The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02
CHESS FOR PLAYER,
LOVER AND STUDENT
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Uncertainty About Janowski's
Arrival Causes Putting OF
~ Of Rice Tourney. b.. a ye4r
COLLEGE CHESS OVER

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Under date Of December ., the Franco
Polish player d. Janoweid. writes from
Lausanne. Switzerland that he might
not be able to depart for this city from
Bordeaux before January 4, 'as ths
steamer La Touraine sailed instead Of
the Lafayette on December Is. AZ chs
time Of writing he, did not know whether
or not the passengers booked for the
Lafayette would be Transferred to La
Tourainc. II such q transfer was made
the master should arrive IN this city
Tomorrow or on Tuesday. but In oase
he left by ne Lafayette he could not got
here before January . or 10. Under
the circumstances the beginning Of the
Rice memorial tournament has again
been postponed. The FIRST round will be
played at the Brooklyn Chess Club on
Monday. January II.
Oace more the students have had their
Innings. Long before the battles were
Tough out In the q~uadrangular and tri-
angular college chess leagues the know
ing ones predicted the victory Of Column
bia in the quadrangular and that OF
Pennsylvania In the triangular league,
and as everybody now knows Il was a
case Of Il told you So" Both the win
ners showed marked superiority over
their respective adversaries. and this u
not to be wondered at. Both the Co.
lumbia and Pennsylvania teams had
plenty OF opportunities to practice. The
Columbia men at all the Metropolitan
chess centres. the Penn men At the
Franklin Chess Club and the Mercantile
Library Chess Club at Philadelphia.
In a way this also applies to the Har-
ward men, who are so close to Boston.
but the fact that there is much moro
chess activity in New York and Phila-
delphia than at Boston accounts for
the supremacy on the checkered boards
Of Columbia and Pennsylvania. Still
II a match were to be played W
the two leagues. as was done last year.
the issue is rather doubtful. What, how
ever, would be still more interesting
would be a match between Columbia and
Pennsylvania, the champions of the
Quadransular and Triangular College
chess leagues respectively.
After many years OF hard striving
the College OF the City OF New fork
at last succeeded In being admitted
AS "A member of the Triangular College
Chess League. In former years and
whenever the local college applied for
admission In the league there WAS much
opposition. but at the business meeting
Of the Triangular College Chess League
on Tuesday the men from the local coll
lege carried their point and next year
they will make their debut.
A German exchange OF December s
states tina up to that date 1915 Ger
man chess players had gone to the
front. OF these 166 received the Iron
Cross, and II will be of particular In
terest to learn that DR.. Tartakower Is
among them. One hundred and four
teen were wounded. While 96 were killed
in battle. Among the latter is the famous
master Theodor Won Scheve.
Except for one game between r.. T.
Black and J. II. Taft. Jr.. the prelim-
mary stage OF the annual championship
tournament Of the Brooklyn Chess Club
has been finished, and +. K. Perkins
and Alfred Schroeder have qualified for
the final stage. in which those with scores
better than so per cent. will take part.
Black. the champion. In the only one
who can now qualify besides these two.
To do this he must win or draw viii
Taft. The standing OF the players:
+. f X YFsfs,n. y; l.. Pi'y Ts". yr.s !,
r 7 Black 3 Z Z SimGn.9n "a "a
y. 8. Perkins az ~
Following the defeat by De witt Clin-
ton the Boys High chess team received
another check at the hands of the strong
Commercial quartet. In the champion
ship series Of the High School League
, Commercial took a lead OF . to I, with
! .1ne game unfinished. but against East
ern District Boys High won two out Of
three, with one unfinished. In each case
the unfinished game was that OF Max
t Wolfson. the BOYS High captain. Mean-
r while. DE witt Clinton took the measure
of Curtis to the tune Of 4 to 0. Bows
High is still in the lead by virtue of the
fact that il has scored the greater num-
, Der OF wins and this Is what will decide
= the tournament. according to a decision
arrived at by the delegates at "A meeting
! held at the Eastern District Y. NJ. c. a.
last week.
l The leading scores follow:
Boys High, 27-7; Clinton. 25la-6ia;
Commercial. 19-S: Eastern District.
Q 2l-1O: Curtis. 1910.
4 Boys High has two games - be ad-
Indicated and Commercial and Eastern
|, District each one. De witt Clinton hss
yet to rlay another match with Erasmus
Hall. On the result OF this match Will
! depeud the outcome OF the tournament.
, One of the most important rounds or
!. the championship tourney OF the Metro
4, politan Chess League will be played at
= the Brooklyn Chess Club next Saturday.
when the local team will meet IA team
. from the Isaac l.. Rice Progressive Chess
Club OF this city on eight boards.
, !. X. ~Caplblanca will give his annual
, exhibition OF simultaneous play NJ the
, Manhattan Chess Club on Tuesday OF
next week.
The following most interesting consul
alton game was played at the tctrograd
: Chess Club between Il. Snosko Borowsk
r and B. Kajalowitch against A. Alechine
and y. de Tcrestchenko
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