New-York tribune., 1907-12-24
HOLDS LEAD.
RE4TS TIGERS At CHESS.
Yale Gains Slight Aduantoge OUer
Haruord an Second Round.

Az tho cross of the second round of the inter-
collegiate chess tournament at the west oiue r. r.
publican Club last night Columbia remained III tll
lead with score of six points well ahead of Har-
ward Yale and Princeton. Inc NoIi'iii5'iu
Heights men succeeded in placing another ihdtCh
to their credit by dsposing of the princeton guar
tet to the tune of three games to one only thres
games OF the Harvard-Yale match were I.ilisIe''
and of these Yale scored two TO Harvards one
The Crimson followers. however, are hopeful OF
getting another point the result of the ad1udica-
ton of the pending position between Johnson an, an
Thurston the two top in this match Inc
Harvard player is a pawn ahead ana ~ M In 80
defence is quite difficult decision by Dr. LASER
the worlds champion is expected oelore tne CIo 80
of the tourney to-day. At present princeton - III
second pIace but hardly within hailing distance on
Columbia. whose players are likely 10 retain tiie
trophy captured last year There Is tt'e 70 chooSe
hetwean the positions of Yale and Harvard
q F Comstock was substituted for Il" n.
Pfeiffer at Columba's fourth board and won MS
game in good style .--:-o5
at the first table. where Captain Wolff. of Column
bia was pitted against Williams, OF princeton,
Tho latter essayed the Ruy Lopez and gave UP a
pawn somewhat unnecessarily, on the elevehtn
move Nevertheless he obtained good attack
with queen and knight, in consequence OF WON
having placed his queens bishop out of play on 'he
queens side. On the fourteenth move "lIllaIns s
missed his chance, when he might have oo'alheu
the superior game with Q-kktl- instead ne , pat-
sued a line which yielded Wol1 TWO minor 49,
In ratur, for a rook In the ending the Colunoia
cantaIn's two bishops proved powerful ana nc
was able to announce a pretty mare III ~ Iour ILL., -
his twentv-second move. having played four
knights game He followed up this advantase
with a vigorous attack against the black King
and he too enjoyed the pleasant sensation OF an
nouncing a mate in four
The game between RamSdell and Alexander re-
solved itself into rook and pawn endlhe Alex
snder finally winning a pawn at his tVVenty-seE-
arth turn The Princetonlans queens rooh
rawn thereupon marched down the file ana
oueened forcing the game after forty moves
Constock substituting for Columbia AT the
fourth hoard acquitted himself we'll in Frencn
defence emerging in the ending with rooh
against a bishop and passed pawn He handled
the difficult proposition like a veteran, and won
after hfty-six moves
The top board of the Harvard-Yale match saw a
sturdy contest resulting from the Ruy Lopez
PLAYED by Thurston. of Yale. against Johnson The
latter obtained slightly the better of the argument.
but in the ending the players were LETT with a rook
apiece and bishops of opposite coors- Johnson was
a pawn ahead and the game went 10 the reterees
who withheld their decision until to-day.
Hit pawn. playing the white Side OF a
Scotch opening against jefferson, but obtained some
compensatfon in a fair attack Jefferson stood II
off I'm good style and retaliated IN kind After
capturing two pieces jefferson had IL all his own
way and scored after thrty-three moves
and later annexed still another with good attack
Burgess recovered somewhat and made hard fight
in the end which, however. was adjudicated
against him
Brown Ci. Burgess castied opposite sides
of the board in their game at the eighth table In
the heat of the battle Brown placed his king and
queen on the diagonal in consequence Of
which his queen pinned by the black bishop.
The record date follows: