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Baird, David

Ratings Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games  1879  78  2334 (64) 8 1880  80  2354 (55) 13 1881  83  2365 (50) 10 1882  72  2385 (44) 20 1883  64  2404 (41) 18 1884  53  2424 (35) 44 1885  95  2362 (36) 34 1886  115  2331 (39) 24 1887  113  2335 (45) 4 1888  102  2353 (45) 2 1889  84  2371 (34) 44 1890  99  2351 (45) 5 1891  107  2341 (48) 5 1892  123  2329 (47) 8 1893  113  2334 (45) 9 1894  112  2335 (43) 12 1895  98  2358 (43) 12 1896  104  2348 (45) 6 1897  103  2339 (42) 5 1898  103  2333 (31) 58 1899  136  2311 (34) 30 1900  146  2305 (41) 14 1901  204  2266 (48) 2 1902  236  2252 (48) 8 1903  226  2262 (50) 2 1904  191  2289 (47) 12 1905  228  2270 (51) 1 1906  243  2264 (48) 16 1907  306  2235 (57) 1 1908  358  2215 (63) 1 1909  392  2206 (67) 0 1910  412  2196 (68) 0 1911  455  2187 (66) 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    Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 523    Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 274, 382, 571    Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 74, 140    Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 58    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	-	1.5
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
Mieses, J. - Baird, D.G. 1903	(f)	1	-	0

Tournament data

New York 1880 (2)	5th American Chess Congress - Minor Tourney		10	/	13
New York 1881	Manhattan Club Championship		6	/	10
New York 1882	Manhattan Club Tournament		13	/	20
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 (1)	6th Manhattan Club Handicap		24.5	/	34	received odds from first class
New York 1884 (2)	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 1887 (3)	Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Eno, W.F.	1.5 - 0.5
New York 1888 (3)	Manhattan Club - Columbia Club Match (Round 1)
	Baird, D.G. - Koehler, G.H.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1888 (4)	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 (1)	Bachelors - Benedicks Match
	Baird, D.G. - Northrop, T.F.	1 - 0
New York 1890 (3)	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 (5)	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.E.	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		4	/	4
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 (2)	18th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - 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 (3)	19th New York State Chess Association Meeting - 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)	20th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - Championship		1	/	3
New York 1898 (3)	Manhattan Club Championship		9	/	14
	Baird, D.G. - Koehler, G.H.	2 - 2
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		11	/	18
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 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Young, J.W. (1)	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1899 (6)	Manhattan Club Championship		2	/	7
New York 1900 (2)	New York State Championship		3	/	4
	Baird, D.G. - Marshall, F.J.	0 - 1
New York 1900 (5)	Manhattan Club Sexangular Tournament		3	/	9
New York 1901 (2)	Manhattan Club Championship		0	/	2
New York 1902 (4)	Manhattan Club Championship		2.5	/	8
Philadelphia or New York (?) 1903	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Martinez, C.S.	0 - 1
New York 1904 (1)	Manhattan Club Championship		9	/	11
New York 1904 (3)	Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Mlotkowski, S.	0 - 1
New York and Chicago 1905 (1)	Manhattan Club - Chicago Club Telegraph Match
	Baird, D.G. - Jones, E.S.	0.5 - 0.5
New York 1906 (1)	Manhattan Club Championship		5	/	12
New York 1906 (2)	28th New York State Chess Association Midwinter Meeting - New York State Championship		3	/	4
New York 1907 (3)	Manhattan Club - Brooklyn Club Match
	Baird, D.G. - Helms, H.	0 - 1
New York 1908 (2)	New York State Chess Association Championship
	Baird, D.G. - Finn, J.	0 - 1
New York 1911 (1)	New York Tournament		3	/	12

Player information updated: 17 Jul. 2025