New-York tribune., 1909-12-24
YALE TEAM IN VAN
UINS THREE CANES.
Columbia Loses Chance To Earn
Chess Title.

ness Iiu6.
Yale and Columbia. whose teams were
victorious in the opening round OF the in
tercollegiate chess tournament al the West
Side Republican club. met in the second
round yesterday afternoon and evening.
and Yale emerged triumphant. winning the
match by the score % points to I and
thereby entering the final round. scheduled
- begin at noon to-day. with a clear lead
OF point over Harvard
The Crimson team. which had first been
subdued by the Blue and White asserted
itself against the champion quartet OF
Princeton yesterday and also won BY the
score Of : To I. slightly better record
than Yale made against the Tigers the day
before.
Nale's lead would have been practically
a winning one but for the fact that G.
Burgess slipped up in a tricky ending after
having obtained the upper hand by means
Of fine and conscientious effort His team
mates-J. r. Chandler. q. F. Jefferson and
q. r. Parsons. jr--hOwever. All placed their
games In the Yale column. The Princeton
men were unable 10 score a single game.
registering draws At the top boards and
losing 70 F. 2. BverIy and u. B. Priest. of
Harvard. at the lower tables. Under the
Vale and Harvard will settle the cham
pionship
The shortest game or the second round
was that between Childs. Of Columbia and
Parsons. Of Yale al the fourth board.
where the latter had the white pieces m
a Queens Gambit declined. He evolved
vigorous attack. which resulted in the
New Yorker being mated or the twenty
seventh move
Chandler, Of Yale. added another point
- the total % hts university by TAX
ing Captain RamsdeU. OF Columbia, into
camp IN the most approved fashion. He
adopted Or. Laskers variation in playing
the black side or the Queens Gambit de-
cIusd RamsdeU obtained development
that was excellent in every way. but went
sstray on the tweuty-ffth move. which
cost him a pawn. From then on Chandler
PLAYED chess Of a superior quality and
wound I'D the game IN thirty-four moves.
Next. Priest Of Washington. playing for
Harvard. scored az the expense Of FerEer.
of Princeton. The latter resorted 20 the
centre Counter Gambit and. after some
spirited play on both sides. lost a pawn
on the tventy-seventh move Three moves
later he lost the exchange. and Priest
scored in ifty-fve moves.
kings pawn - be doubled by Byeriv.
n Harvard. IN a Sicilisn Defence. IN cor
eAquence Of which the latter won a pawn
before the game had advanced beyond the
opening stage PverIv got into the ending
with two bishops against knight and
= bishop ani scored after torty-rve moves
IL would have been three straight for
Yale but for slip IN the ending on the
rzrr of Burgess Beadle of columbia. an
other Washir=to PLAYER. had The black
side oF = Queen Gambir declined and lost
the exchange on the twentv-ssventh move.
following q lively struggle 70 obtain the
upper hand Subsequent. Burgess a.
rhA cost of couple of pawus. exchanged
2 rook for rw0 knights. leaving him a
clear piece ahead IN the ending His kirg.
too was favorabIv situated. and all signs
rointad % = victory for Yale Suddenly.
however. ReadIs made q timely advance
of his rocks pawn. whereby he established
= chain - psv-ns three strong. with which
h- drove back The white king Burgess
had placed his bishop where that dignirary
could not hasten 70 the sucror Of his king.
and Beadle force1 position where one Of
his pav-ns vaS hound - queen. and Bur
Ea=s resigned after forr~-seven moves
CAPTAIN Jefferson of Vale made amends
for The oversight of his comrsde by de-
fAarirE GIu~k. - Columbia. IN = Ruv
T.opsz after fortv-thres moves GIurk.
who had tna white pieces. hIundared At
hrs fourteenth rurn. ard This cost him
tv-0 pawue The Yale player chung ten=-
ciCusIv 20 his advantage and gave the
white king no peace until he forced his
surrender
Mitchell - Harvard. adopted the Dutch
Defence against Alexander. of Princeton.
and both pIavad s-aadv chess Mitchell
succeeded m winning a pawn IN the mid
game. bur could not turn this sdvautaEs ro
account m the ending. owing % the presence
Of bishops OF opposite colors. After fortv-
SIN moves had been made the position was
adWdioated as drawn
Another stern struggle for sIpremacv.
and the last to ha finished was that be-
tween Captain stephens n Princeton and
Hsdlav. of Harvard stephens had tho
black side of n Queeu'= Pawn opening and
finally won 2 pawn on the forty nrst move.
The game dwindlad down 70 a rook and
pawn ending which Stephens handled spIan-
dIdIv Later. however with two pazsed
pavus on the king wing. ne advanced roo
Hurriadlv and adjudication resulted i'm rha
game b@inE declared draw. The gam
lasted rorry-nine moves
Following are rho scores - rha colleges
and PLAYERS after two rounds