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
7/80–81 (Aug.–Sep., 1887), p. 348: announcement
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