New-York tribune., 1907-12-27
CORNELL In THE LEAD.
SHOWS SKILL At CHESS.
Hughes, Pennsylvania Chompao"
Beaten IN Brilliant Game.

,-,.,1 BROWN and the University of Pennsyl-
vania together in the opening rouhos rego o. o.
ninth annual meeting of the Triangular CoI!eSe
chess League at the rooms of the Rice Chess Club,
of this eitv Yesterday morning and AFTERNOON
Itbaca nl9yers whose identity had not been an.
nounced in advance thereby causing some W uout, 20
concerning the representation OF Corneil cafie ~
the scratch in good time and at 5ne ed close M in
nIacine three games to their credit. A Sood ied
was thus established over both Brown ana e1J -. ~
yap;o uhose teams tied for first place III 'ii0
F. III. Riedei, who played for Cornell won ,iI Iolt,
his games in the first and SECOND roullu'' e r,rooI
pnv r. Rlack who, like Riede halls from Brooh 81 IN
H., crooted n sensation by winning from '" -
Hughes champion of the University oi - u,
vania and holder of his state cnaiip Iu yyor one
most spectacular fashion H. L. % bauuer n5 hut
game for Pennsylvania in the hrst lou,u, nn,es in
Brown was unable to score Two OF liie H t nIaved
the second round were adjourned ana WIN VIII. ~ tbree
te M s,,; afternoon SO that by this evening lhIte
fo1rtbs of the contest will be over WIN 'i' ~
and final rounds to be played Dnsy1va MIA
In the game between Hughes. OF fen,i9S ,r,,,rt
.nd RIack of Cornell which attracted thI I,sco la
Gallery the latter adopted the Slciiidi - th,r
Hughes castled somewhat lnadVlseuis ~ as+Iad ON
teenth move his adversary having @ ilrSI Sncad
o. onnoaita wing The Ithaca player auTtintr ,a :
his paw,s On the queens wing anu Tor , d,,T,ceI
IN move his q Kt T. Thereupoh bis pa. .r sa.~.-
= rrot+I, mate i'm two moves, invoVihe tiie 9
flee of his queen. The game lasted t"'''' ~
moves. ,a q. dfric1IIt
yan,e with Burgess of Brown, the latter play .e -
White in Queens Gambit Dechheo- N IN piadeI
make an impression on the adverse Po'it' -. -
cave M a pa wn but regained 1t on the t"Tnty -,
fourth move after queens were eHcilsin5e"- -
moves later the Cornell man won the cAcltilie ~
and a pawn Burgess resigned after hlty hoN.1 20
Rauder of Pennsylvania had an easy 'llile " 1tti e
Mccoy of Brown. winning piece Oh tile -, -
move and a second piece on ms seventeenth ~
Mccoy s1lccumbed after twenty-five moves. -,
The second round started at 3 o cloch III ~
afternoon and when play for the day ccd7u a
D. m one OF the three games had peen ~ ue =. 49,
Riedel of Cornell. tailed his second Vlctoi5 fit %
expense of Bauder, of Pennsylvania, In d 2'Ieei ,
Cambit Declined after thirty-two moves. fduuei
brought on his troubles by attempting d coiil-
hi,a tion that proved unsound. Riedel won pleC0'
and later capt,red the black queen by neat ma
n6euvre. - nara
The two remaining games of this round were
adjourned and will be played to conclusion 'hiS
afternoon afer the games of the third round nave
been decided. Hughes who defended WITH the
Petroff had slight positonal advantage against
Mccoy Thirty-four moves had been reglstereu
when plav stopped Black and Burgess had con-
tested A Ruy Lopez, with Burgess on the defen-
sive for thirty-one moves. when time was called
Black was two pawns minus, with no conpersatlnS
circumstances.
The standing of the colleges and players at the
end of the days play was as follows;