The sun., 1909-12-25
YALE AND HARVARD ARE TIED
CHESS TOURNAMENT HAS UN-
USUAL FINISH.
Crimson Representatives Defeat the Biue
IN FINAL Round After Interesting
struggle-Burgess saves tho Day
for the Elis-The Best scores

On FINAL Round After Interesting
strugSle-Burgess saves tho Day
for the Elis-The Best scores
For the FIRST time in the history OF the
annual intercolle giate chess tournament
between Columbia. Harvard. Yale and
Princeton. of which the one completed
at the West Side Republican club In this
city yesterday afternoon was the eigh-
teenth. a tie resulted for first place. Yale
and Harvard shared the honors OF the
EsCetng. each team finishing with total
OF seven points out OF a possible twelve.
At the beginning of o lay yesterday noon.
Yale led by one point but the Crimson
quartet won the sitting by az to ~, thereby
cutting down the lead and deprlvlng Old
Eli Of the opportunity OF registering her
second triumph. Yale's followers, who
looked pretty gum at one time In the after
noon. when Harvard seemed to have a win
by to / in sight. had every reason to be
thankful
q. Burgess again figured in an exciting
incident. but this time IL was he who pulled
Yale ont of the difficulty by drawing what
to all present was accepted as a hopelessiy
lost situation. This. however. was due
TO the pre- cipitate haste Of W. NJ. p. Mitchell
Of Harvard and In part to his Jovercon-
fidence. As q result OF the tie. supple
Harvard is necessary and this. ip all prob
ability will be played OF at New Haven
early in January. The personnel OF the
eading teams was as follows:
yalc--J. r. Chandler. Auburndaic, Mass, .;
G. Burgess, Garden City. L. L. ~; c. p jefferson.
New York, l. G. y. Parsons. Jr.. New York. IA.
HArvard-C. s. Hadiey, MIddleboro. VT. 4:
W. NJ p. Mitchell. Brookiine, Mass. 4: p. p.
Rycriy Cambridge. Mass, D. ID. 3. Priest, Wash J
lngton. ID. c.. ~.
Columbia succeeded in finishing a very
close third by defeating the Princeton
team by the score Of 3 to I. J. B. Beadle
OF Washington, d. c., who played second
board for Columbia. won three straight
games and shared the Individual honors
with Chandler Of Yale and Byerly OF Har-
ward
Capt. Byerly Of Harvard. with victory
over jefferson of Yale In a smartly played
Ruy Lopez lasting twenty-five moves
enabled his team to tie Yale's total and
naturally interest was at fever heat.
Byerly carried out a well planned kings
side attack with queen. bishop and knight
which won him a piece.
Next Childs of Colum bis. who had out
played Ferger OF Princeton. polished OF
his opponent in ffty moves Thereupon
Chandler OF Yale made good the loss OF
jefferson by scoring against Hadlsy OF
Harvard after forty-six moves. Chandler
played the white pieces against a French
defence. won a pawn on the twenty-third
move. another on the thirty second and had
all the better of the ending. In which both
players had two rocks.
The most exciting game OF the round was
that won by Beadle OF Columbia from
Alexander Of Princeton. the latter having
with the Sicilian. Beadle com
pleteIy disorganized the position Of his
opponent's king by the sacrifice of q rook
which compelled Alexander to give up his
queen tn avert a checkmate. The Prince
ton Ian resigned after thirty-fivc moves.
Gluck Of Columbia. playing the black
side of queens pawn game with Tiemann
OF Prime eton. obtained the upper hand in
the middle stage and scored well earned
victory after thirty-six moves.
stephens, tho Princeton captain. was
nearen his true form and scored one OF the
best games Of the round at the expense OF
Can't Ramsdell OF Columbia. Stehpens
opened with the Zukertort variation and
developed In masterly style. On the
twenty first turn he effected the temporary
sacrifice Of the exchange which netted hisi
q pawn. Very complicated play followed.
and from the mesea Stephens emerged with
two bishops against n rook. He won two
more pawns, and with such a prepon-
deran &c Of force on the queens side Of tho
board he had no dificulty in whining after
Meanwhile Burgess. and Par 'ons of Yale
both were getting the worst ct the argu-
Mitchell H% II and DIR Priest u Harvard Both had
resorted to the French defence and In due
time had come TO know trouble in is worst
odd point. Mitchell had won a pawn on
after BURGESS made . miscsicuistion IN
exchanging queens, He lost a piece In
consequence and Mitchell entered upon
ssains, three, pswns' Burgess did NOT
lose heart and played on. hoping for the
wss sss oI. on one ne. py
Sie. SS" Il T was A then that Miteheil. plainly
overconndent. parted with his knight to
his own 70 the eighth row. He had not
taken into consideration the position Of
the two kings and when too late he found
in, stopping the advan of the pawn needed
to clinch the victory. II was well known
draw and it was so recorded after hfty-
Prie.t, on the other hand, had the. .sdvsn-
tage OF the exchange and couple OF pawns |
over TO the evening session and finally Priest |
won after forty-six moves. enabling Har- |
vsrd once more 20 tie iale,s score.
Casweii az q breakfast AZ the fsle Club and |
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Perry, Harvard 'o1: C. H Dodge, Prineet9p
Yale 'es, secretary. The cable match COM
Bittee reported that no challenge had been |
received from Oxford and Cambridge for |
another cable match and Chairman A.. s. |
Jameson was authorized to make inquiries. |
A suggestion was also made TO begin play |
In the annual tournaments In the mornings, |
but final action In this matter was post |
pored |
nine times. Columbia six times and Yale and |
Princeton each once. The total number OF |
points scored by the four universities are |
The following Columbia. I2s: Harvard |
g0ts; Yale, silS, and Princeton. "a.
Following are the ffnsl college and indi- |
vidual scores
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