Norman Macleod (chess problemist)

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

Norman Macleod MAT, 1983, 1. prize a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h 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.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110727183133/http://www.chessscotland.com/history/biographies/macleod_na.htm
• Macleod's Problems on PDB server