James Macrae Aitken
Number of games in database: 115
Years covered: 1937 to 1976
Overall record: +38 -38 =39 (50.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (21)      B74 B91 B84 B32 B21  Ruy Lopez (15)      C88 C97 C71 C61 C70  Ruy Lopez, Closed (8)      C88 C97 C98 C84 C99  French Defense (8)      C11 C05 C02 C18 C01  Sicilian Dragon (7)      B74 B37 B73  Caro-Kann (6)      B10 B19 B13	With the Black pieces:  Ruy Lopez (18)      C78 C71 C75 C79 C86  Orthodox Defense (10)      D55 D51 D54 D64 D52  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      E10 A45 A46  English (4)      A13 A12

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Tartakower vs Aitken, 1949 0-1
   Aitken vs G A Thomas, 1945 1-0

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Hastings 1945/46 by suenteus po 147

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JAMES MACRAE AITKEN (born Oct-27-1908, died Dec-03-1983) United Kingdom [what is this?] Dr. James Macrae Aitken was born on the 27th of October 1908 in Calderbank Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was Scottish Champion in 1935, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1965 (jointly). He was also London Champion in 1950. His PhD dissertation was on the Lisbon Inquisition. He passed away in Cheltenham in 1983.

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 115  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Aitken vs V Mikenas   0-1 44 1937 7th olm final B32 Sicilian 2. J Enevoldsen vs Aitken   1-0 24 1937 7th olm final D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Aitken vs Lilienthal   0-1 42 1937 7th olm final C11 French 4. E Gilfer vs Aitken   0-1 69 1937 7th olm final D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de 5. Aitken vs Tartakower   0-1 94 1937 7th olm final C71 Ruy Lopez 6. Pirc vs Aitken   1-0 63 1937 7th olm final D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation 7. Aitken vs Keres   0-1 42 1937 Stockholm ol (05.08.37) B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 8. Aitken vs V Castaldi   0-1 46 1937 7th olm final C01 French, Exchange 9. Aitken vs A Dunkelblum   0-1 52 1937 7th olm final B10 Caro-Kann 10. Aitken vs S Herseth   1-0 40 1937 7th olm final C11 French 11. G A Thomas vs Aitken   0-1 51 1937 7th olm final C78 Ruy Lopez 12. T Gauffin vs Aitken   ½-½ 50 1937 7th olm final D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Stahlberg vs Aitken   0-1 38 1937 7th olm final D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. Aitken vs S Landau   ½-½ 55 1937 7th olm final B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 15. Aitken vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 57 1937 7th olm final C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 16. Aitken vs P N Wallis   ½-½ 50 1939 Bournemouth D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. G Abrahams vs Aitken   0-1 28 1939 Bournemouth C50 Giuoco Piano 18. Mieses vs Aitken 0-1 29 1939 Bournemouth C27 Vienna Game 19. Aitken vs E Klein   0-1 38 1939 Bournemouth C41 Philidor Defense 20. S Landau vs Aitken   ½-½ 42 1939 Bournemouth D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. Aitken vs F Kitto   1-0 27 1939 Bournemouth C67 Ruy Lopez 22. I Koenig vs Aitken   ½-½ 44 1939 Bournemouth A13 English 23. Aitken vs Flohr 0-1 29 1939 Bournemouth B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 24. Euwe vs Aitken   1-0 36 1939 Bournemouth D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 25. Aitken vs A G Conde   ½-½ 86 1939 Bournemouth B10 Caro-Kann  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 115

Dec-19-04    Benzol: James Macrae Aitken Born 27th October 1908 in Calderbank, Lanarkshire Died 3rd December 1983 Cheltenham Scottish champion 1935, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and jointly in 1965. He was also London Champion in 1950. Jul-20-06    Morphystyle: Aitken is a great attacker. He played one of my favorite games (that is not here yet), it is from the 1937 Olympiad. He was white in a French exchange. He was strong, but always got beaten by the top players. Entertaining player of the day. Jul-27-06    WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of his otb combinations: http://www.wtharvey.com/aitk.html

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