Todo: 1860-1869

Some tourneys from this period have already been published, but are not completely known and may benefit from additional information or research:

• Norddeutsche Schachbund, 1868 (1st Congress, Hamburg). Basic details and winning problem is known, but not the judges or the 2 and 3 pr. winners.

• Schachzeitung, 1866-67. It is not known if Section D (endgame studies) was concluded.

• Westdeutsche Schachbund, 1866. Announced, but probably never begun or completed.

Other tourneys range from the almost entirely unknown to the reasonably well known, requiring only some additional work to be published:

• Belfast Weekly Whig, 1863.

• Brooklyn Standard, 1861. Only requirements known so far. (Brooklyn Standard seems to have been a weekly paper, while Brooklyn Daily Standard was a daily.)

• The Clipper, 1867. Minor tourney, partially known.

• Northumberland and Durham Chess Association, 1866 (Newcastle). Some confusion over actual winner (Kidson or T. Smith?) remains to be cleared up.

• Northumberland and Durham Chess Association, 1867? A winner is known, but very little else.

• North Yorkshire and Durham Chess Association, 1866 (Redcar). Semi-known, but there seems to be several ambiguities that need clearing up. (Some writers seems to think it is a BCA event.)

• Le Palamède Française, 1865. Another messy tourney in that several judges stated they had not been involved in the published report.

• Le Sphinx, 1867. Ceased publication, but some kind of report was done in Le Philidorien, 1868.

• Wiener Schachgesellschaft, 1863? Winner is known (H. Lehner), but fairly little else.

• Wilke’s Spirt of the Times, 1868? Some requirements are known, but it is not clear if they were suggestions, or of they were actually used.

• Vogue Parisienne. Several self-mate tourneys? (mentioned in NBSz v. 6)

• Yorkshire Chess Association, 1868. Fairly well sourced, but it seems to have been postponed to 1869, requiring additional research of that year.