The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02
CUP GOES TO HARVARD.
THE ORIMs0N PbATERs SNOW
THEIR sUPERIORITY ar CHESS.

Csiumbis Riuishss second In the Tearney, with
Vale Third aud Princeton Last-southard
wins All Hiu Games-students Show Great
Improvement In Play Ovor Formsr Years.
The intercollegiate chess tournament ended
yesterday, and for the fourth successive time
Harvard won tho cup. She captured ten games
and lost only two. Southland, as In the four pre-
ceding years, did the lions share of the work by
winning all the six scheduled games, while
Hewins, the other Harvard man, added four
wins TO the Crimson's total. Tho victory is all
tho more creditable because The competitors
were much stronger than in former years. Al.
together the play was Of a very high order,
and some fino games were contested. Column
bin finished second, Yale third, ana Princeton
last. II is evident that university chess will
have q bright future, thanks to these annual
contests, which arc becoming moro interesting
every year. Yesterdays play was not below
the standard OF the previous rounds.
On the second board Young selected an irreE-
ular opening, namely, P-Q r 3, as he did
against Southland, and practically played tho
French Defence for white. The opening moves
were carefully made by both players, and an'even
position was arrived at when they got to the
middle game stage. Although Meyer tried hard
for a little advantage the defence proved too
good, and even after thirty seven moves the
position was even. Shortly afterward. how
ever, Meyer got u decided advantage. He
forced the pace. quecned q pawn at his forty.
seventh turn, and would have mated four moves
later IL Young had not resigned.
Hewins played the Ruy Lopez against Muir.
doch, and the latter selected tho Berliner Do
fence. namely XIX b 3. This led to q sub
variation of the woll.known Lasker continue
ton. Black lost considerable time in the open
ing by q repetition of moves and useless attacks.
while Hewins cleverly made ready for an attack
on his opponents king. Murdoch, In order to
defend the position of his king. brought back
his queen, which piece had made an excursion to
Q b z. He committed a blunder and lost tho
queen and the game after twenty.nine moves.
He had the consolation of knowing, however,
that ho could not have saved the game. any.
how.
Southland played irregularly against Cook by
opening tho game with PIX B 4. After do
Tending himself correctly for ten moves Cook
did not select q proper continuation, for two
moves later he had to rctako a piece with his
king. He lost the right of casting and had to
subject himself in subsequent play to q fierce
attack, which gave n pawn to Southland. Later
on tho Harvard men pressed the attack. 1t
came to an exchange Of pieces. and in spite of
Cooks clever defence he could not save the loss
Of another pawn. After twenty-eight moves
Southland registered his sixth victory in the tour
nament.
Dana had to put up with a Counter Centre
Gambit In his game against Seward. The for
mer played the opening very well, but later on.
when the position became moro complicated.
he made errors. losing one pawn after another.
only one pawn left against his adyersary's Ave.
Under the circumstances 1t would have been O
waste OF time to continue the fight much longer,
games follow: