The first intercollegiate chess tournament between Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Princeton opened on December 27 at Berkeley School, New York, and continued until last night. No returns of the final rounds, which were to be played yesterday could be obtained in time for publication in this morning's issue. A glance at the subjoined tables indicates that Columbia has probably taken first place, with Harvard possibly second, Yale third, and Princeton last.

The representatives from each college were as follows:

Columbia, Edward Hymes, '95, and Edward Libaire, '93; Harvard, Sidney M. Ballon, '93, and George Bennett Wilson, '94; Yale, Arthur Bumstead, '95, and Album E. Skinner, '95; Princeton, Samuel Dickey, '94, and Boyd R. Ewing, '94.

The score in games at the end of the fifth round was as follows:

Won. Lost.

Columbia 7 3

Harvard 5 1-2 4 1-2

Yale 5 5

Princeton 2 1-2 7 1-2

The scores of the individual players were as follows:

Won. Lost.

Hymes 5 0

Ballou 4 1

Bumstead 3 2

Ewing 2 1-2 2 1-2

Libaire 2 3

Skinner 2 3

Wilson 1 1-2 3 1-2

Dickey 0 5