New-York tribune., 1906-12-21
CHESS FIGHT BEGINS.
COLUlfBI4 TAKES LEAD.
Yale and HdrUdrd Fare Badly m
INTERCOLLEGIATE Tournament.

r.. af,ss,+b animal fntercolegfate chess tourna-
rnent between teams Of four players rom
Harvard Yale and Princeton was begun at 'he
West side Republican Club, No. sSo7 BROADWAY
this CITY yesterday afternoon. before fair sized
audience. Without the least ceremony the stuoehus
eat down 20 play their respective games Capa-
blanca, Kelsey, Rosenn. Grlening' Jolilsoi'
Stephens and AIcDerrnott made their debuts in IN
fercolleg1ate chess.
Columbia was opposed 10 Harvard. and won three
games and drew one, thus taking the lead Prince
Gon won three games out Of four from Yale
The pair1ngs and openings were as follows FIRST
board. Capablanca Columbia Bracket. Harvard,
Frsnch Defence; second board Mcclure Harvard,
ws Wolf Columbia, Vienna Opening; third board,
Elumberg. Columbia Us. C5rUening, Harvard, Ruy
Lopeg; fourth board, johnson, Harvard, vs.. Brown,
Columbia PetroTs Defence; ffth board. Ward,
Princeton. Burgess, Yale. Sicilian Defence;
sixth board Efnbsu Yale Us stephens Prince
TOT. Petrof-s Defence; seventh board, Williams
Princeton. Kelsey Yale. Counter Centre Gam
bit; eighth board, Rosenn, Yale. VS. McDermott
Princeton. Two Knights Defence. The first named
OF each pstr played the white pieces
a Vienna opening between Wolf. Of Columbia
and Mcclure, of Harvard was evenly contested TN
~ the end game was reached Either 20 avert a
draw or thinking he could win. the Harvard man
bo.dness by losing the game after thrty-seven
The tussle between Ward Of Princeton. and
Burgess. OF Yale. was replete with surprises The
tng splendid position. looked like sure winner
when he 1eopardiZed his ~oot by gobblinS another
pawn. Eventually he had give Ip the exchange,
whereupon his game became untenable As a l5st
resort be sacrificed hs bishop remaining with a
passed pawn supported by his king against rook
But the adverse king was just near enough "a stop
the advance . the pawn. and Burgess had 70 ac-
knowledge defeat on his rortv-fOurfh move
kinbal. of Yale. became involved In difficulties
almost from the start. and he lost piece Ste
phens, OF Princeton, on the tWentv-fourth move
he continued for thirty additional moves when he
resigned.
johnson and Brown PLAYED an even game from
eferr TO nnish. which came after f0Tty-three moves
when the position was perfectly even. Blumberg
hucceedoQ II winning a pawn in the early stage Of
The game against Gruening The latter had 10 sub
NIT 10 a strong attack and although he relieved
himself somewhat by the sacrifice of piece. the
Columbia player continued 10 press matters and
won the game after forty-three moves. The sum
mary follows
cspahlsnos beat Bracket after thirty mine moves
ans Brown their game sfters forty-three moves
Bumhers beat Gruering after fcrfythre moves Ward
beat Burgess after f7urtyfo-r moves stephens beat
Kimbal after ifty-fOur moves, Williams beat Kelsey
after twenty-sH moves Rosenn beat Ncpermott after
tVenfy-three moves.
The game between Capahlarca, of Columbia, and
Brsckstt, OF Harvard. WAS Interesting from begin
ming 10 end and the former won Vel deserved VIC
tory. The game iu detail follows: