Chess and Checkers 05 Mar 1911, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The Fourteenth Annual Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Chess Association was played February 22 at the rooms of the Franklin Chess Club. There were nineteen entries, which was the largest number since 1906, when there were twenty-two entries.
The final results were as follows: Mlotkowski captured first prize by winning three straight games. He defeated L. A. Kind in the first round and L. H. Flaccus in the third round. His game with W. P. Shipley in the second round had to be left for adjudication, as under the rules but forty-two moves could be played. The position was an interesting one. Mlotkowski having Q and six Pawns against Shipley's two Rooks and three Pawns. Two of Mlotkowski's Pawns, however, were doubled and isolated, as was also his RP. The result, therefore, rested with the K's side, where Mlotkowski had three Pawns against Shipley's two Pawns. The adjudicators, S. L. Stadelman and D. Stuart Robinson analyzed the position most carefully for over a half hour, when they finally decided with best play Mlotkowski should win. S. T. Sharp won 2½; A. Koch won 2½, while E. M. Edwards, Driver, Goldberg, Flaccus, Kind and Shipley all won two and lost one.
This is the second time that S. Mlotkowski has won the State Championship. At the conclusion of the tournament, the association held its annual meeting and officers were elected as follows: President, P. B. Driver; secretary, W. P. Shipley; treasurer, W. J. Ferris; directors, S. W. Bampton, D. S. Robinson and H. Wells.
Aaron Goldberg (white) vs. Edward Mitchell Edwards (black)
Unresolved Chess Game: Can you solve it?
The following was the last game played by Mlotkowski in the tournament for the Pennsylvania State Championship. Flaccus adopts one of the modern forms of the QP opening and for twenty moves continues the game on conservative lines. Later, however, complications arise and Black obtains a winning game.
L.H. Flaccus (white) vs. Stasch Mlotkowski (black)
Queen's Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack
