Northumberland and Durham Chess Association, 1866 (Newcastle)
The problems were considered the property of the association.
| pr. | T. Smith (Motto: Neither Lamouroux nor Bayer) |
(This is the final award. The prize was first given to H. E. Kidson.)
The announcement and the problem tourney results were printed in multiple
newspapers at approximately the same time.
Seven sets were received.
Originally, the judges awarded H. E. Kidson the first prize for his
set Trois Etoiles, but it was discovered later that one of the
problems was faulty. Kidson returned the prize, and it was
instead given to T. Smith, whose set had been identified as next in rank.
While the congress book prints a corrected version of the faulty
problem, it is probably mistaken about its original form when
it says that this problem, as originally sent, had a white Pawn,
instead of a Black one, on Q R fifth.
The problem was first(?) printed
in Illustrated London News (see source reference above),
but there the square a5 is empty.
The congress book notes: In future, the award of the examiners will not
be considered binding on the Committee until a month's publicity of the
problems shall have established their accuracy.
Apart from the problems of Kidson and Smith, the congress book also
prints the problems of W. Coulthard, J. White, W. Cotton, and J. Scott.