Harvard Wins Chess Match

Harvard won the chess match with Yale held at New Haven on Friday night by the score of 6 1/2 to 3 1/2. Ten boards were played, with a time limit of fifteen moves during the first hour and twenty moves during each of the succeding hours. The playing began at 8 o'clock abd at 12 there were two games still unfinished--the match between Rice (H) and Sawin(Y) and that between Arensberg(H) and Adams (Y). These games were adjudicated, the former as a draw and the second in favor of Arensberg, the agreement being to end the match at midnight.

Harvard was strong in every opening but Ruy Lopez. Perry, Catchings and Estes played the best game for the Harvard team:

The make-up of the board and the results and openings of the seperate games are given below.

1. E.R. Perry '03(H); defeated A. Austell '02 L.S.(Y); Two Knights Defense. 2. C.T. Rice '01(H) vs J.F. Sawin "04(Y)--a draw; Vienna. 3. C.F.C. Arensberg '03(H) defeated E.B. Adams '01(Y); Queen's Pawn. 4. C.A. Roberts '02(Y) defeated A.J. Fotch '01(H); Ruy Lopez. 5. W.G. Clerk '01(H) defeated H.C. Russ '02(Y); French. 6. W. Catchings '01(H) defeated H.E. Colton '02(Y); Vienna. 7. E.W. Baker '04(H) vs. D.E. Brenig '01 S.(Y)--a draw; Scotch. 8. P.S. Estes '04(H) defeated C.A. Norton '02(Y); Evans Gambit Declined. 9. R.B. Bowler Jr., '02(H) vs. D.F. Sicher '04(Y)--a draw; Queen's Gambit Accepted. 10. N.C. Hull '03(Y) defeated E.R. Davol '02(H) Ruy Lupez.