Stanislaw (Stasch) Mlotkowski, 1932

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February 14 1932

Mlotkowski-Anderson 14 Feb 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

We give below an instructive game played by Stasch Mlotkowski, of Philadelphia, last summer in a match with J. A. Anderson. Mlotkowski adopts the old-fashioned attack in the French Defense of 3. P-K5, a line of play that has been scrapped and then resurrected a number of times in the last fifty years. We give special attention to Mlotkowski's note (a) as well as his note (e).

Mlotkowski-Anderson 14 Feb 1932, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

(a) This is better than B-Q3, because after PxP; 7. PxP B-Q2, White must play B-K2 and Black in reply to 6. B-K2 has nothing better than exchanging Pawns.
(b) If B-N5(ch); 8. N-B3 and now KN-K2 can be answered by either 9. O-O N-B4; 10. N-R4 or 9. P-QR3.
(c) Played in a similar position, except that Black's Queen's Bishop was at Q2 by Mackenzie against Burn. The usual move is P-QN3.
(d) It is doubtful if this is better than the usual course, P-KN3, followed by K-N2, but it relieves White of all anxiety regarding his Queen's Pawn.
(e) The attack here initiated does not yield anything; P-QN3 was an alternative.
(f) Or KR-Nsq first.
(g) Best, for if White is permitted to push Pawn to R6 and exchange Pawns and Rooks, Black's Bishop would have been of small use in the ending, with the White pieces being all on Black squares.
(h) This loses; B-Bsq should have drawn.
(i) If PxR, 35. R-Q7, K-Nsq; 36. P-K7 R-Bsq; 37. R-Q8.

Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. James Allan Anderson (black)
French Defense: Advance Variation, Paulsen Attack

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K3 2. P-Q4 P-Q4 3. P-K5 P-QB4 4. P-QB3 N-QB3 5. N-KB3 Q-N3 6. B-K2 PxP 7. PxP KN-K2 8. N-R3 N-B4 9. N-B2 B-N5ch 10. K-B P-KR4 11. B-Q3 B-Q2 12. BxN PxB 13. P-KN3 B-K2 14. P-KR4 N-N5 15. NxN QxN 16. K-N2 O-O-O 17. P-R3 Q-N3 18. P-QN4 K-N 19. Q-N3 B-K3 20. B-Q2 R-QB 21. P-R4 P-R4 22. KR-QN BxP 23. BxB QxB 24. QxQ PxQ 25. RxP R-B5 26. R-N6 KR-QB 27. QR-N KR-B2 28. P-R5 K-R2 29. N-N5 B-B 30. R-Q6 RxP 31. R-N5 B-Q2 32. R(N5)-N6 B-B3 33. P-K6 P-B3 34. RxB RxR 35. P-K7 RxR 36. P-K8(Q) R-QB5 37. N-B7 R(Q3)-B3 38. Q-Q7 P-Q5 39. N-Q6 R-N5 40. NxNP R-B7 41. N-B5dis.ch K-R 42. N-Q3 Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. Nc2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 Nb4 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Kg2 0-0-0 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 Kb8 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bd2 Rc8 21. a4 a5 22. Rb1 Bxb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Rc4 26. Rb6 Rc8 27. Rhb1 R8c7 28. a5 Ka7 29. Ng5 Bc8 30. Rd6 Rxd4 31. Rb5 Bd7 32. Rbb6 Bc6 33. e6 f6 34. Rbxc6 Rxc6 35. e7 Rxd6 36. e8=Q Rc4 37. Nf7 Rc6 38. Qd7 d4 39. Nd6 Rb4 40. Nxb7 Rc2 41. Nc5+ Ka8 42. Nd3 1-0

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December 14 1932

They Don't Speak Our Language 14 Dec 1932, Wed The Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa) Newspapers.com

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