Game Collection: National and Regional Tournaments

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Events
15th CCA Congress, Hereford (1885)
15th CCA Congress, Class 1A, Hereford (1885)
15th CCA Congress, Class 1B, Hereford (1885)
15th CCA Congress, Class 2A, Hereford (1885)
15th CCA Congress, Class 2B, Hereford (1885)
Game Collection: 15th CCA Congress, Class 3, Hereford (1885)
Game Collection: 15th CCA Congress, Handicap, Hereford (1885)

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History
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Meeting of the Counties' Chess Association.

To be held at Hereford, commencing Monday, August 3, 1885:

Masters' Tournament.—Open to all the world, and conducted on the same rules (with modifications) as those of the London International Tournament of 1883. First prize, £60; second prize, £25; third prize, £15; fourth prize, £5. Entrance fees, £2 each, all of which fees will be appropriated to consolation prizes for the masters, and deposit, £1 each, which will be returned under the conditions specified in the rules. These prizes are guaranteed, but they may be increased in amount without any increase of entrance fees.

Class I., Division I.—Open to British amateurs (on subscription of £1 1s.) who have previously won the first prize at any of the meetings of this Association, or who have, in the opinion of the Committee, otherwise distinguished themselves. First prize, £15; second prize, £5; third prize, £2. There may be other prizes given if more than six competitors. In both divisions of Class I. there will be a time limit of twenty moves to the hour, to be carried out according to the rules of the time limit in the London International Tournament of 1883.

Class II.—Open to British amateurs (on subscription of 10s. 6d.) not strong enough for Class I. First prize, £7; second prize, £4; third prize, £2. Other prizes may be given if more than six competitors.

The usual Handicap Class.—First prize, £5 5s.; second prize, £3; third prize, £1.

Class III.—A Special Handicap Class (with probably evening play), 5s. entrance fee. First prize, £3; second prize, £1 10s.; third prize, 10s.

The third and fourth prizes will not be given in any case unless there are more than six competitors. There will be the following Problem Prizes to the amount of £10: (1) For the best set of three original problems; the set to contain one ordinary two-move, one three-move, and one four-more. First prize, £3; second prize, £2; third prize £1; fourth prize, 5s. (2) £1 10s. for the best original problem or end game of any kind sent in. The sets to be sent (in the usual way with motto in sealed envelope) to the Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Tetford Rectory, Horncastle, on or before July 1, 1885. (3) Problem Solution Prizes, which will be competed for during the meeting; First Prize, £1 10s.; second prize, £1; third prize, 15s. Excepting the Masters' Tournament, all the pries are to be competed for by British amateurs only.

Rules for entries.—For the Masters' Tournament all entries must be made on or before Monday, July 27, 1885. In Class I., Division I., all entries must be made on or before Monday, July 27. In Class II. all entries must be made on or before Monday, July 27. In Class III., all entries must be made on or before Monday August 3. The problems must be delivered on or before July 1. All entries for Masters' Tournament, and all entries in the other classes, together with the full entrance fees in each case, must be addressed to the Rev. A. B. Skipworth, Tetford Rectory, Horncastle. Further information may be obtained from the Rev. A. B. Skipworth, and from Mr. T. Smith, Hon. Sec., Chess Club, Hereford.

Chess-Monthly, v6 n9, May 1885, pp261-162
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Game Collection: National and Regional Tournaments