December 11 1913
The Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thursday, December 11, 1913
Elliott Catches Barkuloo in Race For Chess Honors
With each succeeding round the City Chess tournament tightens up and there is every promise of a very close finish. Four players are distinctly in the running for first place, but any one contestant is liable to take one or more games from any of the leaders and the remaining rounds may yet see a complete reversal of position.
E. P. Elliot and D. Barkuloo are now tied for first place, with identical scores, the latter player losing half a point through a draw with Dr. Huxmann, from whom, however, he won his second game. Both Elliott and Harris were unable to play in the last round, and their scores remain unaltered.
W. Bland, who is in third place, was drawn with Hokenson, from whom he won a scrappy game, ending in that most unusual of chess positions—a smothered mate. The game took only eighteen moves.
H. K. McClelland won two games from W. E. Hill, and is holding to fifth place. Hill does not appear able to find his form of a year or two ago. One of the most interesting games of the evening was that between C. D. Gould, G. H. Taylor, C. H. Erickson and J. Gatscha broke even in two games.
Owing to the fact that a few of the original entrants have dropped out, and their games canceled, the number of games played by those remaining in the tournament is somewhat uneven. Barkuloo had won two games from Metzke which have to be erased, and four of Bland's games, including one win and two draws have been crossed off in the same way. McClelland has the good fortune to escape two of his losses for the same reason. The standings to date, follow:
Won. Drawn. Lost.
E. P. Elliott 10 1 2
D. Barkuloo 10 1 2
W. Bland 7 0 3
J. Harris 8 0 4
H. K. McClelland 7 0 5
C. H. Erickson 7 1 6
Dr. Huxmann 7 1 6
C. D. Gould 6 0 9
G. H. Taylor 3 2 9
J. Gatscha 3 2 9
W. E. Hill 1 3 8
