Chess Association, 1858 (Birmingham)
R:
At most four problems #3-5 (1 pr.)
No competitor was allowed publish any problem until after the publication of the annual report.
No competitor was allowed publish any problem until after the publication of the annual report.
C:
1859-08-16
J:
Capt. Gowan, Mr. Kipping, J. Deykinz
A:
pr. F. Healey (Motto: Excelsior)
S:
The Era:
v. 20, i. 1032 (1858-07-04), p. 5: announcement
v. 26, i. 1334 (1864-04-17), p. 14: motto of the winning set
N:
The announcement noted that while no competitor should
publish any problem until after the publication of the annual report, the
Local Committe would publish such problems as they may deem deserving.
No annual report has been found. No local committe publication has been found.
In the correspondence section of Illustrated London News for 1858-10-02 two other competitors are mentioned:
No annual report has been found. No local committe publication has been found.
In the correspondence section of Illustrated London News for 1858-10-02 two other competitors are mentioned:
[...]; next in excellence to [F. Healey's] compositions the examiners have marked the problems submitted by G. M. and R. B. Wormald, [...]suggesting that a report was finished at some point.