An outstanding talent: Arthur Dake

4/8/2020 – The American master Arthur Dake had an extraordinary talent for chess. He learnt the rules of the games when he was 17 but only four years later, at the age of 21, he won gold with the US team at the Chess Olympiad in Prague 1931. Dake was born 110 years ago, on April 8, 1910, and had a remarkable chess career. | Photo: Arthur Dake, standing, second to the left, watches how Alexander Alekhine (left) and Isaac Kashdan play blitz. On Dake's left is José Araiza, on Dake's right are Reuben Fine and Sammy Reshevsky. | Photo source: 1859 Oregon's Magazine