New York, NY, United States (21-23 December 1905)
1 2 3 Score Place Score
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1 Cogswell (H) W08 W09 W15 3 Harvard (H) 9½
2 McClure (H) W07 W10 W14 3 Yale (Y) 8
3 Brackett (H) L06 W11 W16 2 Columbia (C) 6
4 Bridgman (H) L05 D12 W13 1½ Princeton (P) ½
5 Woodbury (Y) W04 W13 W12 3 ————————————————————
6 Jameson (Y) W03 W16 D11 2½
7 Headley (Y) L02 W14 D10 1½
8 Burgess (Y) L01 W15 L09 1
9 Blumberg (C) W15 L01 W08 2
10 Brown (C) W14 L02 D07 1½
11 Wolff (C) W16 L03 D06 1½
12 Schroeder (C) D13 D04 L05 1
13 Ward (P) D12 L05 L04 ½
14 Greenland (P) L10 L07 L02 0
15 Hinds (P) L09 L08 L01 0
16 Williams (P) L11 L06 L03 0
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Format: Three Round team tournament.
Introduction
At the conclusion of the first day's play in the fourteenth annual intercollegiate chess tournament, begun yesterday afternoon at the West Side Republican Club, No. 2,307 Broadway, in this city, Columbia's representatives took the lead over Harvard and Yale, while Princeton brought up the rear.
As in former years four students from each of the four universities of Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Princeton were ready to start when the director of play, Charles Curt, called time at 1 o'clock. (1)
Missing Game
R1.1 Schroeder-Ward, ½-½, 47 moves, Queen's Pawn (adjudicated).
R1.2 Williams-Wolff, 0-1, 34 moves, Spanish.
R1.3 Brown-Greenland, 1-0, 56 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined.
R1.4 Hinds-Blumberg, 0-1, 59 moves, Scotch (adjudicated).
R1.7 Headley-McClure, 0-1, 29 moves, King's Bishop.
R1.8 Cogswell-Burgess, 1-0, 35 moves, Sicilian. (2)
R2.1 Bridgman-Schroeder, ½-½, 38 moves, French.
R2.2 Wolff-Brackett, 0-1, 38 moves, French.
R2.3 McClure-Brown, 1-0, 55 moves Sicilian.
R2.6 Jameson-Williams, 1-0, 49 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined (adjudicated).
R2.7 Greenland-Headley, 0-1, 50 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined.
R2.8 Burgess-Hinds, 1-0, 56 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined. (3)(4)
R3.1 Woodbury-Schroeder, 1-0, 38 moves, French.
R3.2 Wolff-Jameson, ½-½, 45 moves, Sicilian.
R3.3 Brown-Headley, ½-½, 46 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined.
R3.4 Burgess-Blumberg, 0-1, 43 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined.
R3.5 Ward-Bridgman, 0-1, 39 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined.
R3.8 Hinds-Cogswell, 0-1, 41 moves, Queen's Gambit Declined.(5)
Preceded by 13th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1904).
Followed by 15th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1906).
Sources
(1) New York Daily Tribune, 1905.12.22, p10
(2) New York Daily Tribune, 1905.12.22, p10
(3) New York Daily Tribune, 1905.12.23, p4
(4) Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1905.12.23, p11
(5) New York Daily Tribune, 1905.12.24, p8