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James Macrae Aitken (27 October 1908 – 3 December 1983) was a Scottish chess player. Aitken was born in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1938 he received a PhD from Edinburgh University on the topic of 'The Trial of George Buchanan Before the Lisbon Inquisition'. Aitken represented Great Britain in matches against the USSR and Yugoslavia. In the 1946 radio match between the United Kingdom and the USSR he lost his match with Igor Bondarevsky on board 8. Aitken defeated GM Savielly Tartakower at Southsea 1949 and GM Efim Bogoljubow at Bad Pyrmont 1951.

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rdfs:label	James Macrae Aitken (fr) James Macrae Aitken (en) James M. Aitken (it) Эйткен, Джеймс Макрей (ru)
rdfs:comment	James Macrae Aitken est un joueur d'échecs écossais. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il a participé au décryptage d'Enigma à Bletchley Park. (fr) James Macrae Aitken (Calderbank, 27 ottobre 1908 – Cheltenham, 3 dicembre 1983) è stato uno scacchista scozzese. Nel 1938 si laureò in filosofia all'Università di Edimburgo. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale partecipò alla decrittazione del codice Enigma a Bletchley Park. (it) Джеймс Макрей Эйткен (англ. James Macrae Aitken; 27 октября 1908, Калдербанк, Северный Ланаркшир — 3 декабря 1983, Челтнем) — шотландский, британский шахматист. Десятикратный чемпион Шотландии. В составе сборной Шотландии участник 4-х Олимпиад (1937, 1958, 1964 и 1972). Участник радиоматча со сборной СССР (1946).Трёхкратный чемпион Западной Англии. Чемпион Лондона (1950). (ru) James Macrae Aitken (27 October 1908 – 3 December 1983) was a Scottish chess player. Aitken was born in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1938 he received a PhD from Edinburgh University on the topic of 'The Trial of George Buchanan Before the Lisbon Inquisition'. Aitken represented Great Britain in matches against the USSR and Yugoslavia. In the 1946 radio match between the United Kingdom and the USSR he lost his match with Igor Bondarevsky on board 8. Aitken defeated GM Savielly Tartakower at Southsea 1949 and GM Efim Bogoljubow at Bad Pyrmont 1951. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.chessscotland.com/documents/history/biographies/aitken.htm https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/pgn/aitkenj-viewer.html
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has abstract	James Macrae Aitken (27 October 1908 – 3 December 1983) was a Scottish chess player. Aitken was born in Calderbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1938 he received a PhD from Edinburgh University on the topic of 'The Trial of George Buchanan Before the Lisbon Inquisition'. Aitken learned chess from his father at age 10. He was Scottish champion in 1935, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1965, the latter jointly with . He was also London Champion in 1950. In 1959 he had his best result in the British Championship, finishing tied for seventh place. Aitken represented Scotland in four Chess Olympiads. He played top board at Stockholm 1937, scoring only 32.4% but he did defeat Swedish GM Gideon Ståhlberg and draw with American GM Samuel Reshevsky. He played second board at Munich 1958 and Tel Aviv 1964, scoring 67.6% and 28.1% respectively. Aitken played sixth board at Skopje 1972, scoring 38.9%. Aitken represented Great Britain in matches against the USSR and Yugoslavia. In the 1946 radio match between the United Kingdom and the USSR he lost his match with Igor Bondarevsky on board 8. Aitken defeated GM Savielly Tartakower at Southsea 1949 and GM Efim Bogoljubow at Bad Pyrmont 1951. During World War II, Aitken worked in Hut 6 at Bletchley Park on solving German Enigma machines. On 2 December 1944 Bletchley Park played a 12-board team match against the Oxford University Chess Club. Bletchley Park won the match 8–4 with C.H.O'D. Alexander, Harry Golombek, and Aitken on the top three boards. Aitken wrote many book reviews for the British Chess Magazine. Aside from chess his hobbies included golf, philately, bridge, and watching cricket. He died in Cheltenham in 1983, aged 75. (en) James Macrae Aitken est un joueur d'échecs écossais. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il a participé au décryptage d'Enigma à Bletchley Park. (fr) James Macrae Aitken (Calderbank, 27 ottobre 1908 – Cheltenham, 3 dicembre 1983) è stato uno scacchista scozzese. Nel 1938 si laureò in filosofia all'Università di Edimburgo. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale partecipò alla decrittazione del codice Enigma a Bletchley Park. (it) Джеймс Макрей Эйткен (англ. James Macrae Aitken; 27 октября 1908, Калдербанк, Северный Ланаркшир — 3 декабря 1983, Челтнем) — шотландский, британский шахматист. Десятикратный чемпион Шотландии. В составе сборной Шотландии участник 4-х Олимпиад (1937, 1958, 1964 и 1972). Участник радиоматча со сборной СССР (1946).Трёхкратный чемпион Западной Англии. Чемпион Лондона (1950). (ru)

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