British Chess Magazine 1887 (Andrews Memorial Tourney)

R:
#3 (6 pr.)
 
No mottoes or sealed envelopes. Joint compositions and unnatural positions would be excluded.
 
J:
C. Planck, S. Gold
 
Judgement would be based on scores for Beauty 40 (of idea 20; in method of illustration 20); Construction 40 (originality of arrangement 10; correctness 10; economy 20); and Difficulty 20; making a maximum of 100 points.
 
C:
1887-11-30 (Europe), 1887-12-31 (America), 1888-01-31 (Australia)
 
A:
1 pr. J. Kotrc
2 pr. J. Jespersen
3 pr. O. Fuss
4 pr. A. Decker
5 pr. H. A. Elms
6 pr. C. A. L. Bull
S:
British Chess Magazine
8/85 (Jan., 1888), p. 74: first problems published
8/96 (Dec., 1888), p. 486: awards and score list
9/97 (Jan., 1889), p. 41–42: list of competitors
 
N:

40 competitors sent 72 problems, of which 25 were disqualified due to unsoundness, lack of solution, etc.

A solution tourney was arranged in parallel with the problem tourney, and all sound problems were published from Jan., 1881, by number: presumably in order of arrival.

Prizes

1st Prize: J. Kotrc

#3

2nd Prize: J. Jespersen

#3

3rd Prize: O. Fuss

#3

4th Prize: A. Decker

#3

5th Prize: H. A. Elms

#3

6th Prize: C. A. L. Bull

#3