Although born in Birmingham, Arthur John Mackenzie was associated with chess in Scotland because of his family background. He participated in Scottish Chess Championship from 1906 to 1928 and won this chess tournament on three occasions: 1908 (he scored 7/7),[1] 1909[2] and 1913.[3] He was Warwickshire County Chess Champion in 1931. Arthur John Mackenzie was multiple participant of the Hastings International Chess Congress minor tournaments.
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 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, and he was the British delegate to the FIDE council at Stockholm 1937.
arthur, john, mackenzie, february, 1871, august, 1949, scottish, chess, player, three, times, scottish, chess, championship, winner, 1908, 1909, 1913, countryunited, kingdomborn, 1871, february, 1871birmingham, englanddied21, august, 1949, 1949, aged, biograph. Arthur John Mackenzie 5 February 1871 21 August 1949 was a Scottish chess player three times Scottish Chess Championship winner 1908 1909 1913 Arthur John MackenzieCountryUnited KingdomBorn 1871 02 05 5 February 1871Birmingham EnglandDied21 August 1949 1949 08 21 aged 78 Biography editAlthough born in Birmingham Arthur John Mackenzie was associated with chess in Scotland because of his family background He participated in Scottish Chess Championship from 1906 to 1928 and won this chess tournament on three occasions 1908 he scored 7 7 1 1909 2 and 1913 3 He was Warwickshire County Chess Champion in 1931 Arthur John Mackenzie was multiple participant of the Hastings International Chess Congress minor tournaments Arthur John Mackenzie played for Scotland in the Chess Olympiad 4 In 1933 at fourth board in the 5th Chess Olympiad in Folkestone 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 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 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 5 References edit Chess Scotland www chessscotland com Chess Scotland www chessscotland com Chess Scotland www chessscotland com OlimpBase Men s Chess Olympiads Arthur John Mackenzie www olimpbase org Chess Scotland www chessscotland com External links editArthur John Mackenzie player profile and games at Chessgames com Arthur John Mackenzie chess games at 365chess com nbsp nbsp This Scottish biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur John Mackenzie amp oldid 1149086082, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
