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IN MEMORIAM – Arthur Dake, April 8, 1910 - April 28, 2000


Photo: GM Arthur Dake headstone, Wilhem's Portland Memorial Funeral Home, Portland, Ore.
Photo courtesy of Russell (Rusty) Miller.

Article on chessbase.com about Arthur Dake's chess career.

World Chess Hall of Fame story about Dake.

Article on Arthur Dake from The Oregon Encyclopedia.

The Bold Moves of Arthur Dake (A Dozen Grandmaster Games), interview by Casey E. Bush, from Aug-Sep 1987 NWC.

King Arthur by Casey Bush, contributing writer, in Jan. 2013 issue of 1859 Oregon Magazine.

Obituary (May 2000) from The New York Times.

Arthur Dake photo/caption from April 1932 edition of The Chess Reporter.

Photos from Pasadena 1932 (including Dake vs. Alekhine).

Marcel Duchamp Mugged by a Street Hustler by Casey Bush, published by The Decadent Review. This is about a game played by Arthur Dake at the Folkestone Olympiad in 1933.