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Alexander Kirkland Cairncross
11 February 1911 - 21 October 1998
It appears that Sir Alexander Kirkland Cairncross, KCMG FBA FRSE, the noted economist and brother of the spy John Cairncross had an interest in chess problems.
The Glasgow Herald featured a long report about chess in its Saturday, 24 September 1921 edition. With the October 1 issue there began a regular column of chess news, which also featured Problem Nr. 1. As time passed, regular readers of the column were invited to submit solutions to the problems and so began the tradition of the problem-solving competition.
The column of 19 June 1926 (p4) notes that one of the earlier problems had been solved by A.K. Cairncross (jr.). His name also appears in other columns that year, including June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, August 14 and 21, September 4 and 11, and October 2.
NOTE
A.K. Cairncross is not related to the James Cairncross.
Alan McGowan
Archivist/Historian, Chess Scotlandadded 2/11/2020
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