Stanislaw (Stasch) Mlotkowski, 1902

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February 16 1902

February 16, 1902. Chess. The Pennsylvania State chess tournament, to be held on Washington's Birthday, promises to be the greatest one-day event ever held in Philadelphia. At date of writing the following players had entered the lists: S. W. Bampton, W. K. Barclary, G. A. Baumann, S. Kneass, L. S. Landreth, J. S. McConnell, J. F. Magee, Jr., C. S. Martinez, S. Mlotkowski, Jr.… FOR THE GOLD CUP. The play for the $150 gold cup, presented by Harris J. Chilton, is now on. The only condition for entering same was that the players be members of the Mercantile Library Chess Association for 1901 and in good standing, including the present year's dues. In order not to make the play of unseemly length and reduce it to a one-round contest, these twelve players have entered the lists: Charles Bauman, Harris J. Chilton, F. Diederichs, W. M. Meredith, S. Mlotkowski, Jr.,…

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April 20, 1902. In the Franklin championship tournament the leaders stand: Bampton, 7-3; Groots 6½-4½; Kaiser, 6½-4½; Martinzez Jr., 8-1; Mlotkowski, 5-5…

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June 15 1902

Mlotkowski's Win 15 Jun 1902, Sun The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

MLOTKOWSKI'S WIN
The Koehler family are all born chess players, but Gustav is the strongest of the lot. In the Manhattan-Franklin match of two years ago he met Mlotkowski and bested him and in the last contest again met him. Mlot, however, is one of the young fellows who are constantly improving and this time the result had a different tale to tell. Following are the moves that were made:

4. B-Q3 P-Q4
White could now play castles, with the intention of P to QB4 on succeeding move, but the take in the text is safer.
5. NxP B-Q3
In this case of positions B-K2 is better.
7. P-QB4 P-QB4
Safer is P-QB3, but Gustav thought text move would do.
12. BxB P-KN3
Black's game has already passed the languishing point, but Koehler hopes to squirm out of his troubles by sacrificing the exchange:
13. QxN PxB
14. B-R6 Q-Q5
To break the impending queen check:
25. R-QB P-N3
Hoping as a last resort to draw through a solid front of inertia.
34. PxP P-B4
The oncoming second knight's pawn now finishes the job.
35. P-KN4 K-N3
36. PxPch KxP
Better NxP.
37. P-B6 K-R3
38. R-R4ch N-K3
39. R-N2 and wins

Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Gustav Koehler (black)
Russian Game: Modern Attack, Center Variation

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. KN-B3 KN-B3 3. P-Q4 NxP 4. B-Q3 P-Q4 5. NxP B-Q3 6. O-O O-O 7. P-QB4 P-QB4 8. PxQP BxN 9. PxB QxP 10. Q-B2 B-B4 11. N-B3 NxN 12. BxB P-KN3 13. QxN PxB 14. B-R6 Q-Q5 15. Q-N3ch Q-N5 16. BxR KxB 17. QxQ PxQ 18. P-B3 N-B3 19. PxP NxP 20. P-KR3 R-QB 21. QR-Q R-B2 22. P-QN3 N-B3 23. R-B2 N-Q5 24. K-R2 K-N2 25. R-QB P-N3 26. R-K R-Q2 27. R-K5 P-B3 28. R-K8 K-B2 29. R-K4 P-KR3 30. P-KR4 K-N3 31. K-R3 K-N2 32. R-B4 R-KB2 33. P-N5 RPxP 34. PxP P-B4 35. P-KN4 K-N3 36. PxPch KxP 37. P-B6 K-R3 38. R-R4ch K-N3 39. R-N2 and wins

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. c4 c5 8. cxd5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 g6 13. Qxc3 gxf5 14. Bh6 Qd4 15. Qg3+ Qg4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qxg4 fxg4 18. f3 Nc6 19. fxg4 Nxe5 20. h3 Rc8 21. Rd1 Rc7 22. b3 Nc6 23. Rf2 Nd4 24. Kh2 Kg7 25. Rc1 b6 26. Re1 Rd7 27. Re5 f6 28. Re8 Kf7 29. Re4 h6 30. h4 Kg6 31. Kh3 Kg7 32. Rf4 Rf7 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 f5 35. g4 Kg6 36. gxf5+ Kxg5 37. f6 Kh6 38. Rh4+ Kg6 39. Rb2 and wins

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