Harvard-Yale chess match

The Harvard-Yale chess match is held annually around the time of the Harvard-Yale football game in November on the campus of the university hosting the football game that year. It is a relatively informal match and the schools don't typically submit the games to the United States Chess Federation for rating. Nevertheless, it is one of the highlights of the year for each school's chess club. The match typically consists of five games, pitting five current Harvard students against five current Yale students (undergraduate or graduate), with each board numbered 1 through 5 (with 1 having the strongest players and 5 having the weakest). The team with the most game points is declared the winner of the match, with a win worth 1 point, a draw worth half a point, and a loss worth 0 points. In the case of a tie, either the match is declared a tie, or a tie-breaking procedure is applied. Tie-breaking procedures applied in the past included using the result of the strongest non-drawing board as the result of the match, or using results achieved on boards numbered higher than 5 by players from each school who were not selected to be in the top five. Match details vary each year depending on the preferences of current members of each school's chess club.

Those who play in the match are typically strong tournament players. The ratings range from around 1800 to 2400 USCF. Players occasionally are FIDE International Masters or Grand Masters.

As of 2019, the champion is Yale, after defeating Harvard 5½-½.

Results

YearSiteMatch formatTie-breakWinnerScoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2019Yale3 boards, 2x G/30NoneYale5½-½Unknown Unknown
2018Harvard5 boards, G/30NoneHarvard4-1Unknown Unknown
2017Yale5 boards, G/30NoneTie2½-2½Unknown Unknown
2016Harvard5 boards, G/30NoneHarvard5-02328 Unknown
2015Yale5 boards, G/45NoneHarvard4-1Unknown Unknown
2014Harvard5 boards, G/456th boardHarvard3-221622031
2013[1]Yale5 boards, G/60UnknownYale3-220692200
2012Harvard5 boards, G/60Additional boardsTie2½-2½Unknown2211
2011[2]Yale5 boards, G/60Additional boardsYale3-221192258
2010Harvard5 boards, G/60tie-break proc.Harvard3-2Harvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2009[3]Yale5 boards, G/60tie-break proc.Harvard3-2Harvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2008Harvard5 boards, G/45NoneHarvard4-121862079
2007[4]Yalematch formattie-break proc.TiescoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2006[4]HarvardUnknownUnknownHarvard3-2UnknownUnknown
2005[4]Yale5 boards, G/60Non-draw result on strongest boardYale3-220832092
2004[5]Harvard4 boards, G/60NoneTie2-221182225
2003sitematch formattie-break proc.winnerscoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2002sitematch formattie-break proc.winnerscoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2001[6]sitematch formattie-break proc.YalescoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
2000[7]sitematch formattie-break proc.Harvardscore2066Yale avg. USCF rating
1999[6]sitematch formattie-break proc.YalescoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
1998sitematch formattie-break proc.winnerscoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
1997sitematch formattie-break proc.winnerscoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
1996sitematch formattie-break proc.winnerscoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating
1995sitematch formattie-break proc.winnerscoreHarvard avg. USCF ratingYale avg. USCF rating

Notable players who have competed in the match

FIDE Grandmasters

FIDE International Masters

  • Richard Wang (Harvard: 2016)
  • Matthew Larson (Yale: 2015, IM title earned in 2018)
  • Bogdan Vioreanu (Yale: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
  • Marc Esserman (Harvard: 2001, IM title earned in 2009)
  • Teddy Coleman (Harvard: 2008, 2009, 2010, IM title earned in 2012)

FIDE Masters

  • Varun Krishnan (Harvard: 2016)
  • Akira Watanabe (Yale: 2004)
  • Jacob Chudnovsky (Harvard: 2000)
  • Charles Riordan (Harvard: 2000, FM title earned in 2008)

Other

Games

References

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