The Elis of Yale have defeated the Columbia Lions 5 1/2 - 2 1/2 in a double-round play-off to claim the championship of the 22nd annual "C.H.Y.P." intercollegiate chess tournament. Yale and Columbia, it will be recalled, shared first place at last week's tourney, necessitating a tie-break match. The Yale squad gained a large advantage on the first day of the play-off, scoring 3 1/2 points from four games to enter yesterday's second round needing to add only one further point to reach 4 1/2 and so earn the title, a goal the New Haven men achieved with room to spare by posting a 2-2 result. Yale first board R. Beach proved a stalwart for his side, taking both games from Columbia's H.E. Leede.
Results of the play-off:
Round 1 - January 3
Yale Columbia
Beach 1 Leede 0
Quarles 1 Ehrlich 0
Job 1/2 Korkus 1/2
Lightner 1 Bird 0
Columbia played White on boards 1 and 3
Round 2 - January 4
Yale Columbia
Beach 1 Leede 0
Quarles 0 Ehrlich 1
Job 1/2 Korkus 1/2
Lightner 1/2 Bird 1/2
Yale played White on board 1 and 3
We present the Beach-Leede encounter from the second round of the tie-break, in which Yale's top board wins his opponent's isolated Queen's pawn at the 23rd move and thereafter systematically exchanges pieces to reach a winning King and pawn endgame.
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