AMay 23 1915
Chess Club To Play San Diego 23 May 1915, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com
CHESS CLUB TO PLAY SAN DIEGO.
The Tournament Committee has se1ected the following members to represent the Los Angeles Chess Club in their telegraph match against San Diego, to be held at their rooms, No. 716 Higgins Building, on Monday, May 31:
Stasch Mlotkowski, E. R. Perry, C. W. Waterman, C. H. Whipple, Jr., M. A. Woodward. G. A. L'Hommede, W. G. Ringer, W. A. Lewis, P. E. Greer, D. C. McCallum, N F. McMurray, W. Struve, A. V. Geldert, R. McAuslan, C. E. Richardson, E. H. Maurer, and H. Yourstone.
A cordial invitation is extended to anyone wishing to watch the games. The last contest against San Diego was won by the Los Angeles club. Score Los Angeles, won 6; San Diego 2; three draws.
June 10 1915
San Diego Triumphant 10 Jun 1915, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
San Diego Triumphant.
A surprise in Western chess was furnished by the outcome of the telegraphic match between Los Angeles and San Diego on Decoration Day. The Los Angeles players pride themselves on being the strongest aggregation of exponents of match play on the Pacific Coast, but the meeting over the wire with San Diego took them completely by surprise, inasmuch as a defeat by the score of 6½ to 3½ was their portion. The team of the Cabrillo Club of San Diego was headed by the Rev. E. B. Adams, formerly well known in intercollegiate chess circles as a representative of Yale. He succeeded in defeating Stasch Mlotkowski, who, before going West, was one of the leading players in Philadelphia and held the Pennsylvania State championship three times. He also played in the international cable matches, but recently he has not been in active practice. In the game in question he had the upper hand when he made a misstep on the thirty-eighth move. The Los Angeles side was captained by E. R. Perry, erstwhile Harvard champion, and he won his game.
Following is the score of the Adams-Mlotkowski game.
June 20, 1915. The following pretty game was played in the recent intercity match between San Diego and Los Angeles. San Diego spilled the dope by defeating Los Angeles, considered the strongest chess center on the west coast, by the score of 6½ to 3½.
Rev. Edward Beckley Adams (white) vs. Stasch Mlotkowski (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation
September 07 1915
September 07, 1915. CHESS RESULTS. Not to be outdone in the way of courtesies extended to the rival exposition cities by local organizations, the Los Angeles Chess and Checker Club yesterday followed up its recent loss or a telegraphic chess match to the Cabrillo Club of San Diego by losing another to the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club of San Francisco. To avoid unfair discrimination the scores were kept at about the same proportions, San Diego having been allowed 6½ games to 3½, and the San Franciscans 8 to 4, with three games unfinished, which are to be adjudicated by mail.
Full results follow, the San Francisco men being named first at each board, they having the move at every odd-numbered table:
Board
1. E. W. Gruer drew with S, Mlotkowski;
2. S. Rubenstein and W. S. Waterman (a;)
3. G. Hallwegan lost to E. R. Perry;
4. A. S. Fink and M. A. Woodward (a;)
5. E. J. Clarke drew with C. W. Waterman;
6. E. Neville drew with S. W. Peterson;
7. B. Smith drew with u. G. A. L'hommede;
8. J. Drouillard and W. A. Lewis (a;)
9. A. B. Stamer beat P. E. Greer;
10. W. Smith beat A. V. Geldert;
11. Dickinson beat D. Anderson;
12. Dr. Haber beat P. E. Moore;
13. R. C. Stephenson beat A. Burnett;
14. Bergman beat R. McAuslan;
15. Ford lost to N. F. McMurray. Totals: Mechanics' Institute, 8; Los Angeles, 4; adjudicated, 3.
September 06 1915
The following game was contested on board number one of the match between Los Angeles and San Francisco, played September 6, 1915.
(a) Had Black now played 9. B-Q2, the following continuation would most probably have followed.
(b) Mlotkowski states that he had first intended to have played PxQP and if Black replied KPxP, then B-R5, but changed my mind during the adjournment, for after 13. Q-QB BxN; 14. QxQ BxQ; 15. N-N3 B-B2 the position seemed drawish.
(c) The only move to save a Pawn, as P-QR4 would have been played in answer to either R-B3 or R-R2.
(d) Best. If 26. N-N4, then N-N3 follows and black regains the Pawn. If Black had, however, replied to 26. N-N4 with QRxP, then 27. RxR RxR; 28. P-Q5 would have yielded white a fine game.
Elmer Gruer (white) vs. Stasch Mlotkowski (black)
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation
October 03 1915
The following game played in Los Angeles, Cal., September 15, illustrates a new trap that Mlotkowski has worked out in the French defense.
(a) Mlotkowski's new move.
(b) Likely B-Bsq was the best combination.
(c) NxNP was probably stronger.
(d) Threatening N-Q6ch, also B-B5 and if Black moved either the King or Rook or Castled, Black's game appears to be hopeless.
Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Wilbur Lyttleton Moorman (black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Milner-Barry Gambit
October 17 1915
Keys vs. Mlotkowski 17 Oct 1915, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The following two games were forwarded to us by Stasch Mlotkowski who now lives at Los Angeles, Cal., and were played recently in that city. Keys, the player of the White pieces in the game below, is a nephew of Mr. Keys who for so many years played at the Mercantile Library, his forte particularly being the Danish Gambit. The opening adopted by Black is one to which Mlotkowski has given special study.
Note: (a) White can also continue with B-B4 or turn the game into a variation of the Philidor by P-Q4.
Joseph H. Keys (white) vs. Stasch Mlotkowski (black)
Latvian Gambit
It is refreshing once more to receive a good game where the Evans Gambit is actually accepted, and Black endeavors to retain the Gambit Pawn. G. A. L'Hommede was formerly of Chicago and a fine correspondence player. He took part in the Continental Correspondence Tournament and made an excellent score. He now resides in Los Angeles.
Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Gustave A L'Hommede (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Paulsen Variation
October 24 1915
Telegraphic Chess Match 24 Oct 1915, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The annual Telegraphic Chess Match between San Francisco and Los Angeles was contested on fifteen boards. The match was won by the San Francisco players. 9½-5½. S. Mlotkowski, formerly of Philadelphia, played on the first board for Los Angeles. The game resulted in draw.
October 31 1915
Greco Counter Gambit 31 Oct 1915, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The British Chess Magazine of October, 1915, publishes interesting analysis of the Greco Counter Gambit by S. Mlotkowski. This defense has not hitherto met with favor from the masters, but Mlotkowski is of the opinion that it is quite tenable and yields Black a fair defense.
Mlotkowski vs. Greer 31 Oct 1915, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The following game was played at Los Angeles, Cal., recently. It is an interesting contest, P. E. Greer reviving an antiquated defense to the Gambit, but is not successful. Black undoubtedly relied on his seventh move of P-Q4, the continuation after this move not being fully analyzed in the books.
(a) An old but inferior defense. Nevertheless White must play with accuracy to maintain his attack.
(b) Steinitz now recommended, 6. Q-B3 and adopted the line of play in several of his games. The variation, however, does not yield Black a satisfactory defense.
(c) 7. N-R4 at once yields White the advantage by the following line of play, 8. BxPch K-B; 9. Q-R4 KxB; l0. QxN, etc.
(d) Why not Q-Q3ch (?).
Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. P. E. Greer (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation
