Game Collection: National and Regional Tournaments

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Events
6th CCA Congress, Glasgow (1875)
Game Collection: 6th CCA Congress, Class 2, Glasgow (1875)
Game Collection: 6th CCA Congress, Class 3, Glasgow (1875)
6th CCA Congress, Handicap, Glasgow (1875)
Game Collection: 6th CCA Congress, International Match, Glasgow (1875)
6th CCA Congress, Zukertort Blind Simul 5b, Glasgow (1875)
6th CCA Congress, Steinitz Simul 12b?, Glasgow (1875)
Bird/MacDonnell - Blackburne/Fraser
Steinitz - Zukertort, Double Blind Game

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History
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Counties Chess Association

The next meeting will take place at Glasgow in the week commencing Monday August 2nd, 1875. Prizes will be offered for competition as follows:—

Class I.—Open to Provincial Amateurs on becoming Members of the Association by a subscription of at least One Guinea. The First Prize will be of the value of Fifteen Pounds; the Second, Five Pounds; the Third, Three Pounds; the Fourth, Two Pounds.

A Challenge Prize will be given to the player who first wins three times the Association's First Prize in Class I., value Forty Pounds. The winner to give the value of the Annual Chess Prize towards the fund for a new Challenge Prize.

Class II.—Open to Members not strong enough for Class I. If twelve entries, there will be Four Prizes: Seven Pounds, Four Pounds, Two Pounds, One Pound.

Class III.—First Prize, Four Pounds; others, Two Pounds, Thirty Shillings, and One Pound, if sufficient number of entries.

If necessary, arrangements would be made for another class with extra Prizes.

There will be a general Handicap arranged during the early part of the meeting of eight, sixteen, or thirty-two entries. Prizes (if thirty-two players), Ten Pounds, Four Pounds, Four Pounds, Two Pounds, Two Pounds, and One Pound.

The Committee do not guarantee Prizes for more than eight players in the Handicap, unless the names have been entered by Monday, August 2nd, before 5 p.m.

No player can commence play in any of the classes after Tuesday morning.

All Provincial Amateurs can become Members of the Association by an annual subscription of Ten Shillings and Sixpence. Tickets of admission for the week to visitors, Five Shillings each.

No Prices will be given in any class in which there are not, at least, six entries.

No entries in any of the three classes will be received after Saturday, July 31st.

Communications and subscriptions may be sent either to the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, B. W. Fisher, Berkley Hall, Cheltenham; or to the Local Hon. Secretary, A. K. Murray, Esq., 243, Parliamentary-road, Glasgow.

City of London Chess Magazine, v2 v5, June 1875, p157
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Game Collection: National and Regional Tournaments