The New York herald., 1920-01-03
COLUMBIA LEADS
IN CHESS TOURNEY
intercollegiate Champions Defeat Har-
ward, 4 to 0, in Second Round
Yale Blanked by Princeton.

One sided play was the order OF the dsv
in the second round of the twenty-seventb
annual chess tourna ment between Coiufr,-
bia, Harvard. Yale and Princeton con-
tested at the rooms of the Brooklyn Chess
Club yesterday morning and afternoon,
and. at the close of play. the champion
team OF Columbia University held the
lead with total of 613 poir. g. followed by
Princeton with 512. Harvard with 4 and
Yale last. without So much as draw 10
her credit.
Harvard's players. after sweeping the
board against Yale in the opening round
Thursday night, were jubilant at their
success and promised TO make 1t interest
ing for the Blue and White yeste. cay. The
New Workers. however brought the Grim
son players down to Mother Earth in
short order by VIM ing two of the games
soon after the luncheon intermission and
eventually winning the match by 4 to o.
although the last two games were most
stubbornly fought out and lasted sc and 81
moves, respectively. This gave Columbia
two matches out OF the three on the sched-
lue, with one more TO be played against
Yale in the final round today. =
Old Til is in a crippled condition nd was
again beaten by to by Princeton yes
terday. This being so. Columbia should
have no trouble today in scoring the points
necessary to clinch the mpionship.
Six Hours ut the Boards.
NJ A. Schapro. '23: c. B. Isaacson. '2I:
p. Wo'fson '22, and w. r. Thompson. '25.
were the players who made it possible for
Columbia to blank their Harvard rivals.
Schapiro and Thompson were the first 10
dispose OF their opponents. the former WIN
ming a queens pawn game in 3S moves
and the latter a Ruy Lopez in 33. Both
Tsaacson and Wolfson We're kept at their
boards for over six hours before and after
luncheon. Isaacson, who. with the black
pieces. adopted the centre counter gambit
against Johnson. of Harvard. worked out
a particularly fine ending. Wolfson. on
the other hand, had himself TO blame for
the long session. because after getting
Frey into n corner. he permitted him TO
ascane The Columbia man could have
forced checkmate. had lie sacrificed his
queen at the right moment. but this he
overlooked In the ending, although the
exchange down. Frey had good drawing
chances but tired and lost after 67 moves.
In the Yale-Princeton match. Chamber
lin opened with the Ruy Lopez, won one or
Cairns pieces and scored the game after
20 moves Miles, of Princeton made
amends for his poor showing againss
| Isaacson, OF Columbia. in the first matc1
and played aggressive chess against Bru-
hacher, of Yale. who had adopted the Msx
Lange opening Miles, with three pawns
against a piece in the ending. carried the
day in AZ moves. Hall. OF Princeton,
White in queens eambit. declined.
obtained :he upper hand inst Brown, OF
Yale, who arrived late and played quick
chess in consequence. Brown held out for
! 81 moves before he resigned. c. I. Smith,
Of Princeton adopted the Sicilian defence
against Mals'n. of Yale. who had failed 10
appear for the first round Malsin found
| hin self outplayed in the middle game and
/ Smith scored after 80 moves.
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