New-York tribune., 1910-12-24
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CHESS FIGHT GOES ON
Columbia Takes Lead When Yale
Defeats Harvard Team.
TIGERS IN DIRE STRAITS
Deserted by One Player, the
Princeton Four Loses All
Hope for Trophy.

Yale defeated Harvard by score Of
games TO 1 in the second round of the nine
teenth annual intercollegiate chess tourna-
ment at the West Side Republican Club. ir
this city. yesterday. and thereby avenged
the defeat sustained in the annual matcf
on ten boards at New Haven on the eve OF
the big football match This upset made
IT possible for Columbia to take a strong
lead in the fight for the trophy, as the New
Workers., helped as they were by for
feited game at the top board, experienced
no difficulty in defeating Princeton, by the
score of to l. the same score by which
they downed Yale on the opening day.
Columbia will meet Harvard IN the final
round beginning a noon to-day, and if the
figures here given are any criterion they
appear TO spell certain victory for the
Morningside Heights players.
Before play started yesterday morning
announcement was made that Princeton
would be minus one player in consequence
of the departure for the South of l. NJ
Bament, who had played first board on
Thursday AS a result of his withdrawal
Princeton forfeited one game, and an un-
earned victory went to the credit of C. n.
RamsdeIl, of Columbia.
s. H. Childs, fourth board for Columbia
was the first to bring his game with Ken
yon, of Princeton, to a conclusion, winning
by means of a brilliant coup in the middle
stage which netted him a rook. There
after he was at the Columbia player S
mercy, the latter scoring after thirty-four
moves.
Captain J. 3. Bead1e was again TO the
fore in behalf Of Columbia. and succeeded
in Princeton a
third table Beadde succeeded in driving a
pawn to the seventh row. thus forcing his
opponent TO give up piece Beadle Tailed
in fifty-one moves.
E. L. Gluck. second board. for Columbia.
was again defeated, and, as on Thursday,
he owed it to impetuosity. Gluck took the
initiative at an early stage and IN the
course OF play sacrificed rook for the at
tack. Later he had an opportunity to draw
by perpetual check. but disdained it. Van
Fliet placed the game in the Princeton COL
Umn after forty-four moves.
The hardest fight OF the round was be-
tween ]. r Chandler. of Yale, and John
son. of Harvard, the Yale man finally win
ming a we'll played ending after seventy
eight moves. Chandler started out none
too well. losing a pawn at an early stage.
and he captured another into the bargain.
With this advantage and with a bishop
against knight he entered the end game.
which he handled in excellent style.
Captain Byerly. Of Harvard. saved his
side from being BANKED and administered
defeat to Hooker, Of Yale, who had been
the only one 10 score for New Haven in the
first round. Byerly captured a pawn in the
morning session, and, although his own
pawns were somewhat dfsorganized. he
nursed his advantage until the end scor-
ing after forty-Seven moves. At the forty
fourth move Hooker missed a chance Of
queening his pawn, which might have
enabled him TO make a better resistance.
G.. Burgess. Bishop Burgess's son. won
for Yale at the seventh board against Had
ley. of Harvard, the game lasting thirty
four moves After winning one Of his op-
ponent's pieces, Burgess had everything
his own way.
z. E. Stearns, Of Yale, defeated Harris,
Of Harvard, in q hard struggle lasting
fifty moves. The Cleveland player sue
ceeded In winning pawn in the opening
and doubled this advantage in due course
1t was a long. hopeless struggle on the
part of Harris.
The summaries Of the second round fol-
low: