Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, 1886
i: | #2 | 1 pr. | A. F. Mackenzie |
#3 | 1 pr. | J. A. Kaiser | |
2 pr. | H. S. Horton | ||
ii: | #2 | pr. | A. F. Mackenzie |
#3 | pr. | J. A. Kaiser | |
#4 | pr. | A. F. Mackenzie | |
iii: | #2 | 2 pr. | W. E. Perry |
iv: | pr. | S. Schett |
A section I hm. for #3 was awarded to W. E. Tinney by the judges, but doesn't appear in the final list of awards.
This is not the 1st Brooklyn Chess Chronicle problem tourney:
that name was used for a later event.
This tourney began as a solving tourney, open for subscribers only,
with ending date for problems in time to be published on 1886-12-15. Problem composers were
invited to send in problems,
but there were no prizes awarded for such contributions;
prizes were for solvers only.
In January 1886, two sets of prizes were reported.
Three prizes were donated by E. B. Greenshield (section I), and three prizes
from a pseudonymous donator (either Black Pawn
or ♟
: the
source is ambiguous; section II). Each donator stipulated different
closing dates and judgement criteria—these have been separated by the
use of section numbers. Secton I prizes required that problems had been
received before 1886-07-15 and published before the end of the year, while the problems
in section II were intended to be awarded by popular vote.
An additional prize for second-best #2 (section III) was added by Brooklyn Chess Chronicle. (The date restriction of section I and III was originally
printed as 'published before 1886-07-15', but corrected to 'received before
1886-07-15 and printed before the end of 1886', and section III requirement
was amended accordingly. No requirements on adjudication by judges appear to
have been expressed.)
Yet another prize was donated by M. Hazeltine for the best problem send
by a lady (section IV). This section was eventually decided by the judges
of section I.
The judges were thus tasked only to award the prizes in
sections I and IV. As all problems were published before the end of 1866,
no problems were excluded by being published later. It is less
clear what problems were excluded by being received after 1886-07-15:
no details appear to have been published.
(Each judge had contributed a problem to the solving tourney:
these problems—prbs. 6 and 61—were excluded from consideration
for prizes.)
The problems of section II were to be judged by
popular vote among the contributors. No votes appear to have been
printed or summarized; the only known votes are by the two judges who both
voted for A. F. Mackenzie, prb. 18, #4.
The judge's report concerned only the prizes of section I and IV, but
awarded honorary mentions to one #2 (W. E. Perry, prb. 7) and one #3 (W. E. Tinney, prb. 48). (The #2 was awarded the '2nd pr.' (i.e. pr. in section III) by
the tourney manager.)
The prize awards situation is thus quite complex, as three different kind of judges
are involved. In addition, the prize of section III is called '2nd pr. #2',
which tends to conflate it with the prizes awarded by the judges Teed and
Loyd.
A problem by E. B. Cook was mistakenly published as a tourney problem (Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, v. 4, i. 4 (1886-01-15), p. 62, tourney prb. 2). It was allowed to remain for the
solving tourney, but it did not compete for the problem awards.
Based on the names printed with the problem diagrams, two ladies participated:
Sofie Schett (5 problems), and Miss Louisa Schreyer (2 problems).
In Breuer: Beispiele zur Ideengeschichte des Schachspiels (1982), the
II:#4 pr is entered as 1 pr Brooklin Schachklub, 1886
.
Prizes
Section I: Problems received before 1886-07-15 (judges: F. M. Teed, S. Loyd)
1st Prize for #2: A. F. Mackenzie
#2
1st Prize for #3: J. A. Kaiser
#3
2nd Prize for #3: H. S. Horton
#3
Section II: Problems awarded a prize by popular vote
Prize for #2: A. F. Mackenzie
Prize for #2: A. F. Mackenzie
See section I:1st pr for #2.
Prize for #3: J. A. Kaiser
See section I:1st pr for #3.
Prize for #4: A. F. Mackenzie
#4
Section III: Prize awarded by tourney management
2nd Prize for #2: W. E. Perry
#2
Section IV: Best problem sent by a lady composer (judges: F. M. Teed, S. Loyd)
Prize: S. Schett
#3
Prize: S. Schett
#3