London Chess Congress 1862

iii Mr. Medley`s Preface

v Mr. Löwenthal`s Preface

MEMOIR OF THE BRITISH CHESS ASSOCIATION

ix The Yorkshire Chess Association

x Meeting at Leeds, 1841

xi " Wakefield, 1841

xi " Halifax, 1842

xii " Huddersfield, 1843

xiii " Nottingham, 1844

xiii " Leeds, 1845

xiv " Wakefield, 1846

xv " Hull, 1847

xvi " Halifax, 1848

xvii " Hull, 1852

NORTHERN AND MIDLAND COUNTIES CHESS ASSOCIATION

xix Meeting at Manchester, 1853

xxi " Liverpool, 1854

xxiii " Leamington, 1855

THE CHESS ASSOCIATION

xxv Meeting at Manchester, 1857

xxviii " Birmingham, 1858

xxxii " Cambridge, 1860

xxxiii " Bristol, 1861

THE BRITISH CHESS ASSOCIATION

The Congress in London, 1862

xxxvii Preliminaries

xxxviii Problem Tournay Conditions

xl Programme

xlvi Final Programme

xlviii Preliminary Meeting

xlix Players in the Grand Tournament

l Handicap Tournament

lii Regulations for the Players

liii First Fortnight`s Play

lv Grand Week in St. Jame`s Hall

lvii Paulsen`s Blindfold Match

lix Blackburne`s Blindfold Match

lxii Blackburne`s Blindfold Feat

lvi Club Match

lvii & lix Consultation Match

lxiv Telegraph

lxvi Subsequent Proceedings

lxv The Dinner

lxvii The Meeting on the Laws

lxviii The New Code

lxxiii Conclusion of the Grand Tournament

lxxiv Adjucation of the Prizes

lxxv Conclusion of the Handicap

lxxvi The Problem Tournay

lxxviii List of Competitors

lxxxii Final award of the Comitee

lxxxiii List of Prizeholders

lxxxiv Mr. Campbell and the Comitee

Communications

lxxxv Major C.F. de Jaenisch, St. Petersburg

lxxxvii Herr W. Lehmann, Berlin

lxxxvii Notes on the New Code of Laws

xcii Abstract of the Treasure`s Account

xciii General Remarks

1-172 Games in the Grand Tournament

173-306 Games in the Handicap Tournament

307-337 Blindfold Games

338-346 Consultation Games

346-353 Simultaneous games

354-372 Bristol Congress

373 Problem Tournay

374-380 Prize Problems

381-382 Prize Studies

383-425 Ordinary Problems

426-437 Suicidal Problems

438-442 Chess Studies

443-450 Bristol Problem Tournay

451-531 Solutions of Problems