The University chess team won the fourteenth annual intercollegiate chess tournament from Yale, Columbia and Princeton in the holidays with a score of 9 1-2 games won out of a possible 12. Of the tournaments since 1892 Harvard has now won nine, Columbia four, and Yale one. G. T. McClure '06, W. C. Coggswell '07, and W. N. Woodbury of Yale were tied for the highest individual score with no games lost. A. S. Jameson of Yale made the second highest score winning 2 1-2 games.
The tournament was held on December 21, 22, and 23 at the West Side Republican Club, New York. Columbia took the lead the first day by defeating Princeton 3 1-2 to 1-2, Yale and Harvard being even with two games each. The score at the close of the play was Columbia 3 1-2, Yale 2, Harvard 2, Princeton 1-2.
On the second day Harvard defeated Columbia 3 1-2 to 1-2 and so took the lead, Yale beating Princeton 3 to 0 with one game to be adjudicated. The score now stood Harvard 5 1-2, Yale 5, Columbia 4, Princeton 1-2.
On the last day of the match the result was uncertain, for Yale had been awarded the game with Princeton remaining undecided from the day before and was now half a point in the lead. As Yale only tied Columbia, Harvard, which took all four games from Princeton, won a victory by one point and a half. The final score was Harvard 9 1-2, Yale 8, Columbia 6, and Princeton 1-2.
The complete score of the tournament was as follows: It was decided to hold an international match with Oxford and Cambridge if the arrangements for a cable could be made. Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton, will each choose a player to represent them on the team, and Harvard and Yale, having the highest scores in the past tournament, will each choose another man to complete the team of six.
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