Arthur William Dake was an American chess player.
16 Facts About Arthur Dake
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Arthur Dake was born in Portland, Oregon and died in Reno, Nevada.
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Arthur Dake resumed work as a sailor and landed in New York City in 1929.
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New York was the center of chess in the US at that time, and Dake teamed with leading checkers player Kenneth Grover in a Coney Island chess and checkers stand that accepted any challenger at 25 cents a game.
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In 1931, Arthur Dake tied for 1st-3rd with Akiba Rubinstein and Frederick Yates, in Antwerp.
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Arthur Dake defeated World Champion Alekhine in their game at Pasadena, becoming the first American to do so.
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Arthur Dake had met his wife Helen on the return ocean liner trip from Warsaw in 1935.
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Arthur Dake was a member of a US Group which went to Moscow in 1946.
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Arthur Dake drew two games against Soviet grandmaster Andreas Lilienthal.
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In 1950, Arthur Dake played board 6 for the US in a radio match against Yugoslavia.
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In 1954, Arthur Dake lost one game to David Bronstein in USA - USSR Match.
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Except for the USA - Yugoslavia match Hollywood 1952, the USA - USSR Match, and various minor local events in the Pacific Northwest, Arthur Dake apparently played little serious competitive chess for 37 years, from the 1938 United States Championship until he unexpectedly showed up to play in Lone Pine 1975.
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Arthur Dake donated his personal chess library to the Portland Chess Club where he was an active member.
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Arthur Dake was awarded the International Master title in 1954, and received the honorary Grandmaster title in 1986 in recognition of his results in the 1930s.
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Arthur Dake was the oldest competitive chess grandmaster in history, and died in 2000 at age 90.
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Arthur Dake spent his last night playing blackjack in the Sands Regency Casino in Reno Nevada.