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Stanislaw (Stasch) Mlotkowski, 1934

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April 02 1934

April 02, 1934. Philadelphia Chess Expert Wins Over 28 Here. At the same time the fourth round of the second annual South Jersey Chess Championship Tournament was played. … S. Mlotkowski, Camden, defeated Dr. R. Fox, Morrisville, Pa.; … A feature of the tournament was the playing of Robert Deacon, of Merchantville. In the first round he drew with E. W. Strang, of the Camden City Club, in an adjudicated game, won from A. Dortman, Camden, in the second round, and in the third round was awarded a win on adjudication over S. Mlotkowski, chess analyst.


April 02, 1934. Philadelphia Chess Expert Wins Over 28 Here. S. Mlotkowski, Camden, defeated Dr. R. Fox, Morrisville, Pa.


April 15 1934

South Jersey ChampionshipSouth Jersey Championship 15 Apr 1934, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

William A. Ruth, a former Pennsylvania State champion, is leading in the South Jersey championship with a score of 5-0. H. Bauder and W. Britton have scores of 4-0. J. DuBois and H. Deacon follow with 3½ while Stasch Mlotkowski, Fischer and Cook are each a full point down.


April 27 1934

April 27, 1934. Outstanding Chess Players Vie Tonight. The South Jersey team will be captained by W. A. Ruth of Collingswood, former champion of Ohio, several times champion of Pennsylvania, and international cable match player. Other members of the team will be S. Mlotkowski, famous analyst and international player and former Pacific Coast champion;…


May 27 1934

Evans GambitEvans Gambit 27 May 1934, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

S. Mlotkowski of Camden, N. J. a player who rates very highly in United States met his waterloo in the second round of the South Jersey championship to R. Deacon. The game is of some importance because the “Evans Gambit,” was used by the Camden expert. Mlotkowski has contributed to the chess playing world a great deal of analysis on this tricky opening that made his loss to Mr. Deacon all the more unexpected.

(a) Adjudicated a win for black by Messrs. J. Levin, S. T. Sharp and B. F. Winkelman.

Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Robert Deacon (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Stone-Ware Variation

Stasch Mlotkowski vs. Robert Deacon, 1934

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-B4 B-B4
4. P-QN4 BxP
5. P-B3 B-Q3
6. P-Q4 N-B3
7. O-O O-O
8. QN-Q2 P-QN3
9. R-K B-N2
10. N-B P-KR3
11. P-KR3 R-K
12. Q-B2 KB-B
13. P-Q5 N-N
14. B-Q3 P-Q3
15. P-N4 QN-Q2
16. Q-K2 B-K2
17. N-N3 N-R2
18. N-B5 B-KB3
19. P-KR4 B-B
20. B-QN5 R-B
21. Q-B N-B4
22. Q-N2 BxN
23. NPxB K-R
24. Q-N4 R-KN
25. K-R Q-KB
26. B-Q2 R-B
27. R-KN P-N3
28. R-N3 P-R4
29. Q-R3 NxP
30. R-N2 NxB
31. NxN Q-R3
32. PxP PxP
33. N-K4 QR-B
34. QR-KN R-N2
35. B-Q3 QR-KN
36. N-N5 N-B
37. Q-B3 BxN
38. RxB Q-R2
39. QR-N2 P-R4
40. Q-K4 Q-R3
41. P-KB4 PxP
42. Q-Q4 K-R2
43. QxBP
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bxb4
5. c3 Bd6
6. d4 Nf6
7. 0-0 0-0
8. Nd2 b6
9. Re1 Bb7
10. Nf1 h6
11. h3 Re8
12. Qc2 Bf8
13. d5 Nb8
14. Bd3 d6
15. g4 Nd7
16. Qe2 Be7
17. Ng3 Nh7
18. Nf5 Bf6
19. h4 Bc8
20. Bb5 Rf8
21. Qf1 Nc5
22. Qg2 Bxf5
23. gxf5 Kh8
24. Qg4 Rg8
25. Kh1 Qf8
26. Bd2 Rc8
27. Rg1 g6
28. Rg3 h5
29. Qh3 Nxe4
30. Rg2 Nxd2
31. Nxd2 Qh6
32. fxg6 fxg6
33. Ne4 Rf8
34. Rg1 Rg7
35. Bd3 Rg8
36. Ng5 Nf8
37. Qf3 Bxg5
38. Rxg5 Qh7
39. Rg2 a5
40. Qe4 Qh6
41. f4 exf4
42. Qd4 Kh7
43. Qxf4

April 17 1934

Our game, this week is taken from the records of the South Jersey Championship. Played in 1934. Stasch Mlotkowski was the only player ever to win the Pennsylvania Championship three times in succession. The notes are by the late Frank J. Marshall, U.S. Champion. [April 19, 1953.]

Fischer-Mlotkowski Fischer-MlotkowskiFischer-Mlotkowski 17 Jun 1934, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

In the following game United States champion, Frank J. Marshall awarded the brilliancy prize to S. Mlotkowski for his win over A. F. Fischer in the recent championship tournament of the Camden City Chess Club. Mr. Marshall also awarded to W. A. Ruth the best played game prize for his win over E. S. Maguire. The notes are by the American title holder.

(a) Alekhine generally plays B-N5.
(b) The correct move here is castles, the text is bad.
(c) At once, P-Q4 is better. PxP, B-N5 follows.
(d) Two slow, at once P-QR3.
(e) Here Q-K2 would be more developing and temporarily preventing P-Q4.
(f) Two many Knight moves. Here P-Q4, if then, P-K5. N-K5, Q-K2, P-KB4, PxPe.p., NxP etc.
(g) This move does not help. RxN was the last retort. PxR, N-N4 with ideas of attack. (h) A fine move if BxP, Q-K3 followed by N-R4.
(i) Fatal. Here B-K3 was imperative, after the text Black takes full advantage and wins quickly.

A. F. Fischer (white) vs. Stasch Mlotkowski (black)
Four Knights Game: Double Spanish

A. F. Fischer vs. Stasch Mlotkowski, 1934

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. N-B3 N-B3
4. B-N5 B-N5
5. P-Q3 N-Q5
6. B-QB4 P-Q3
7. P-KR3 P-B3
8. O-O N-K3
9. N-KN5 P-Q4
10. PxP PxP
11. B-N5ch K-B
12. N-K2 N-B2
13. B-R4 P-KR3
14. N-KB3 B-Q3
15. N-R2 N-K3
16. P-KB4 Q-N3ch
17. K-R PxP
18. NxP Q-B2
19. NxNch BxN
20. N-B3 P-QN4
21. B-N3 N-R4
22. K-N P-N4
23. P-N4 B-B4ch
24. P-Q4 Q-N6ch
Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bb5 Bb4
5. d3 Nd4
6. Bc4 d6
7. h3 c6
8. 0-0 Ne6
9. Ng5 d5
10. exd5 cxd5
11. Bb5+ Kf8
12. Ne2 Nc7
13. Ba4 h6
14. Nf3 Bd6
15. Nh2 Ne6
16. f4 Qb6+
17. Kh1 exf4
18. Nxf4 Qc7
19. Nxe6+ Bxe6
20. Nf3 b5
21. Bb3 Nh5
22. Kg1 g5
23. g4 Bc5+
24. d4 Qg3+
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'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:

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.
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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 1956March 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.

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