The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-21
INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS.
Columbia and Princeton Outplay Harvard
and Yale Respectively.

The Intercollegiate chess tournament in
volving Harvard. Yale. Princeton and Column
bia, the fifteenth since the inception OF the
intercollegiate Chess League in 1892. was
begun yesterday a. the West Side Repub-
lican Club. Each college is represented by a
team of four players and each contestant has
to meet one PLAYER OF the opposing teams.
making three games for him to play. The
makeup OF the teams Is as follows:
Columbia-J. R. Capablanca. l.. ]. Wolf.
II. Blumberg, o.. Brown.
Harvard-Q. A. Bracket. q. T. Mcclure.
z. II. Gruening and X. s. johnson.
Yale-E. B. Burgess G. p. kimball. +. I.
Kelsey and G.. T. Rosenn.
Princeton-w. NJ. Ward, l.. W. Stephens.
c. Williams and NJ. M. McDermott.
Promptly at 1 o'clock the tournament was
started without any formality. The order OF
play was Columbia against Harvard and
Yale against Princeton. the pairing and open
ings being as follows:
Pirst Board-Ca pablanca, Columbia. vs.. Brackets.
second BOARD GcciGrt Harvard. VS.. woln.
oiumbia Vienna opening.
Third Board -blumberg, Columbia. vs.. Guiening.
Fourth Board johnson. Harvard. vs.. Brown.
Columbia; three knights game,
Fifth BOard-WaTd. Princeton. vs.. Burgess, Yale;
sixth board -KImbsll. Yale. VS.. stephens. Prince
Seventh board Williams, Princeton. vs.. Kelsey.
Eighth Rose Yale. VS.. McDcrmott,
Princeton, GtuOco Plano.
The players first named had first move.
Yale was first to score by means OF a victory
achieved by Rosenn over McDermott. The
latter was out played from the outset, even
tually lost his queen and had TO surrender
after twenty-three moves, Williams. how
ever. eyened matters up by defeating Kelsey,
forcing a mate In two moves by sacrificing his
queen on mis- twenty-sixth move. Columbia
then scored twice in succession. Capabhnca
beat Bracket after a highly interesting strug-
gle. Bracket put up a spirited defence, but
Capablanca forced an entrance in the enemy's
camp on the thhty-siXth move, winning the
exchange in short order. Bracket continued
the fight up to the thirty-ninth move. when
he accepted the inevitable.
A Vienna opening between Wolf and Nc
CluTe was evenly contested until the end
game stage was reached. Either TO avert
a draw or thinking he could win, the Harvard
man gave up a pawn and had to pay the
penalty for his boldness by losing the gRme
after thirty-seven moves.
The tussle between Ward Of Princeton and
Burgess OF Yale was replete with surprises.
The Yale man won a pawn by smart stroke,
sure winner, when he jeoparded his rock
by Robbling up another pawn, Eventually
ne bad TO give mpthe eSchahse Tnsrenpon hs
sacrificed his bishop, remaining with a passed
pawn supported by his king, against a rock.
But the adverse king was Just near enough
to stop the advance OF the pawn and Burgess
had TO defeat on his forty
Klmbaii Of Yale became involved in dim
culties almost from the start and lost a piece
to stephens of Princeton on the twenty-fourth
move. He continued for thirty additional
moves, when he resigned. johnson and Brown
playeda pretty even game from the start to the
finish. whlcn came after forty-threc moves,
when the position Was even.
BlumberK succeeded in winning a pawn In
the early state Of the game against Gruening.
The latter had to su bmit 10 a very strong at
tack and although he relieved himssf, some
what by the sacrifice OF a piece the Collmbia
player continued TO press matters and won
the game after forGy-three moves.
The standing after the first round therefore
reads: Columbia. So; Princeton, 3; Yale, /;
Harvard, "
The second round will be PLAYED in the fol-
owing order to-day: Columbia. VS.. Yale,
Harvard va. Princeton. The following will
be the schedule:
Burgess, Yale, vs.. capablsnca, Columbia; Wolf.
Columbia, va. Klmball, Yale; Kelsey, Yale, VS.
Blumberg. Columbia; Brown, Columbia, vs.. Rosenn,
Yale; Bracket, Harvard, vs.. Ward, Princeton;
stephens, Princeton. VS.. Mcclure, Harvard; Gruen-
ing, Harvard. VS.. Williams. Princeton, and McDer-
mott, Princeton. vs.. johnson. Harvard.
The first named in each pair has the white
pieces.