Aug-28-08
 | | 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. |
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Aug-28-08 | | artyom2008: HIA Bairad second to kibitz
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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. |
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May-05-11
 | | 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." |
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Dec-03-13 | | BIDMONFA: David Graham Baird BAIRD, David G.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/baird_david...
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Dec-03-13
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. <POTD>: David Graham Baird. |
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Dec-03-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, David Baird. |
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Jun-15-17 | | zanzibar: According to Hilbert, in his Kemeny book (p58), D.G. died leaving behind a widow and six children. |
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Jan-01-25
 | | 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. |
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Jan-01-25
 | | jnpope: His tombstone has "Born Dec. 3, 1854" chiseled into it. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-vi... |
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Jan-01-25
 | | 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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