Tags: Chess Player.
John Washington Baird (February 22 1852-unknown) was a minor American chess master who played in a number of American and international chess tournaments between 1880 and 1906. He was the brother of David Graham Baird who was also an American chess master.A writer in the New York Times describing the players in the Sixth American Chess Congress (1889) portrayed Baird and his brother as follows:Of the Baird brothers David G. is the better player by far.