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Norman Macleod (chess problemist)

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Norman Macleod (on the right with Bo Lindgren) in 1990 in Benidorm

Norman Alasdair Macleod (6 December 1927, in Glasgow – 2 October 1991) was a Scottish chess player and chess composer. He gained title Grandmaster of the FIDE for Chess Composition in 1993.

Norman Macleod
MAT, 1983, 1. prize
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Mate in 8 moves

Solution:
1. Kd5? c1Q! 2. Sxc1 Qxb2
1. Ke4-f3! Rh5-h4
2. Kf3-g2 d3xe2
3. Kg2-f3 c2-c1S
4. Kf3-e4 Rh4-h5
5. Ke4-d5 Qa3-b4
6. Kd5-c6 Qb4-e7
7. Kc6-b5+ Qe7-b7
8. Bh1xb7#

References

  • The Chessboard Adventures of Norman Macleod, Feenschach-Phenix 1997. Edited by John Rice.

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