New-York tribune., 1908-12-29

F4ono-s in the opening round OF the tenth snnual
tournament OF the Triangular College Chess
League. which began In the rooms Of the hdoe
Chess Club. the Cafe Boulevard IN this CITY
yesterday morning distinctly with the players
- 4ha University OF Fe-usylvanis. both OF whom
won their games IN good style Brown scored one
game. and Cornell holder Of the championship ITO
rhv vvou last year finished the DAY without as
r-.,oh as Z drawn game 70 hsr credit AS Cornell
srs Pannsvlxsnis have each two legs on the
Rice trophy. the emblem vii 80 permanently 70 tle
winner Of This tournament Judging by the results
- yesterdays psy.the Quaker Dsir VII succeed IN
she undertaking
The psirilgs and openings adopted yesterday
we're as follows
+7os-d II. ToIins. Co-neu vs. ". H Hughes.
Pennsylvania: Giuooo Piano: won BY Hughes
Board 90 P Mccoy. Brown vs. n I " hita-
ks-- Pennsylvania; Ruy Lopez: Won by aicANt' axe
Board ST h Perkins Cornell. vs. W b f'ee
razu Brown. by Freeman
Both or the Cornell representatives adopted the
Max Tzaee attack IN the Guoco Piano involving
the sacrifice Of pawn. and both n1oreover pron'eo
rv the line OF play followed Subsequently now
ever the Ithzcs1s weakened and permitted thei
advantages 10 slip through their fingers Instead
cf winning the two games. as they shoulo nave
dons. they actually lost both
ToIus established e strong pawn at r ht g. = mere
hs maintained II the end of the game queens
zve-e exchanged OF ths fifteenth move sno al
US essv sailing for ToIins. who had recovered
rfs 1zwn and Won another in the bargain IN
rz tveuty-eighth move Hughes bet1ered his game
somewhat by exchanging q bishop for Z XII" =
a-JhliaE ths white paEns on the queen 8 slos sLio
esrbfshiaE 3 passed pawn Of his own on he
r--es7-z b;shop's fle II capturing pawn Hughes
4-s, attacked = rock which wholly over
looked b Tulins. who still had good game Ne
ro-neu player taersupon resigned, the game last
frE thirty moves
Perkins obtained even q better game than Tolins.
ea- On the twelfth move he won piece outright
- couseouence Of Freeu1sn's ignorance OF the
right continuation Freeman, however, kept his
-z-z-e and proceeded with vigorous counter Al
tack This would not have svaied him had Fer-
kins developed the pieces OF the queen sac
Freeman sacrificed knight On the tWenIy-i'S'
move lr an effort 70 get at the white king II vas
Useless. aad Perkins with two pieces ahead would
surely have won had he not been guilty % an
oversight which permitted the Providence payer
- win Z bishop with check and force mate on
TIE rvsnry-riuth move
A. The second board McCov and Whitaker dis
r1ssed 8 lively RUy Lopez wherein honors we're
ez=- until the sfxtee-th move. when Mccoy. ID
z+-z-EzjnE The adverse queen with bishop was s'IT
r7-fsed 70 hnd the attacking piece captured a.
though defended with q knight The coup gave
zzr4-s l1e- z clear piece II melee that followed
era Pennsylvania man annexed another piece sno
--o- bandfIv after rweu-y-nine moves
Before beginning the tournament the players ano
c=ce-s q the league held meeting. at which
-rev decided 70 play four hours straight n the
morning session. under time limit OF 1~ehtS
---oz-zs 81 hour. n the afternoon play starts al
$50 and continues until $50 o'clock. 81 which time
finished games xiii be adtudicated BY julius
I'm ne state champion and referee. II was al
-o711ced that f either Cornell or Pennsylvania
-~ou this tournament Professor Rice would pro
--de another trophy for future competition
Tie pairing for the second round to-day folo"s
Hughes Pennsylvania. Mccoy, Brown; Free
-1sr P-orn - ToIfns. Cornell; Whitaker, Penn
svlvz7fz vs. Perkins Cornell
TIE games u detail follow