June 04, 1911 Chess by Howard Louis Dolde, Pittsburgh Gazette Times

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Chess 04 Jun 1911, Sun Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

MANHATTAN-FRANKLIN MATCH.
The third of the series of matches between the Manhattan Chess Club of New York city and the Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia for possession of the “Reichhelm trophy,” was contested at the rooms of the Franklin Club on Decoration [aka, “Memorial”] Day, and resulted in favor of the Manhattan team by a score of 9 to 7. The games were brief and of good caliber, only four draws resulting. The first match of this series resulted in a tie, the second was won by Manhattan by 9½ to 6½. Since 1895 those two well-known clubs have met once each year, and of the 16 matches, Manhattan won 10, lost 3, and 3 were drawn. … G. H. Koehler, 1, vs. S. Mlotkowski, 0.

Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Gustav Henschel Koehler (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, McDonnell Defense
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/11/2025

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-B4 B-B4 4. P-QN4 BxNP 5. P-B3 B-B4 6. P-Q4 PxP 7. PxP B-N5ch 8. K-B B-K2 9. Q-N3 N-R4 10. BxPch K-B 11. Q-R4 P-QB3 12. BxN P-QN4 13. Q-B2 KxB 14. N-B3 P-Q3 15. B-B4 Q-B 16. B-N3 P-R4 17. P-KR4 R-R3 18. R-K N-B5 19. N-Q2 R-N3 20. K-N NxN 21. QxN B-N5 22. N-K2 BxN 23. QxB R-N5 24. P-Q5 P-QB4 25. P-K5 R-Q 26. QxP PxP 27. Q-N3 P-B5 28. Q-K3 P-K5 29. Q-Q4 RxB 30. P-Q6 BxP 31. QxPch K-R 32. PxR BxP 33. R-KB R-Q8 34. R-R3 Q-B7ch Resigns

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Be7 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Qa4 c6 12. Bxg8 b5 13. Qc2 Kxg8 14. Nc3 d6 15. Bf4 Qf8 16. Bg3 h5 17. h4 Rh6 18. Re1 Nc4 19. Nd2 Rg6 20. Kg1 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Bg4 22. Ne2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rg4 24. d5 c5 25. e5 Rd8 26. Qxb5 dxe5 27. Qb3 c4 28. Qe3 e4 29. Qd4 Rxg3 30. d6 Bxd6 31. Qxc4+ Kh8 32. fxg3 Bxg3 33. Rf1 Rd1 34. Rh3 Qf2+ 0-1