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| 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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Jun-28-07
 | | 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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| Dec-27-09 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: <Morphischer: Amazing! This guy's still alive.> Yep, and more ... it's all set for his 158th birthday already. |
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| Feb-22-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, John Washington Baird. |
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| Jun-14-17 | | zanzibar: As far as Edward Winter is concerned, it seems that John Washington Baird is indeed still un-deceased: C.N. 5711. |
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| Jun-14-17 | | zanzibar: I have seen some giving his dod as 1923, but without reference. |
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Jun-14-17
 | | Tabanus: https://www.ancestry.com/interactiv... = from Berlin, Germany, Deaths, 1874-1920, says he died in Berlin 8 May 1917. He applied for Am. passport at the American embassy in Berlin 26 April 1916, for continued residence in Germany, to which he came in 1912. |
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| Jun-14-17 | | whiteshark: <Tab> I'm a bit confused about his date of death (d.o.d.) due to the following incompatible dates : Your source says <Berlin 8 May 1917> while wiki leaks only y.o.d. <1923> referring to <Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 19> |
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Jun-14-17
| | Tabanus: <Sharkie> I think Gaige may be wrong, there is a death of a "John W. Baird" in the US almost every year, and he may have picked one of those. I've also seen 1926, and 1928. The Berlin Deaths states "John Washington Baird", of which there may be several, but the passport application in Berlin 16 April 1916 (applying for continued residence) has "John W. Baird" born 22 Feb 1852 in New York City. There are pitfalls - I'd say 99% sure it's him. |
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| Jun-14-17 | | whiteshark: Thanks for your clarification/explanation, <Tab>, much appreciated! I have no access to 'Ancestry' and thus couldn't follow your link. |
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Jun-14-17
| | Tabanus: <ws> I feared that it was not open-able, and apparently only Anc. dot com has it. There is a good deal of German handwriting on the form which I can't understand, but "ach(ten) Mai" seems certain. I find two John Baird's d. 1923, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/... and https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/..., but it's neither of those. |
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Jun-14-17
| | Tabanus: 1910 census Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York: <Baird John W.>, Lodger, 58, b. in New York, married 9 years, Own incomer, <Baird Lucy>, Lodger, 29, b. in Germany, married 9 years, Governess Private Family. I find no marriage record. |
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Jun-14-17
| | Tabanus: There exists a quite thorough family tree but with two mistakes: they have married Lucy abt. 1912 (no source, should probably be abt. 1901), and d. in Germany abt. 1915. They have seen the passport application of 1916, but not that it was at a US embassy (in Berlin). |
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Jun-14-17
| | Tabanus: Oh dear, I see only now that the passport application (of April 1916) has a page 2 as well. It says he left New York in end of May 1912, and (typewritten): <I came abroad to see some relatives of my wife's. I haven't since had money to live anywhere else or to return> and <I have relatives in the United States. Children of my brother> and <I have no income> and <I have not money enough to return at this time> And I note that his brother David died in 1913, and his sister Sophia in 1914. I'd like to read the Berlin death certificate, but the Gothic handwriting is too much. The wife is mentioned, apparently something like "Lucie Rössler". |
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