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🏆 5th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97

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Arthur Ryder, Asa Parker, Edmund Seymour, Frederick Lehlbach, William Young, Arthur Price, Elmer Southard, William Murdoch, Gordon Parker

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5th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97

New York, NY, United States (28 December 1896-2 January 1897)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Score Place ———————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————— 1 Southard (H) ● ● 1 1 1 ∙ 1 1 1 6 1st Harvard 10 2 Ryder (H) ● ● 1 0 0 ∙ 1 1 1 4 2nd Princeton 5½ 3 Seymour (P) 0 0 ● ● ½ ∙ 1 ½ 1 3 3rd Columbia 4½ 4 Young (P) 0 1 ● ● 0 1 ∙ 0 ½ 2½ 4th Yale 4 5 Price (C) 0 1 ½ 1 ● ● ● 0 1 3½ ————————————————— 6 G Parker (C) ∙ ∙ ∙ 0 ● ● ● 1 ∙ 1 7 A Parker (C) 0 0 0 ∙ ● ● ● ∙ 0 0 8 Murdoch (Y) 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ∙ ● ● 2½ 9 Lehlbach (Y) 0 0 0 ½ 0 ∙ 1 ● ● 1½ ———————————————————————————————————————— Note: ∙ denotes an unplayed game with no result. Format: Team Round Robin, draws scored ½. Time Control: 15 moves per hour.


Introduction
The fifth annual Harvard-Yale-Columbia-Princeton chess tournament will begin tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at the rooms of the Columbia Grammar School, 34 East Fifty-first Street, where the players will be welcomed by Dr. B. H. Campbell, Principal of the school, and their clocks set in motion for the first round of their six days' struggle over the chessboard.

The representative of the four universities are as follows:
Columbia—A. W. Parker, '99; G. O. Seward, '98; substitutes—G. Parker, 1900; A. M. Price, '97.
Princeton—E. B. Seymour, '98; William W. Young, '99; substitutes—J. A. Ely, '99; F. W. Jarvis, 1900.
Yale—F. A. Lehlbach, '98; William M. Murdoch, '98; substitutes—L. A. Cook, 1900; H. C. Robbins, '99.
Harvard—A. W. Ryder, '97; E. E. Southard, '97; substitutes—W. C. Arnsberg, 1900; James Hewins, '98.

The play hours are from 2:30 to 10:30 P.M., with an intermission or recess of two hours each day from 6 to 8.(1)

Notes
Round 1: The fifth annual intercollegiate tournament between two students from Columbia, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton universities began at the Columbia Grammar School, 34 and 36 East Fifty-first street, yesterday afternoon. With the exception of George O. Seward of Columbia all the originally selected players were present. In the place of Seward A. M. Price, who represented Columbia last year, was substituted.(2)

Round 5: Considering the mental and physical strain of the students during the first four days of the tourney all looked well, with the exception of Parker of Columbia, who, it was reported, was unable to play owing to sickness. His brother took his place.(3)

Round 6: The players faced each other in the final round as follows: W. W. Young, Princeton vs. G. Parker, Columbia, substitute for A. W. Parker. (4)

Preceded by 4th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1895/96).
Followed by 6th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1897/98).

Sources
(1) New York Times, 1896.12.27, p16
(2) New York Sun, 1896.12.29, p6
(3) New York Sun, 1897.01.02, p6
(4) New York Sun, 1897.01.03, p8

 page 1 of 1; 24 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F A Lehlbach vs E B Seymour  0-14218965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C77 Ruy Lopez
2. A M Price vs W W Young  1-03918965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C15 French, Winawer
3. W Murdoch vs E E Southard  0-14418965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
4. A W Parker vs A Ryder  0-12518965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. A W Parker vs F A Lehlbach  0-14618965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. A M Price vs E E Southard  0-12918965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97A84 Dutch
7. E B Seymour vs A Ryder  0-14618965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C67 Ruy Lopez
8. W Murdoch vs W W Young  1-05618965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C01 French, Exchange
9. A W Parker vs E B Seymour  0-14518965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97A81 Dutch
10. F A Lehlbach vs A Ryder  0-14018965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97B01 Scandinavian
11. A M Price vs W Murdoch  0-14218965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
12. W W Young vs E E Southard  0-11318965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C45 Scotch Game
13. E E Southard vs A W Parker  1-06618965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C30 King's Gambit Declined
14. E B Seymour vs W Murdoch  ½-½3518965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C67 Ruy Lopez
15. W W Young vs F A Lehlbach  ½-½3518965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C45 Scotch Game
16. A Ryder vs A M Price  0-12418965th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C45 Scotch Game
17. W Murdoch vs G Parker  0-13918975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C44 King's Pawn Game
18. A Ryder vs W W Young  0-14018975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C10 French
19. F A Lehlbach vs A M Price  0-14118975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C67 Ruy Lopez
20. E E Southard vs E B Seymour  1-03418975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C82 Ruy Lopez, Open
21. W W Young vs G Parker  1-03318975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C45 Scotch Game
22. A Ryder vs W Murdoch  1-04018975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C51 Evans Gambit
23. E E Southard vs F A Lehlbach  1-03918975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C52 Evans Gambit
24. E B Seymour vs A M Price  ½-½3518975th Intercollegiate Cup, New York 1896/97C67 Ruy Lopez
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