Best in Chess: Stanislaw (Stasch) Mlotkowski, 1917

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Stanislaw (Stasch) Mlotkowski, 1917

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September 09 1917

The Los Angeles Times, Chess, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, September 09, 1917

CHESS. Game No. 61—Evans Gambit Declined.
An off-hand game played at the club-rooms last winter between N. W. Banks and Stasch Mlotkowski. Contributed, with notes, by Mr. Mlotkowski.

(a) Held superior to N-R4.
(b) Or, Q-B3, but White has the edge in either case.
(c) An error. White could have replied BxN, RxB, QxP(ch) at once, but is in no hurry to take the Pawn, thinking it will stay.
(d) Better PxP.
(e) The advance of their Pawn is decisive.

Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Newell William Banks (black)

Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. KN-B3 QN-B3
3. B-B4 B-B4
4. P-QN4 B-N3
5. P-QN5 N-Q5
6. NxN BxN
7. P-QB3 B-N3
8. P-Q4 Q-N4
9. O-O P-Q3
10. P-QR4 P-QB3
11. P-R5 B-B2
12. P-KB4 P-KB3
13. P-KB5 P-KR4
14. N-Q2 B-Q2
15. BxN RxB
16. QxPch Q-KB5
17. QxQ KxQ
18. PxBP NPxP
19. N-KB3 QR-N1
20. B-Q2 R-N4
21. P-QB4 R-N6
22. KR-QN1 KR-QN1
23. RxR RxR
24. PxP QPxP
25. K-B2 P-B4
26. B-K3 B-Q3
27. R-Q1 K-K2
28. R-QR1 B-B3
29. N-Q2 R-N7
30. K-B3 K-Q2
31. P-N4 P-B3
32. P-R4 R-N5
33. P-N5 R-R5
34. PxP PxP
35. R-KN1 RxRP
36. P-R5 B-KB1
37. P-R6 BxP
38. BxB R-R6ch
39. B-K3 B-R5
40. R-N7ch K-K1
41. R-QB7 B-Q8ch
42. K-B2 P-R4
43. BxP R-QB6
44. R-K7ch K-Q1
45. R-QR7 P-R5
46. B-K7ch Resigns

Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bb6
5. b5 Nd4
6. Nxd4 Bxd4
7. c3 Bb6
8. d4 Qg5
9. 0-0 d6
10. a4 c6
11. a5 Bc7
12. f4 f6
13. f5 h5
14. Nd2 Bd7
15. Bxg8 Rxg8
16. Qxh5+

October 07 1917

The Los Angeles Times, Chess, Los Angeles, California, Sunday, October 07, 1917

CHESS.
GAME NO. 65—ROSENTRETER'S GAMBIT.
(Notes by S. Mlotkowski.)
Offhand game recently played at the clubrooms, Mr. Testa, director, actor and scenerio-writer with the Universal, got a strangle hold on me in the early stages, which I was never able to shake off.

4. … g4 (a) This move should lead to only an even game, so probably B-N2 is better.

5. Bxf4 … (b) This must be the Testa Gambit. The original idea of the Rosentreter Gambit is to play N-K5 here. Then 5. … Q-R5ch; 6. P-N3 PxP; 7. QxP. Now Black's best is QxQ leading to equality. If 7. … P-N7 dis ch; 8. QxQ PxR(Q); 9. N-B3 and, according to the present analysis of this opening, White, although a rook behind, has a winning game.

6. … d5 (c) B-N2 was better.

7. exd5 … (d) B-K5 was of deceptive strength. The move made is better.

7. … Bd6 (e) Again B-N2 was preferable.

8. … Bd7 (f) As the king must soon move anyway, perhaps K-B1 now was best.

9. … cxd6 (g) BxB was no better. Black has a bad, probably a lost, game now.

10. … f6 (h) The only move; N-R3 would have been still worse.

12. … a6 (i) Hoping White would play QxQPch, when I could force the exchange of queens by Q-K2.

13. Bd3 … (j) Much better than QxPch or exchanging bishops. Black is left badly tied up.

13. … Qb6 (k) Stopping N-K4 for the moment, but the queen must soon retreat. Probably B-N4, offering a pawn to free the game, was better.

20. c4 … (l) Best. White has an easily winning advantage.

22. d5 … (m) Preventing the knight from developing at B3 and it cannot well develop at Q2 on account of P-B5.

31. … Rb4 (n) To play R-Q5 in answer to P-B5.

36. Rc7 … (o) The quickest way to win. White's play has been especially fine all through.

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Tweets by swilkinsonbc

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech

“What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.

To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956

March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

Stanislaw (Stasch) Mlotkowski, 1917

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