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Baird, David

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1879  44  2388 (66) 11 1880  54  2385 (61) 13 1881  58  2389 (61) 0 1882  58  2394 (57) 0 1883  65  2398 (47) 18 1884  77  2381 (44) 10 1885  91  2361 (38) 34 1886  104  2339 (40) 24 1887  102  2339 (47) 2 1888  93  2363 (45) 2 1889  76  2387 (35) 44 1890  86  2369 (45) 5 1891  98  2360 (48) 5 1892  112  2347 (48) 8 1893  103  2354 (45) 9 1894  98  2354 (44) 12 1895  85  2374 (44) 12 1896  97  2359 (45) 6 1897  104  2343 (44) 5 1898  122  2324 (35) 40 1899  143  2308 (37) 27 1900  163  2292 (47) 10 1901  195  2259 (56) 2 1902  211  2252 (63) 0 1903  235  2245 (67) 0 1904  261  2238 (67) 0 1905  278  2231 (65) 0 1906  290  2224 (59) 12 1907  314  2213 (66) 0 1908  342  2203 (71) 0 1909  383  2192 (73) 0 1910  395  2181 (72) 0 1911  415  2170 (70) 12 Rating table notes

Biographical data Name: Baird, David Graham      Also known as: Graham Born: 3 Dec. 1854 Died: 8 Oct. 1913   References Books    Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300    Forster, Amos Burn, page 366, 954    Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 19    Gilberg, Fifth American Chess Congress, page 154    Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 74, 140    Hilbert, Napier, page 9, 128    Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 432    Hillyer, Thomas Frère, page 112    Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 16    Urcan, Adolf Albin in America, page 72    van Winsen, James Mason in America, page 293, 367 Web    Hilbert, John S.  [New York 1891: A Day to Remember Part 1], page 5    Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dell'800]

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Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Mohle, C.A. - Baird, D.G. 1879	(f)	6.5	-	4.5
Lasker, Em. - Baird, D.G. 1892	(f)	3	-	0
Baird, D.G. - Jasnogrodsky, N. 1895	(c)	2	-	1
Janowsky, D.M. - Baird, D.G. 1899	(f)	1	-	0

Tournament data

New York 1880 (2)	5th American Chess Congress - Minor Tourney		10	/	13
Philadelphia and New York 1883	Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Barbour, L.D.	2 - 0
New York 1883	5th Manhattan Chess Club Championship		11	/	16
New York 1884	Manhattan Club Championship		6	/	10
New York 1885 (1)	Manhattan Club Handicap Tournament		10.5	/	20
New York 1885 (3)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Vorrath, A.	0 - 1
New York 1885 (4)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Vorrath, A.	1 - 0
New York 1885 (5)	8th Manhattan Chess Club Championship		5.5	/	12
New York 1886 (1)	Manhattan Club Tournament		10	/	24	received odds from first class
New York 1887 (2)	Manhattan Club - New York Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Huntington, W.S.	0.5 - 1.5
New York 1888 (2)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 1)
	Baird, D.G. - Koehler, G.H.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1888 (3)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 2)
	Baird, D.G. - Koehler, G.H.	1 - 0
New York 1889 (2)	6th American Chess Congress		19	/	44
New York 1890 (2)	12th New York State Championship
	Baird, D.G. - Yeaton, F.H.	0.5 - 0.5
	Baird, D.G. - Lipschutz, S.	0.5 - 0.5
	Baird, D.G. - Boardman, A.	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Rogers, H.J.	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - McGie, B.C.	0 - 1
New York 1891 (1)	13th New York State Championship
	Baird, D.G. - Young, J.W. (1)	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Fitch, J.H.A.	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Delmar, E. (1)	0 - 1
	Baird, D.G. - Kemeny, E.	1 - 0
New York 1891 (3)	New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Munoz, J.B.	0.5 - 0.5
Newark 1892	New Jersey - Manhattan Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Massett, E.L.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1892 (4)	14th New York State Championship
	Baird, D.G. - Kemeny, E.	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Ford, E.A.	0 - 1
	Baird, D.G. - Hopkins, J.S.D.	0 - 1
New York and New Orleans 1892	Manhattan - New Orleans telegraph match
	Baird, D.G. - Seguin, J.D.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1893 (14)	Manhattan Café Tournament		4	/	9
New York 1894 (2)	16th New York State Championship
	Baird, D.G. - Hodges, A.B.	0.5 - 0.5
	Baird, D.G. - Scripture, W.E.	1 - 0
New York 1894 (4)	Brooklyn Club - New York City Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Helms, H.	0 - 1
New York 1894 (6)	New York Tournament		3	/	9
New York 1895 (2)	Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - de Visser, W.M.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1895 (4)	Manhattan - Staten Island Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Raettig, C.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (7)	Manhattan - New York City Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Showalter, J.W.	0 - 1
New York 1895 (10)	New York State Championship
	Baird, D.G. - Jasnogrodsky, N.	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Souweine, A.J.	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Delmar, E. (1)	1 - 0
	Baird, D.G. - Ryan, J.S.	1 - 0
New York 1895 (11)	Manhattan - Newark Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Bernstein, L.	0.5 - 0.5
London, England and New York 1895	British Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Cable Match
	Baird, D.G. - Mills, D.Y.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1896 (1)	New York State Championship		3	/	4
London, England and New York 1896	1st Anglo-American Cable Match
	Baird, D.G. - Jackson, E.M.	0 - 1
Philadelphia 1896 (2)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Voigt, H.G.	0 - 1
New York 1897 (1)	New York State Championship		3	/	4
Philadelphia and New York 1897	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Telegraphic Match
	Baird, D.G. - Morgan, J.P.	0 - 1
New York 1898 (1)	New York State Championship		1	/	3
London, England and New York 1898	3rd Anglo-American Cable Match
	Baird, D.G. - Locock, C.D.	0.5 - 0.5
Vienna 1898 (3)	Kaiser Jubiläumsturnier		8	/	36
New York 1899 (1)	Manhattan Club Championship		10.5	/	16
New York 1899 (2)	New York State Championship		0.5	/	3
London, England and New York 1899 (1)	4th Anglo-American Cable Match
	Baird, D.G. - Trenchard, H.W.	0.5 - 0.5
Philadelphia 1899 (2)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Young, J.W. (1)	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1899 (3)	Manhattan Club Championship		2	/	7
New York 1900 (2)	New York State Championship		0	/	0
	Baird, D.G. - Marshall, F.J.	0 - 1
New York 1900 (5)	Manhattan Club Tournament		3	/	9
New York 1901 (2)	Manhattan Club Championship		0	/	2
New York 1906 (2)	Manhattan Club Championship		5	/	12
New York 1911 (1)	New York Tournament		3	/	12

Player information updated: 28 May 2016