Huddersfield College Magazine, 1876

#2 + #3 + #4 (3 pr. + 3 sp. pr.)

The special prizes were awarded to the best single #2, #3 and 4 problems.

Open to all. Entry fee 5s.

H. J. C. Andrews

1876-09-01 (UK) / 1877-01-01 (elsewhere)

1 pr. J. H. Finlinson

2 pr. G. J. Slater

3 pr. W. Coates

sp. pr. #4= G. J. Slater

sp. pr. #4= F. W. Martindale

sp. pr. #3 J. H. Finlinson

sp. pr. #2 W. A. Shinkman

(= indicates a shared prize)

hm. McArthur, W. T. Pierce, W. A. Shinkman

hm. #4 W. T. Pierce, W. A. Shinkman, J. H. Finlinson

hm. #3 McArthur, W. Coates, W. S. Pavitt

hm. #2 G. J. Slater, W. Coates, F. W. Martindale

Huddersfield College Magazine, v. 4 (1875–1876):

May 1876, p. 185: tourney announcement

Huddersfield College Magazine, v. 6 (1877–1878):

Feb., 1878, p. 132–134: report, part 1

Mar., 1878, p. 154-157: report, part 2; editor's notes

Apr., 1878, p. 181-182: awards

The entry fee of 5s included a one-year subscription to Huddersfield College Magazine, starting from Oct. 1876.

After closing date, problems were published anonymously in Huddersfield College Magazine, between Oct. 1876 and Jan. 1878, and were also the object of a solving tourney.

15 sets competed. (The competitors are listed immediately following the awards.)

The problem that won the sp. pr. #2 (W. A. Shinkman, set XIII:2; see below) was found to be identical to another problem published almost a year after the closing date of the tourney, and only shortly after set XIII itself was printed. The judge noted that finding an exact duplicate (even after correction) to a tourney entry would normally have caused the tourney problem to be disqualified. The matter and its resolution is discussed in some detail in both the final part of the judge's report (p. 155), and in the editor's notes (p. 157, March 1878).