Word: chess
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...entries for the fall chess tournament are unusually many this year, thirty-one men in all having signified their intention to play. For the preliminary round these men have been divided into five sections, in which each man will play a one-game match with all the others, making his own arrangements for the matches. The results of these games must be handed in before October 21. The two men in each section winning the largest number of games will be qualified to enter for the final round. No prizes will be offered this year, as the object...
...large number of new men were present at the first meeting of the Chess Club last evening. Inasmuch as several of last year's most prominent players will not take an active part in the work of the organization this year, it is necessary that the vacancies be filled by new men. The preliminary tournament will begin next week. Blue-books have been placed at Leavitt's and at Sanborn's where entries may be made by any member of the University wishing to compete. Entries will close...
...arrangements for the fall chess tournament are now practically completed, and the details will be announced in a few days. The two winners of the tournament will constitute the Harvard team at the intercollegiate matches in New York, while from the ten or twelve making the best scores, a 'Varsity team will be formed...
...conspicuous a neat, unpretentious folio of about sixty pages, entitled "Harvard Teams, 1898-1899." The editors, W. B. Wheelwright '01, and A. M. Goodridge '00, have dedicated their book "To the successful Harvard teams of the College year 1898-1899." The chronologically arranged accounts of the athletic, debating, chess and whist teams are supplemented by eleven cuts, with that of the 'Varsity football team as a frontispiece. Football, baseball, the track and rowing are all mentioned with some detail, and the other reading-matter is concise and to the point. It is especially pleasing to note that the book...
...proposed international university chess match, scheduled for April 20, will not take place this year because of a misunderstanding of the eligibility rules...