| Mar-29-05 |
| Milo: Did Steinitz write a book about this guy or something? |
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| Mar-29-05 |
| aw1988: No, Steinitz was constantly trying to assassinate him. Notice all the poison-tipped razor-sharp pencils littering the page. |
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| Jun-28-07 |
| get Reti: Wasn't this guy a great chess composer, especially at mate in twos? Or maybe I'm thinking of the wrong guy. |
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| Jun-28-07 |
| get Reti: Ironically, the composer is Mrs. W. J. Baird (don't believe they were related, Baird was a common name). |
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| Peligroso Patzer: No "Notable Games" on John Washington Baird's page, but J W Baird vs Spielmann, 1905 was featured as today's Game of the Day. |
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| Jan-11-09 |
| sillybilly47: The life of a minor chess master must have been very interesting back then. He went to Germany a number of times to play some of the best in the world. No mean feat at the time. Fascinating! |
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| Jan-13-09 |
| sillybilly47: J.W. Baird 3-0-2 vs. Bird. Not bad. |
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| Jan-14-09 |
| sneaky pete: Not bad at all, if one considers that John Washington Baird and Bird only played 2 games against each other, of which the first one was drawn. |
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| Jan-15-09 |
| sillybilly47: Sneaky Pete, I beg to differ. Chessgames own data base lists five games: A pair of 24 move wins,a 16 move win,a 40 move draw and a 52 move draw.In addition, one of the wins was off a Bird's opening. Are you a Bird fan? |
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| Jan-16-09 |
| sneaky pete: <sillybilly47> Huh? This database has 5 games between these two gents? Well, it's on the internet, so it must be true. And yes, I am a fan of Mr. Bird, in fact I am his Number Two Fan on this site. |
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| Jan-16-09 |
| Morphischer: Amazing! This guy's still alive. |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| myschkin: . . .
John Washington Baird
Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W... "Of the Baird brothers, David G. is the better player by far. He plays with characteristic Scotch carefulness, for he is of Scotch descent. Of medium height, he is inclined to stoutness, and is of light complexion. His brother John W. is very thin, although he looks like his brother in the face. He was one of the slowest players in the tournament."
(source: NY Times, 1889, p.8)
His younger brother David Graham Baird , who was also an American chess master. |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| WhiteRook48: he had a Baird |
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