St. Paul, MN, United States (22 February 1897)
ID Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Score Place
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1 Hill, F W18 W13 W11 W03 4 1st $10.00 in gold
2 Spencer W22 W21 D09 W09 3½ 2nd $7.50 in gold
3 Huxmann W19 W06 W12 L01 3 3rd $5.00 in gold*
4 Elliott L11 W20 W21 W07 3
5 Jellet L12 W16 W13 W14 3
6 Wolff W20 L03 W22 W12 3
7 Vogel D15 W15 W18 L04 2½
8 Wilson D09 L09 W17 W19 2½
9 Bigelow D08 W08 D02 L02 2
10 Fox W14 L11 L19 W21 2
11 Hillman W04 W10 L01 L15 2
12 Lynde W05 W17 L03 L06 2
13 Rogers W16 L01 L05 W22 2
14 Stacy L10 W19 W15 L05 2
15 Dilley D07 L07 L14 W11 1½
16 Clark L13 L05 L20 W17 1
17 Cooper W21 L12 L08 L16 1
18 Hill, W L01 W22 L07 ××× 1
19 Lennox L03 L14 W10 L08 1
20 Sommers L06 L04 W16 ××× 1
21 Hageman L17 L02 L04 L10 0
22 Lee L02 L18 L06 L13 0
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Note: By rule, draws were replayed the next round.
* Based on the St. Paul Globe report.
Introduction
State Chess Association of Minnesota—Rules Adopted for Pyramid Tournaments.(1)
First—Residents of the state of Minnesota are eligible to membership, upon payment of $1.
Second—The annual tournament of the association for the championship of the state will be held at St. Paul on the 22d day of February, 1897.
Third—The players participating shall be paired by lot under direction of the committee of arrangements. After the first round of play, winners shall play with winners and losers with losers.
Fourth—Players must always draw for first move.
Fifth—Time limit on each game played shall not exceed two hours—thirty moves an hour—when game shall be called by the umpire and adjudicated by the committee.
Sixth—All drawn games shall be scored as one-half game won for each player. Contestants drawing shall play same opponent in the next round. The others will be paired by lot. When it appears that an odd number of players are to contest in any round, among the winners, the player having the highest score among the losers shall be entitled to play in such round. If there are two more more players having the same score among the losers they shall draw by lot for the privilege of playing among the winners.
Seventh—The winners of each game must furnish the committee or scorer with the true result of the game.
Eighth—Play shall be governed by the rules of the Sixth American Chess Congress.
Ninth—Play shall begin at 10 a.m. and continue until 12 o'clock, m.; then from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m., and then from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. If the result should then be undecided the ties may be played off or games finished under direction of the committee.
Tenth—In passing upon the result of the tournament, the committee shall determine the winners of the first, second and third prizes by awarding the first prize to the contestant who has the highest score among the winners; the second prize to the next highest, and the third prize to the third highest score.
Eleventh—The first prize shall be the title of "champion chess player of the state of Minnesota" for the ensuing year without further contest, $10 in gold and a gold badge, to be held for one year, then to be returned to the association. The second prize shall be the sum of $7.50 in gold; the third prize shall be the sum of $5 in gold and the fourth prize shall be $2.50 in gold.
Twelfth—Other prizes in addition to the above may be awarded at the discretion of the committee, one of which shall be a consolation prize.
Thirteenth—In the solvers' tournament there will be two prizes, viz.: The first prize shall be $2.50 in gold and the second shall be $1 in gold. The first prize shall be awarded to the contestant solving a given number of problems in the shortest time, and the second prize shall be awarded to the contestant solving said problems in th next shortest time.
Synopsis
The third annual meeting of the Minnesota Chess association convened at the rooms of the St. Paul Chess and Whist club in the Lowry arcade at 11 a.m. yesterday. The draw for the annual pyramid tournament was a little late in starting owing to the delay to the train from Northfield, which was due to bring last year's champion, Dr. Lynde, and a strong contingent. But it was not long after 11 o'clock when they arrived, and the draw for partners took place.(2)
In round two Spencer drew the bye, but under the rules had to draw out one from the losers of the first round to play against, and Hageman, having been a sufferer from the grippe, was an easy victim.(2)
F. A. Hill wins first prize of $10 and the badge carrying the title of champion of Minnesota for 1897. Geo. B. Spencer, of Minneapolis defeated Dr. Bigelow, of St. Paul, taking second prize with three and one-half wins. Huxmann, of Minneapolis, took third prize.(2)
The third and fourth prizes have yet to be determined, owing to ties between Jellet of St. Paul, Wolff or Red Wing and Huxmann and Elliott of Minneapolis, who each made a score of thee games. (3)
Sources
(1) Minneapolis Journal, 1897.02.13, p8
(2) Saint Paul Globe, 1897.02.23, p6
(3) Minneapolis Journal, 1897.02.27, p8
Kibitzing
