AFebruary 24 1914
The Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tuesday, February 24, 1914
Barkuloo Defeats Elliott; Wins State Chess Honors
Youthful Expert Retrieves Fortunes Lost in Challenge Match for Minneapolis City Title by Taking Title in State Tournament—Many Drawn Games—Taylor Plays Three Strong Games, Winning One and Drawing Two.
Dare Barkuloo, the young chess expert, had sweet revenge yesterday, in the state tournament, to compensate him for the loss to E. P. Elliott of the challenge match for the Minneapolis city title. He not only succeeded in regaining the state title, which he has held once before, but met Elliott in the second round and won the game after a well-played end game. Elliott had the upper hand at one stage, but lost his grip on the game, and from the twentieth move on Barkuloo played like a veteran.
The list of entries was larger than usual, but owing to a number of drawn games, the end of the second round found only three players in the running for first place, Barkuloo, Harris and McClelland, each of whom had won twice. The two first named were drawn against each other, and McClelland was drawn against Elliott, who won in quick time.
Harris and Barkuloo played a steady game, which for a long time looked like a draw, but finally, in a difficult position, Harris relinquished a piece to secure a strong passed pawn, which, however, was not able to get through in time, and Barkuloo won. In the first round Barkuloo had defeated O. P. Plantin and his three straight wins decided the contest.
Owing to the small number of rounds the remainder of the contestants were well bunched. M. W. Testa secured second place by means of a win from W. Bland, a draw with H. G. Taylor and a win from W. Chapin, giving a total of 2½ points, while some half dozen players secured two points out of the possible three. Probably the best record of these was that of H. G. Taylor, who played three fine games without a loss, one win and two draws. The first, with Dr. Huxman, was a lively struggle, in which Huxman was able to escape by means of perpetual check. In his game with Testa, in the second round, Taylor had the upper hand all through, but the game was unfinished, and on adjudication, it was considered that the advantage of one extra pawn scarcely enabled the judges to award Taylor a win. In the third game, Taylor played the prettiest game of the day, against O. P. Plantin, and forced a win in nice style.
