February 18, 1912 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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Chess 18 Feb 1912, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

The fifteenth annual championship tournament of the Pennsylvania State Chess Association will be held at the rooms of the Franklin Chess Club, 804 Betz Building, February 22, 1912. The first round will start at 10 a.m., the second round will start at 2 p.m., the third round will start at 4:30, and the final round at 8 p.m.
All chess players residing in the State of Pennsylvania or members of any Pennsylvania chess club are invited to enter. Entrance fee will be $2, and there will be four prizes:
First prize, chess works of the value of $20.
Second prize, chess works of the value of $10.
Third prize, chess works of the value of $6.
Fourth prize, chess works of the value of $4.
Players desiring to enter should at once communicate with P. B. Driver, president and treasurer of the club, whose address is Ridley Park, Pa.
The present officers of the club are: President and treasurer, P. B. Driver; secretary, V. P. Shipley; directors, S. W. Bampton, D. S. Robinson, H. Wells.
There will be a class “B” tournament held on the same day, provided there are ten entries received on or before Monday, February 19th. The association will offer special prizes for this tournament. Entrance fee to class “B” tournament, $1.
Since the formation of the association the following players have won the championship for the various years:
[…]
1910—14 entries…S. Mlotkowski.
1911—22 entries… S. Mlotkowski.

We take the following bright game from the Pennsylvania State Correspondence Tournament. The Blackmar Gambit is the invention of A. E. Blackmar, who in 1883 was a member of the New Orleans Chess, Checker and Whist Club.

George Baker (white) vs. George W. Miller (black)
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/13/2025

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 P-Q4 2. P-K4 PxP 3. P-QB3 N-KB3 4. P-KB3 P-K3 5. B-KN5 PxP 6. NxP B-K2 7. B-Q3 QN-Q2 8. O-O O-O 9. Q-K P-KR3 10. Q-R4 PxB 11. NxP P-KN3 12. Q-R6 R-K 13. BxNP Resigns

Algebraic 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. c3 Nf6 4. f3 e6 5. Bg5 exf3 6. Nxf3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Qe1 h6 10. Qh4 hxg5 11. Nxg5 g6 12. Qh6 Re8 13. Bxg6 1-0

We take the game given below from the Abbazia Tournament

Lowetzky (white) vs. Spielmann (black)
King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit

Moishe Lowcki vs Rudolf Spielmann
Abbazia (1912), Abbazia (Opatija) AUH, rd 2, Jan-16
King's Gambit: Accepted. Muzio Gambit Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 0-1

Descriptive 1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P-KB4 PxP 3. N-KB3 P-KN4 4. B-B4 P-N5 5. O-O PxN 6. QxP P-Q4 7. BxP N-KB3 8. QxP B-K2 9. P-QN4 Q-Q3 10. BxPch KxB 11. P-K5 Q-N3ch 12. P-Q4 R-B 13. PxN BxBP 14. P-B3 K-N 15. Q-N3ch K-R 16. B-B4 R-N 17. BxP RxQ 18. BxQ R-N3 19. B-B7 B-K3 20. N-Q2 N-Q2 21. N-K4 B-Q4 22. RxB NxR 23. NxN RxPch 24. K-B R-KB 25. B-K5 R-N3 26. K-K2 QRxN 27. K-Q3 P-N4 28. P-QR4 P-QR3 29. PxP PxP 30. R-R6 K-N2 31. R-N6 K-B2 32. BxR B-B5ch 33. K-K4 RxB 34. R-N7ch K-N3 35. P-Q5 R-Q3 36. R-QB7 BxPch 37. K-K5 R-Q 38. K-B4 R-Bch 39. K-K5 R-B4ch 40. K-Q4 B-B5 41. R-B6ch R-B3 0-1

Algebraic 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. 0-0 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d5 7. Bxd5 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Be7 9. b4 Qd6 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. e5 Qb6+ 12. d4 Rf8 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. c3 Kg8 15. Qg3+ Kh8 16. Bf4 Rg8 17. Bxc7 Rxg3 18. Bxb6 Rg6 19. Bc7 Be6 20. Nd2 Nd7 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rf8 25. Be5 Rg6 26. Ke2 Rfxf6 27. Kd3 b5 28. a4 a6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra6 Kg7 31. Rb6 Kf7 32. Bxf6 Bc4+ 33. Ke4 Rxf6 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. d5 Rd6 36. Rc7 Bxd5+ 37. Ke5 Rd8 38. Kf4 Rf8+ 39. Ke5 Rf5+ 40. Kd4 Bc4 41. Rc6+ Rf6 0-1