The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-29
HARvARDS PLAYERS + A
END OF THE SECOND ROUND IN TEE
COLLEGE CHESS TOURNEY.

ssutharA and Hswtnp rreun Cambridge Vgin-
TIE Contest Betyseen Geek asa Meyer 10
he acknowledgements in BETTER Fern
Thnu on tho OpeninE Dny-praw To-Day.
Play In the intercollegiate tournament was
resumed yesterday. when tho second round was
contested. The order Of play was as follows:
Meyer. Columbia, VS., Cook, Yale; Dana, Prince
ton. va. Hewins, Harvard; Seward, Columbia
vs.. Southland. Harvard; Murdoch, Yale. VS..
Young, Princeton. Before the adjournment at y
o'clock both OF tho Harvard men had disposed Of
their opponents. and by virtue of this double
victory the lead went to Harvard. Southland
again demonstrated that he has all the require
ments to mako q good chess player. Although
his adversary played rather weakly, 1t must be
admitted that tho Harvard man at once ac-
cepted the opportunity to down his man with
consummnte skill. Another feature Of the day
was that the play was much better than on
Monday.
Meyer selected the French Defence against
Cook. They played the opening very carefully,
and neither side was able to get any advantage.
The same state of affairs existed in the middle
game. when the board presented a closed po-
sition. Neither aide was able to make any
Roadway. and after ~forty.six moves the game
was adjourned to be adjudicated to-day.
Howins, who adopted tho Petroff Defence,
was treated by his opponent to a rather tame
variation of the Russian Defence. Both players
seemed to try for q draw. In the middle game,
however. whites Fianchetto position, which did
not permit OF the proper development Of two Of
his pieces. gave n chance TO black for an attack:
The latter soon won a piece for two pawns, and
proceeding with another wcll.dirccted attack,
no threatened to win the queen or mate on tho
thirtieth move, and 30 Dana resigned.
Seward ventured upon a Kings Knight Gam
bit against Southland. Instead Of developing
his kings bishop, no continued by bringing. his
queens knight into play. This. enabled black
to assume the aggressive tactics, in consequence
of which the white king had to travel about on
the board. while both his rocks and bishops
were obliged to remain inactive. The. game
soon looked hopeless for Seward, who had to
resign after twenty-one moves. 1t must DO
added that Stewards king was driven into q
mating position. and mate could only be pre-
vented by the loss Of material.
Young adopted tho French Defence against
Murdoch and the game proceeded pretty evenly.
Whites game. perhaps. was slightly the better
one. because no had both his bishops ready for
action against his opponents citadel. By reason
of this superiority in position white won a pawn
at the fifteenth move. He could not, however,
find the correct continuation and at his twenty
eighth move he initiated q combination
by means Of which he sacrificed the queen for
two rocks. But, as he had also to lose some
pawns, his game became rather weak. Eventu-
ally Young won n pawn, later on another, and
finally Murdoch had to give up a rock in order
to save the mate. After his opponent had won
that piece Murdoch resigned. Forty.thre6
moves were made. The scores follow: