New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
TIGERS LEAD AT CHESS
GOOD CHANCE FOR TITLE.
Yale ard Columbia Beaten an Second
Round of TOurney.

Princeton defeated Yale by q score OF 81 10 Il
IN the second round OF the intercollegiate chess
tournament ST the West Size Republican Club yes
ferday afternoon and evening and took the lead
with total Of SIX games to her credit Having
defeated both Columbia and Yale. and with Har-
ward 70 be IN the last round this afternoon.
Pr9nceton's followers are IN the second heaven of
delight last, aftor sixteen years Of waiting
aad striving. the long wished for goal is IN sight.
The distinction OF winning the intercollegiate cup,
which has been almost rnonopoiized by Columbia
and Harvard. has fallen to the lot OLD
Nassau. and Yale has scored a victory only once.
I. " stephens. the Princeton captain. his
game al the first board. r Burgess Of Yale.
cuulJilE in eyentfuI game J. W. Alexander at
board . gave his captain gallant support and de-
feaJed TIE other Burgess J. L. Temann drew and
4 4 Fe1ger his game ty default, owing
the uon-appearance OF Chandler, OF Yale. who
missed his train the city from Montclair
The match between Columbia and Harvard
suited n favor OF the Crimson by the score Of 22
t. ~ " H Parshley. Of Harvard. was again the
only player win for his team. the rest OF the
games being drawn. The result Of the days play
LEFT Princeton in the with score OF points.
Harvard second with points and Columbia and
Yale tied , points each Princeton will meet
Harvard and Columbia VIII be paired with Yale in
The anal round to-day
The game which attracted the most attention
vas the the fifth board. where Stephens. Of
Princeton. was paired with F. Burgess, the YALE
captain The former had the white pieces and
opened with the Zukertort. which developed into
one OF the ordinary forms OF the queens pawn
car-e Burgess getting just q shadz the better
q The argument when. on the twenJy-third move.
20 refused the proTered exchange of queens and
lost some time. TWO moves later he sacrificed
l.s-co FOR tvo pawns without calculating the full
cost OF This hazardous step Stephens attacked
with y1go- and through q pretty sacrifice on the
f.-y-tlfrh move forced the hostile king the
open. Burgess developed his queens bishop for the
.rs- time on The forty-second move. when he
brought out that piece in a vain effort TO shield
his troubled king. At his next move with check
mate staring him in the face. he resigned
A. the sixth board G Burgess had the white
PIES in a Queens Gambit Declined and after OBJ
tanning ~ even development lost his kings pawn
through an oversight His opponent, Alexander,
sacrificed q bishop o. the twenty-ffth move and
lad The white kings position open thereby. The
Princeton man posted his bishop strongly at K 3
AID enjoyed fun control OF the open kings bishop
t-e Though piece minus. he forced the game in
clever style after forty-eight moves.
Jefferson. OF Yale. and Tiemann. Of Princeton,
contested one Of the most spirited games Of the
day II The seventh board where Tiemann had the
white pieces in Queens Gambit Declined. On the
-veuty-ffrh move Jefferson complicated matters by
--E-einE the exchange which. however, he re
gained move later Each player in turn captured
rzv-s. and after thirty-flve moves Tiemann forced
draw by perpetual check.
A. the eighth table Chambers clock set in
motion when he failed put in appearance at
The scheduled hour for beginning play After an
La-- Lad expired Julius Finn. the tournament di-
rector formally awarded the game Ferger, and
The point was placed in the Princeton column On
Monday Chandler had Won his game in GOOD style
against his Harvard opponent and he had been
counted on yesterday to repeat the performance
The longest game of the round, and the only
one which extended into the evening session, was
ire one between Blumberg. Of Columbia, and
s5-ue-.rg. Of Harvard, al the first board. The
Harvard player had the white pieces in Gtuoco
Piano Both eNerJed themselves TO the utmost
throughout the encounter hut their efforts proved
Of uo avail. beyond the addition Of g half point
t1e score of their respective teams. A draw
registered after forty-eisht moves
Raus5eu. captain of the Columbia team, and
Johnson. the Harvard veteran developed a
Queens Gan1bt on original lines. the former hav-
ing -re white pieces. On mis- twenty-second move
Johnson obliged 10 move his king, following
I'D exchange OF pieces. but in consequence Of a
pawn block. which the Harvard established,
his king seemed quite safe in the centre. Queens
were exchanged on the thirty-ffth move. leaving
only rocks and pawns the board A draw was
agreed upon after forry-ive moves
Tre Queens Garnbit offered by Parshley. Of
Harvard was accepted by Comstock OF Columbia
= series Of vel timed exchanges on the part of
The crimson representative caused the doubling Of
his 0roeneut's kings bishops pawn on the nine
-ee0rh move Immediately thereafter Cor1stock IN
order 10 escaue The loss Of q clear piece was com
PEELED 10 part with his queen in exchange for a
rock and a bishop. This proved 10 be the begin
ming Of the end and Parshley had little trouble in
placing The game 10 his credit after forty-six
moves
zlzasser. the Columbia substitute. who drew his
game in the opening round. repeated his perform
g-re 1aatnst Everfy. Of Harvard. at the fourth
board yesterday. The game. Double Ruy Lopez
a5ar-e5 Fv EIsasser. and showing advantage TO
neither player any stage. was drawn aI'ei
Ili~---ei.-- moves .
F-olov-nz are the pairings and results in detail
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