Maung Maung
Born ? - Died ?
Member of the Bohemian
Chess Club (Glasgow), and possibly also of Glasgow CC.
Mr Maung commenced studies at Glasgow
University in 1915.
Matriculation card 1915
Courtesy of Glasgow University, Archive and Special Collections
The university's archives have no record of Maung
Maung completing his studies.
In 1917 he married Angelina Moscardini
(1898-1972) in Glasgow. They had two children; Edwin (1917-1985) and
Angeline (1919-2007).
Mr Maung played in the 'Major' at the 1920
Scottish Chess Association Congress in Edinburgh.
He also participated in the 1920 British Chess
Federation Congress in Edinburgh. In the Second-Class tournament he
scored 8½/11, finishing only a half-point behind the joint winners
Penberthy and A.R.B. Thomas.
The Falkirk Herald chess column
of 13 October 1920 mentions his winning a Lightning Tournament at the
Central CC, Glasgow. The report said he was a member of Glasgow CC,
but this may have been an editorial error; the Falkirk Herlald
chess column of 19 January 1921 shows him as a Bohemian CC
team member.
From the Falkirk Herald, 28 January
1921:
An interesting function took place on
Tuesday evening last week [18 January] at the Eldon Cafe, Glasgow,
when Mr A. Maung Maung, a Burmese gentleman who has been resident in
Glasgow for some years, was entertained on the eve of his return to
Burmah [sic]. Ex-Bailie Shaw Maxwell, president of the Glasgow
Bohemians Chess Club, presided at the gathering, which included
representatives of the principal Glasgow clubs. On presenting Mr Maung
with a gold albert and pendant, Bailie Shaw Maxwell, on behalf of
Glasgow chess players, wished him bon voyage, and conveyed their best
wishes for a prosperous career in his native country. Mr Maung
suitably replied.
Further information about Maung Maung would be
welcomed.
Alan McGowan
Archivist/Historian, Chess Scotland
revised 7/1/2021