The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-28

AT the residence OF Prof Isaac L. Rice
Riverside Drive and Eighty-ninth street.
yesterday the seventh annual tournament
OF the triangular college chess league.
composed OF Brown, Cornell and Penn
sylvania, was begun Prof Rice, who is
president of the league. presided at an in
formal meeting to decide the advisable
ty OF admitting a substitute for one of
the Pennsylvania players who was pre-
vented from playing in the first round. II
was decided 20 admit the substitute NJ
i. Kirkpatrick but II was also decided
not 10 allow such an occurrence in any
future competition unless that substitute
be ready TO play in all the scheduled
rounds. For the second round r. n. Miller
will take the place OF kirkpatrick.
When play was over for the day Brown
had assumed the lead. with III points
Pennsylvania was second. with ! point
and Cornell last, with half point 20 her
credit Brown sent r. V. Van Arsdale
and Homer n. Sweet, the latter making
his debut In these contests. Cornell relied
on her last years men. j. r. Mitchell and
J. r. Darling. while Pennsylvania had NJ
r. Kirkpatrick and w. II. Hughes at heI
disposal. The pairing had been arranged
as follows:
First board-Mitchell. Cornell. VS. Kirk
patrick Pennsylvania. Second board
Van Arsdale. Brown. vs. Hughes, Penn
sylvania. Third board-Sweet, Brown, VS.
Darling. Cornell. The first named have
the white pieces.
On the first board Mitchell offered an
Evans gambit. which was promptly ac-
cepted by his adversary. At first Il seem
ed as III Mitchell would establish a supe-
rior position by means OF a strong at
tack. but In consequence OF a few weak
moves. he lost every chance OF winning.
the more so as kirkpatrick seemed TO be
very careful In the defence. playing stead
fly. Eventually, Mitchell made serious
mistake. losing a piece and the game af-
ter thirty moves
Hughes declined TO accept the Evans
gambit played by Van Arsdale The
game proceeded on the usual lines up "a
a point where Van Arsdale lost pawn
through a mistake and when, later on,
Hughes had repelled the attack OF his ad-
versary the game looked almost hopeless
for white who. meanwhile, had lost
three pawns. Then the unforeseen hap
pened. When within an ace OF scoring
Van Arsdale, by a clever move, won thC
queen and on the forty-ninth move
Hughes resigned.
A fine and even game took place on the
third board. where Darling had adopted
the Sicilian Defence against Sweet
Sweet, by a well conceived scheme. man
aged to get an attack right after the few
opening moves had been made, but Oar
Ing defended clevcrly, driving HIS adver-
sary's pieces back. After a wholesale ex-
change OF pieces matters stood oven, a
draw being agreed on after forty-threc
moves. Brown has done better work in the
opening contest this time than previously
for number OF years having In Van
,Arsdale and Sweet exceptional players.
The hill boys are proud or the showing
and hope for victory Following is the
schedule for the remaining three rounds:
Today--Second round--Darling, Cornell.
VS.. Hughes. Pennsylvania; Miller. Penn
sylvania. VS.. Van Arsdale, Brown. Nit
chel. Cornell, VS.. Sweet. Brown.
Tomorrow-Third round-Hughes. Penn
rylvania, vs. Mitchell. Cornell. Darling.
cornell Va. Van Arsdale. Brown: Sweet.
Brown, vs.. Miller, Pennsylvania.
Saturday-Final round-Miler, Pennsyi-
vania. VS.. Darling Cornell: Van Arsdaie.
Brown. VS.. Mitchell. Cornell: Hughes,
Pennsylvania. VS.. Sweet. Brown.