New York, NY, United States (27 December 1897-1 January 1898)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Score Place
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1 Southard (H) ● ● 1 1 ∙ 1 1 1 1 ∙ 6 1st Harvard 10
2 Hewins (H) ● ● 0 1 ∙ ½ 1 ½ 1 ∙ 4 2nd Columbia 6½
3 Meyer (C) 0 1 ● ● ● ½ 1 1 1 ∙ 4½ 3rd Yale 4½
4 Seward (C) 0 0 ● ● ● 0 ½ ∙ 1 ∙ 1½ 4th Princeton 3
5 Jacobus (C) ∙ ∙ ● ● ● ∙ ∙ ½ ∙ ∙ ½ —————————————————
6 Cook (Y) 0 ½ ½ 1 ∙ ● ● 0 1 ∙ 3
7 Murdoch (Y) 0 0 0 ½ ∙ ● ● 0 ∙ 1 1½
8 Young (P) 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ● ● ● 3
9 Dana (P) 0 0 0 0 ∙ 0 0 ● ● ● 0
10 Carter (P) ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ 0 ● ● ● 0
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Note: ∙ denotes an unplayed game with no result.
Format: Team Round Robin, draws scored ½.
Time Control: 15 moves per hour.
Introduction
The sixth annual intercollegiate tournament between students of Columbia, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton will begin at the Columbia Grammar School, 34 and 36 East Fifty-first street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock.(1)
Notes
Round 1: G. R. Jacobus of Columbia had to take the place of Seward, who failed to appear.(2)
Round 4: When play was called at 2 o'clock Dana of Princeton had not arrived. His substitute, Carter, happened to be present and the latter was allowed to take Dana's board, although by the strict letter of the rules the sudden substitution was not permissible.(3)
Preceded by 5th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1896/97).
Followed by 7th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1898).
Sources
(1) New York Sun, 1897.12.27, p4
(2) New York Sun, 1897.12.28, p4
(3) New York Sun, 1897.12.31, p5
Kibitzing
