in 1931. Arthur John Mackenzie was multiple participant of the

Hastings International Chess Congress The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual chess tournament which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year. The main event is the Hastings Premier tournament, which was traditionally a 10 to 16 player round-robin t ...

minor tournaments. Arthur John Mackenzie played for Scotland in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

: * In 1933, at fourth board in the

5th Chess Olympiad The 5th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women's tournament, as well as several events desig ...

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(+0, =1, -4). Arthur John Mackenzie was very active in chess life organisation. He was one of the founders of the Birmingham and District Chess League in 1897, the Midland Counties Chess Association (later Union), also in 1897, and the

British Chess Federation The English Chess Federation (ECF) is the governing chess organisation in England. It is affiliated to FIDE. The ECF was formed in 2004 as one of the more localised successors to the British Chess Federation (BCF), an organisation founded in 1904. ...

in 1904. Arthur John Mackenzie serving on British Chess Federation Executive from foundation to the 1930s. He was a controller at the famous

Nottingham 1936 chess tournament The Nottingham 1936 chess tournament was a 15-player round-robin tournament, round robin tournament held August 10–28 at the University of Nottingham. It was one of the list of strong chess tournaments, strongest of all time. Dr. J. Hannak wrote ...

, and he was the British delegate to the FIDE council at Stockholm 1937. Mackenzie was the chess columnist for the '' Birmingham's Daily Post'' (from 1896 to 1948) and ''

The Glasgow Herald ''The Herald'' is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783. ''The Herald'' is the longest running national newspaper in the world and is the eighth oldest daily paper in the world. The title was simplified from ''The Glasgow Herald'' in ...

''.

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chess games at 365chess.com 1871 births 1949 deaths Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands Scottish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess administrators {{Scotland-bio-stub