Alexander Aird Thomson (21 February 1917 – May/June 1991) was a Scottish

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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

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(+0, =1, -3). 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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* 1917 births 1991 deaths Chess players from Glasgow Scottish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century British chess players {{Scotland-bio-stub