Deutscher Schachbund, 1885 (4th Congress, Hamburg)
R:
A
single #4 (4 pr.)
B
single #3 (4 pr.)
(3 pr. for best set of #3 + #4)
Free for members. Non-members were required to pay a fee
to participate. Joint compositions were allowed. Problems became the property of
Deutscher Schachbund, who alone would have publishing rights.
A fourth set prize was added on the request of the judges.
A fourth set prize was added on the request of the judges.
J:
M. Kürschner, J. A. Preuss. Referee: J. Minckwitz.
C:
1884-04-30
A:
| A: #4 | 1 pr. | F. Schrüfer (Motto: Festina lente) | |
| 2 pr. | J. Obermann (Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid) | ||
| 3 pr. | J. Pospišil (Allez enfants de ma patrie) | ||
| 4 pr. | R. Adam (Vorwärts) | ||
| hm. | A. Kauders (Gruss an Hammonia) | ||
| H. v. Gottschall(Post nubila Phoebus) | |||
| G. Kalniczky (Lasciate ogni speranza.) | |||
| H. Legler (Edelweiss) | |||
| B: #3 | 1 pr. | J. Pospišil (Allez enfants de ma patrie) | |
| 2 pr. | J. Obermann (Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid) | ||
| 3 pr. | F. Schrüfer (Festina lente) | ||
| 4 pr. | K. Bayer (April) | ||
| hm. | R. Adam (Vorwärts) | ||
| R. Sahlberg (Maxima debetur puero reverentia) | |||
| F. Schindler (Nothing venture, nothing win) | |||
| M. Seidenberg (Cave) | |||
| set | 1 pr. | F. Schrüfer (Festina lente) | |
| 2 pr. | J. Obermann (Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid) | ||
| 3 pr. | J. Pospišil (Allez enfants de ma patrie) | ||
| 4 pr. = | K. Bayer (April) | ||
| 4 pr. = | R. Adam (Vorwärts) | ||
| hm. | O. Fuss (Haideröschen) | ||
| A. Kauders (Gruss an Hammonia) | |||
| H. v. Gottschall (Post nubila Phoebus) |
('=' indicates a shared prize.)
S:
Deutsche Schachzeitung
40/2 (Feb., 1885), p. 64: short announcement.
40/6 (June, 1885), p. 188: received
40/7 (July, 1885), p. [216]: mottos of competing problems (page nr misprinted as 116).
40/8 (Aug., 1885), p. 253-256: full results; prize-winning problems (sect. A and B)
Der vierte Kongress des Deutschen Schachbundes : Hamburg 1885
hrsg. J. Minckwitz (Leipzig : Veit & Comp., 1886)
hrsg. J. Minckwitz (Leipzig : Veit & Comp., 1886)
p. 12–13: tourney program
p. 40: awards
p. [236]-254: shortened report, problems, solutions
N:
According to Deutsche Schachzeitung, 44 competitors participated with 38
four-movers and 44 three-movers. The tourney book disagrees, and claims 40 four-movers, and 43 three-movers. The number of mottos is reported as
47, as three sets (nr. 9, 26 and 41) include 2 mottos
each. The report in the tourney book does not seem to
take this into account, and refers to two of these problems by the set number
(nr 26 = 26a, and 41 = 41a) in its report of faults.
The #4 of K. Bayer's shared set prize does not appear to have been printed
in Deutsche Schachzeitung, but appears in the congress book with the
surprising heading Ehrend erwähnte Sendung.
Prizes
Section A: Four-movers
1st prize: F. Schrüfer
#4
2nd prize: J. Obermann
#4
3rd prize: J. Pospišil
#4
4th prize: R. Adam
#4
Section B: Three-movers
1st prize: J. Pospišil
#3
2nd prize: J. Obermann
#3
3rd prize: F. Schrüfer
#3
4th prize: K. Bayer
#3