INTERCOLLEGIATE CHESS.

On December 28, 29, and 30, the twelfth annual intercollegiate chess tournament, between teams representing Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia, will be held at the Columbia Grammar School, 34 and 36 East Fifty-first street, New York City. Play will begin on Monday, December 28, at 1 o'clock; the hours of play each day are from 1 to 6 and 8 to 10 o'clock. An admission fee of fifty cents will be charged, and tickets good for six admissions will be on sale at the door for $2 apiece.

The schedule of play has been arranged as follows:

Monday, December 28--Columbia vs. Harvard; Yale vs. Princeton.

Tuesday, December 29--Columbia vs. Yale; Harvard vs. Princeton.

Wednesday, December 30--Columbia vs. Princeton; Harvard vs. Yale.

The teams will play in the following order:

Harvard--P. W. Bridgman '04, L. P. Carr '04, Q. A. Brackett '06, G. T. McClure '06. Substitutes--W. C. Cogswell '07, C. W. Lewis '05.

Yale--E. B. Adams '04D., A. Sandiford '04, E. B. Hull '05, H. Palmer '05.

Columbia--G. W. Tucker, Jr., '05, R. Schroeder '06L., F. B. Barshell '05S., J. Tolchinsky '05. Substitute--A. Saginsk '05S.

Princeton--L. M. Schoonmaker, T. C. Mowry, P. M. Brasher, W. Ward.

The drawings are as follows:

Monday--Bridgman, H. vs. Tucker, C.; Carr, H. vs. Schroeder, C.; Brackett, H. vs. Barshell, C.; McClure, H. vs. Tolchinsky, C.; Adams, Y. vs. Schoonmaker, P.; Sandiford, Y. vs. Mowry, P.; Hull, Y. vs. Brasher, P.; Palmer, Y. vs. Ward, P.

Tuesday--Adams, Y. vs. Tucker, C.; Sandiford, Y. vs. Schroeder, C.; Hull, Y. vs. Barshell, C.; Palmer, Y. vs. Tolchinsky, C.; Bridgman, H. vs. Schoonmaker, P.; Carr, H. vs. Mowry, P.; Brackett, H. vs. Brasher, P.; McClure, H. vs. Ward, P.

Wednesday--Tucker, C. vs. Schoonmaker, P.; Schroeder, C. vs. Mowry, P.; Barshell, C. vs. Brasher, P.; Tolchinsky, C. vs. Ward, P.; Bridgman, H. vs. Adams, Y.; Carr, H. vs. Sandiford, Y.; Brackett, H. vs. Hull, Y.; McClure, H. vs. Palmer, Y.

The winning team will hold the intercollegiate cup for one year, and in addition each member of the team will receive a silver medal. The men on the Harvard team, whether they win or lose, will be awarded medals, through the fund recently established by Mr. A. C. White '02, a former vice-president of the University Chess Club. While the University team is not quite so strong this year as last, the same is true of the other three teams entered, so that the University's chances of winning are fair.

Of the previous tournaments, Harvard has won six, Columbia four, and Yale one.