New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
CHESS.
TRIANGULAR AND QUADRANGULAR COL
LEGE TOURNAMENTS TO BEGIN THIS
wEEK-MoNTE CARLO DATES
UNSATISFACTORY
UNSATISFACTORY.

Representatives OF Cornell. Brown and PennsyI-
vania will begin their second annual tournament
for possession OF the Rice trophy at the Manhat-
tan Chess Club on Wednesday, when two students
from each OF these colleges will be pitted against
each other. In the first contests in the triangular
league last year those who happened 10 witness
the play OF the young deeply impressed
with their ckill. and 1t generally admitted that
their play was much superior TO that shown by
the majority OF the contestants in the quadrangle
lar league. composed OF Columbia. Harvard, Yale
and Princeton. The men from Cornell and Penn
sylvania showed altogether greater ingenuity and
knowledge OF the game than their fellow students
at other seats of learning OF the six players
Griffith, Of Pennsylvania. and KarSinski. OF Cor
nell. stood head and shoulders above the rest save
perhaps. Edward Hymes. Of Columbia, and later
S. S. Southard. of Harvard. The latter two
who for years were the acknowledged champions
in the realm Of college chess have since made their
mark first class experts.
Unfortunately for the University OF Pennsyl-
vania, its last years champion, Grifith-who, by
the way, hailed from California-has left college,
and so the present champion, ]. 5. Francis. and a
college mate not named at present. will represent
the trophy holders Cornell will again send L. c.
Karpinsk and z. II. RiedeI while r. r Davis and
another will fight for Brown. The men IN the tri-
angular league believe in morning sessions. and
they will therefore begin play each lay at o'clock
They will. in all probability. play to finish with
out an interval. They play at the rate of twenty
moves hour. s. Lipschutz, the Manhattan
crack. has kindly consented 20 act referee and
adjudicator in any games should be left I'M
finished. 1t is intended to play this years contest
in four rounds. SO that the contest be wound
up Saturday, early in the afternoon.
The representatives OF the big four universities
will start day later. on Thursday. Their contest
will be played in three rounds at the rate OF eight
games in each. and according to present arrange
ments viii also he wound up Saturday. II will
be remembered that in former years each OF the
leges was represented by two men. who had to
play one game with every competitor from every
other university. This year, however, the whole
s;ne1e mas oeen chaIiseu' Each SOIIege VII! oe
called upon TO meet every other college once in
team match. the winner OF most matches to be de-
cla-ed the champion college and TO hold the trophy
COiC mbia will be pitted against Harvard and Yale
have TO meet Yale and Harvard Princeton, and in
the final round Saturday Columbia will be op-
posed to Princeton and Harvard to Yale. AS was
illustrated by the parings in The Tribune yester-
day, the schedule has been arranged in such way
as 10 give TO each contestant equal chances re-
CARDS the opening move, and as far such a
thing can be arranged when there are only three
viii on each day have the openg movs on tTS
boards and the black pieces on the remaining
tables.
Whether the new scheme will work satisfactorily
cannot be foretold at present Anyhow the expert
thent deserves 10 oe ens9uragsd @ the more so as
much better by having four instead OF two players
Judging from reports in European papers all the
preparations for the International tourney al Monte
tLs IariS are &c @eoppietsd ,p Is , PITY though. that
fixed so early In the season February !. This
ske MaToezy ana Mases rI snisasa Jns IT. @
country during the coming winter campaign. They
ment 20 postpone the beginning OF the tourney FOR
a month or two. but the managers could not see
their way TO comply with the wishes OF the touring
masters. and so Mieses Lasker and Maroczy had
TO give up their plan 10 visit America next month
They may be induced 10 make tour In the West
test Is over.