Daniel Yarnton Mills (29 August 1849,

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– 17 December 1904,

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, England) was a

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. Mills 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. Mills represented

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in all the cable matches between Great Britain and the

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(1896–1911), without losing a game. An active organizer, 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.

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Daniel Yarnton Mills at 365Chess.com
1849 births 1904 deaths Scottish chess players British chess players People from Stroud Chess officials Sportspeople from Gloucestershire 19th-century chess players {{UK-chess-bio-stub