Norman Macleod (chess problemist)
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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.
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References
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- The Chessboard Adventures of Norman Macleod, Feenschach-Phenix 1997. Edited by John Rice.
External links
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183133/http://www.chessscotland.com/history/biographies/macleod_na.htm
- [http://pdb.dieschwalbe.de/search.jsp?expression=A=%27Macleod%27%20and%20FIRSTNAME=%27Norman%27 Macleod's Problems on PDB server]
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Category:Grandmasters for chess composition
Category:Scottish chess players