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Harlow Bussey Daly
Number of games in database: 49
Years covered: 1903 to 1956
Overall record: +15 -28 =6 (36.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
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HARLOW BUSSEY DALY
(born Dec-02-1883, died Jul-08-1979) United States of America

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Harlow Bussey Daly was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He won the Maine State Championship nine times. From 1959 to 1965 seven times consecutively, then in 1969 and again in 1970 (the last time jointly with Stanley Elowitch). He was New England champion in 1908. He won the Boston chess championship in 1914, 1934, 1937, and 1947. He won the Massachusetts championship in 1940 and 1942.

He played many famous players during his lifetime including Emanuel Lasker, Jacques Mieses, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Frank James Marshall, Alexander Alekhine, Reuben Fine and Carlos Torre-Repetto. He passed away in Sanford, Maine in 1979.


 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 49  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Mieses vs H Daly 0-143 1903 Simultaneous ExhibitionC46 Three Knights
2. E Schrader vs H Daly  1-033 1904 Western ChampionshipC29 Vienna Gambit
3. H Daly vs C Curt  0-140 1907 New York State Chess AssociationB27 Sicilian
4. J Finn vs H Daly  1-028 1907 NYSCA ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
5. L Rosen vs H Daly  1-029 1907 NYSCA ChampionshipC29 Vienna Gambit
6. H Daly vs E Delmar 0-131 1907 New York State Chess AssociationC40 King's Knight Opening
7. H Daly vs H Keidanz  1-023 1907 NYSCA ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
8. Marshall vs H Daly  1-040 1909 22nd New York State Chess Association ChampionshipC21 Center Game
9. W Moorman vs H Daly  ½-½53 1909 22nd New York State Chess Association ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
10. H Daly vs O Roething  1-028 1909 22nd New York State Chess Association ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
11. C Jaffe vs H Daly 1-021 1909 22nd New York State Chess Association ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
12. H Daly vs H Rosenfeld  0-146 1909 22nd New York State Chess Association ChampionshipC10 French
13. H Daly vs F Young 0-139 1911 corres ARGC29 Vienna Gambit
14. H Daly vs Kupchik  0-115 1918 NYSCA Masters'A45 Queen's Pawn Game
15. Carlos Torre vs H Daly  0-147 1925 USAC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
16. Alekhine vs H Daly 0-151 1929 Boston 1of40A80 Dutch
17. H Daly vs I A Horowitz  0-147 1938 ACF CongressD00 Queen's Pawn Game
18. M Kagan vs H Daly 1-043 1939 Boylston v Bay State matchB34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
19. H Lyman vs H Daly  0-129 1940 BostonB30 Sicilian
20. H Lyman vs H Daly  1-022 1941 BostonA90 Dutch
21. B Altman vs H Daly  1-043 1943 US OpenE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
22. H Daly vs J Rauch  1-046 1943 US OpenA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. H Daly vs Reshevsky  0-128 1944 BostonD00 Queen's Pawn Game
24. H Daly vs W Adams  0-133 1944 US OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
25. M Pavey vs H Daly  1-032 1948 US OpenB32 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-27-07  Resignation Trap: Harlow B. Daly (1883-1979) had a chess career that lasted 75 years. For more information click here: http://chessmaine.net/chessmaine/20... .
Oct-28-07  Resignation Trap: Daly was a terror in simultaneous exhibitions when masters visited Boston.

When Jacques Mieses made a visit in December 1903, he lost to Daly twice in three days.

Here is the second loss, which seems appropriate for this time of year, as it features the line now known as the Halloween Gambit:

Jacques Mieses - Harlow Bussey Daly

Boston Simul, December 12, 1903

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5
5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Nb8 7.e5 Ng8 8.Bc4 Bb4
9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne7 11.d6 Ng6 12.Qh5 Qh4
13.Qxh4 Nxh4 14.dxc7 Nc6 15.Ba3 b6 16.f4 Na5
17.Bd5 Bb7 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.f5 g6 20.e6 Nxf5
21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.g4 Rac8 23.gxf5 Rxc7 24.Rae1 Nc5
25.c4 Rg8 26.Kh1 Rcc8 27.fxg6+ Kxg6 28.Re3 Ne6
29.Rg3+ Kh5 30.Rf5+ Rg5 31.Rgxg5+ Nxg5 32.c5 Kg4
33.Rd5 Re8 34.Rxd7 Re2 35.Rd4+ Kf3


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White to play

36.h4 Kg3 37.Rd3+ Nf3 38.Rxf3+ Kxf3 39.cxb6 axb6
40.c4 Rxa2 41.Bd6 Rc2 42.Bc7 b5 43.c5 Rxc5 0-1

Dec-03-08
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  brankat: From Mr.Daly's Biography: <He won the Maine State Championship nine times. From 1959 to 1965 seven times consecutively, then in 1969 and again in 1970>

In '59- '65 he was 76-82 years old. In 1970 master Daly was 87! Wow! Talking about "forever young" :-)

R.I.P. Mr.H.B.Daly.

Feb-06-09  jerseybob: Is the Torre game a one-on-one or simul?
May-19-11  TheTamale: I wonder what this fellow did for his "real" job? He was quite a chess player and got to play all the world's best. As a human being, he was also highly thought of by all, judging from the link left by <Resignation Trap> above. He was a lot like me, except he could play chess well.
May-19-11
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  FSR: I am fortunate to have a pamphlet of Mr. Daly's games, which I bought from someone at a Tacoma, Washington chess tournament in 1977 or so. What an amazing career - before his death in 1979, he may well have been the last living person who had played the great Harry Nelson Pillsbury.
May-19-11
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  FSR: <TheTamale> See the aforementioned http://chessmaine.net/chessmaine/20...
May-19-11
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  perfidious: Long ago, I read a story involving Mr Daly and Karl Burger, in which, during the 1960s, the latter travelled to Maine for easy pickings, as he sought to boost his rating so as to ensure he qualified for that year's US Championship.

As I recall, Burger and Daly met late in the event with the New York master throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Daly, but found himself conceding a draw in the end.

Burger wound up failing to qualify for the championship that year.

Anyone else ever read this?

May-19-11
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  Phony Benoni: <perfidious> I've heard and read that story in various places with varying level of detail about the identities of the players. But it's pretty well understood it was Burger and Daly.
Jul-29-11
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  Phony Benoni: <perfidious> If that story is true, here's an amusing nugget.

I'm working on the crosstable from the US Open at Milwaukee, 1953. Daly, nearing 70, made a creditable 8-5 score, defeating among others ... Karl Burger.

Nov-04-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: <perfidious>Long ago, I read a story involving Mr Daly and Karl Burger, in which, during the 1960s, the latter travelled to Maine for easy pickings, as he sought to boost his rating so as to ensure he qualified for that year's US Championship. As I recall, Burger and Daly met late in the event with the New York master throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Daly, but found himself conceding a draw in the end.

Burger wound up failing to qualify for the championship that year.

Anyone else ever read this?

<perfidious>,
The tournament in question was the 1963 Downeast Open. The game was drawn after 168 moves and 8.5 hours due to the 50-move rule.

George Cunningham and Gerry Dullea, "Chess", Bangor Daily News, December 6-7, 1986.

The same column also mentions that Daly was Boston Latin School champion 3 years in a row.

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