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David Baird

Number of games in database: 157
Years covered: 1870 to 1911
Overall record: +36 -90 =30 (32.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (25) 
    C80 C63 C65 C78 C71
 Sicilian (12) 
    B40 B32 B73 B30 B45
 Giuoco Piano (7) 
    C50 C54
 Ruy Lopez, Open (6) 
    C80 C82
 French Defense (6) 
    C01 C03 C14
 Vienna Opening (4) 
    C29 C25
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (24) 
    C78 C77 C70 C84 C87
 Giuoco Piano (8) 
    C50 C53 C54
 Queen's Pawn Game (7) 
    D00 A41 D02 D05
 King's Gambit Declined (6) 
    C30
 King's Pawn Game (6) 
    C20 C44
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (5) 
    C84 C87
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N MacLeod vs D Baird, 1889 0-1
   D Baird vs J Mason, 1889 1-0
   D Baird vs Burn, 1889 1-0
   D Baird vs J Baird, 1889 1-0
   D Baird vs Marshall, 1900 1-0
   Alapin vs D Baird, 1898 0-1
   D Baird vs W Pollock, 1889 1/2-1/2
   Chigorin vs D Baird, 1898 0-1
   C Walbrodt vs D Baird, 1898 1/2-1/2
   H Trenchard vs D Baird, 1898 1/2-1/2

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Manhattan CC Championship 1898/99 (1898)
   1st City Chess Club Tournament (1893)
   Manhattan CC Championship 1902/03 (1902)
   6th American Chess Congress, New York (1889)
   New York Masters (1911)
   Vienna (1898)


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DAVID BAIRD
(born Dec-03-1854, died Oct-08-1913, 58 years old) United States of America

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David Graham Baird, born Brooklyn, NY USA; died Elizabeth, NJ USA.

He won the Manhattan Chess Club championship in 1888, 1890, 1891, and 1895. He won the New York State championship in 1895. He passed away in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA in 1913. His brother was John Baird.

Wikipedia article: David Graham Baird

Last updated: 2025-01-01 17:09:09

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 page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 159  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D G Baird vs J DeCon 0-1111870Grand TournamentC45 Scotch Game
2. W DeVisser vs D G Baird  1-0571880USA-05.Congress-BC59 Two Knights
3. A Vorrath vs D G Baird  0-13518825th Manhattan CC Handicap 1882/83C54 Giuoco Piano
4. J M Hanham vs D G Baird  1-0341884Manhattan CC Championship 1884A84 Dutch
5. D G Baird vs C Isaacson  1-0121884Manhattan CC Championship 1884B44 Sicilian
6. P Richardson vs D G Baird  1-0621884Manhattan CC Championship 1884C49 Four Knights
7. C Isaacson vs D G Baird  1-0401884Manhattan CC Championship 1884D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. J W Baird vs D G Baird  1-0461885Manhattan CC Championship 1885C77 Ruy Lopez
9. D G Baird vs D Martinez 1-03818896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
10. M Judd vs D G Baird 0-18218896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
11. D G Baird vs Mason 1-0818896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC01 French, Exchange
12. C F Burille vs D G Baird 0-13518896th American Chess Congress, New YorkD05 Queen's Pawn Game
13. D G Baird vs M Weiss 0-15918896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
14. Gossip vs D G Baird 1-03918896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC25 Vienna
15. D G Baird vs Showalter 0-13018896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC50 Giuoco Piano
16. Taubenhaus vs D G Baird 0-13118896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC25 Vienna
17. Lipschutz vs D G Baird  1-04618896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC25 Vienna
18. D G Baird vs Blackburne 0-15218896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC29 Vienna Gambit
19. Gunsberg vs D G Baird  1-06418896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC50 Giuoco Piano
20. D G Baird vs Chigorin 0-14518896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC44 King's Pawn Game
21. Bird vs D G Baird 1-03918896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC30 King's Gambit Declined
22. D G Baird vs N MacLeod ½-½4418896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC45 Scotch Game
23. D G Baird vs J W Baird 1-06518896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC50 Giuoco Piano
24. E Delmar vs D G Baird 1-05918896th American Chess Congress, New YorkD00 Queen's Pawn Game
25. D G Baird vs Burn 1-03318896th American Chess Congress, New YorkC29 Vienna Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-28-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: After participating in the 1889 New York tournament, Baird then participated in a simultaneous exhibition given by fellow New York competitor Mikhail Chogorin. It is very unusual to see an international player take part in such an exhibition.
Aug-28-08  artyom2008: HIA Bairad second to kibitz

Jul-06-09  myschkin: . . .

David Graham Baird

Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_...

"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 older brother John Washington Baird , who was also an (minor) American chess master.

May-05-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: An article on Baird from the Lincoln, Nebraska "Courier", dated March 16, 1895:

"THE EMPIRE STATE CHAMPION

Chess Expert DG Baird and his victory in New York

D. G. Baird, who recently won the chess championship of New York state, has been considered one of the strongest players of the metropolis for a number of years and is a brother of J W Baird, who competed in the Leipzig International tournament.

Many astute judges of the game who know the brothers well consider DG Baird the stronger player of the two. His successes in tournaments have not been great in late late years, but he repeatedly won the championship tournaments of the Manhattan Chess Club in years gone by.

In the New York International tournament of 1889 he scored 16 points and came out ahead of Burille, Hanham, Gomp Martinez, J W Baird and MacLeod.

For many years DG Baird has sought in vain to the championship of the Empire State and his recent victory over such strong players as J W Sbowalter, who took second place, A B. Hodges and J S Ryan demonstrates that he is an expert of decided merit."

Dec-03-13  BIDMONFA: David Graham Baird

BAIRD, David G.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/baird_david...
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Dec-03-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD>: David Graham Baird.
Dec-03-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, David Baird.
Jun-15-17  zanzibar: According to Hilbert, in his Kemeny book (p58), D.G. died leaving behind a widow and six children.
Jan-01-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: His obituary in the December 1913 <BCM>, p.476, gave his DOB as March 12th 1854, not December 3rd as above, and per Wikipedia.
Jan-01-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  jnpope: His tombstone has "Born Dec. 3, 1854" chiseled into it.

https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-vi...

Jan-01-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  jnpope: I'm willing to bet it's due to the American proclivity of writing dates as <Month Day Year> and it was probably written down somewhere as 12/3/1854 and then probably read as <Day Month Year> by the Brits.

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