Alexander Vallance Logie

Born: 1881, Glasgow - Died: 12 June 1943, Strathblane

Associated with the Central Chess Club and Virginians CC (both Glasgow).

Member of the Central CC team that won the Richardson Cup in 1914.

Glasgow Herald chess column of 18 June 1943:
The death took place last Saturday of A.V. Logie, of Virginians' CC [Glasgow], who in his younger days was a leading local player. He was several times champion of Central, for which club he had a most successful record in League and Richardson matches, and for a time he played with moderate success in the West and Glasgow CC Championships. Logie was noted locally for the extreme Steinitz style of his ideas and play - he would have excelled a few years later as a "hyper-modern" - and he was feared even by Gibson for a slow version of the Lopez attack, which he played, as often as not, to a brilliant finish. Mr Logie, who was 62, collapsed and died in the Blanefield district during a march to camp of his Glasgow Home Guard company.

Other sources:
Glasgow Herald, 14 June 1943, page 1.
ScotlandsPeople.com

Alan McGowan
Historian, Chess Scotland

Updated 28/11/2019