- Daniel Yarnton Mills
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Daniel Yarnton Mills (1849, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England – 1904, London, England) was a Scottish chess master.
He has won the Scottish Chess Championships on eight occasions (in 1885, 1887, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899 and 1900) and was British Amateur Champion in 1890.
He also represented Great Britain in all the cable matches between Great Britain and the United States (1896–1911), without losing a game.[1]
An active organiser, Mills was one of the founders and Secretary of the British Chess Club; one of the founders of the British Chess Association and Secretary of the Scottish Chess Association.
References
- ^ "Daniel Yarnton Mills". ChessScotland.com. http://www.chessscotland.com/history/mills.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
External links
- Daniel Yarnton Mills player profile at ChessGames.com
- Daniel Yarnton Mills at 365Chess.com
Categories:- 1849 births
- 1904 deaths
- Scottish chess players
- British chess players
- People from Stroud
- Chess officials
- British chess biography stubs
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