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Chess 10 Jun 1915, Thu Brooklyn Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com
San Diego Triumphant.
A surprise in Western chess was furnished by the outcome of the telegraphic match between Los Angeles and San Diego on Decoration Day. The Los Angeles players pride themselves on being the strongest aggregation of exponents of match play on the Pacific Coast, but the meeting over the wire with San Diego took them completely by surprise, inasmuch as a defeat by the score of 6½ to 3½ was their portion. The team of the Cabrillo Club of San Diego was headed by the Rev. E. B. Adams, formerly well known in intercollegiate chess circles as a representative of Yale. He succeeded in defeating Stasch Mlotkowski, who, before going West, was one of the leading players in Philadelphia and held the Pennsylvania State championship three times. He also played in the international cable matches, but recently he has not been in active practice. In the game in question he had the upper hand when he made a misstep on the thirty-eighth move. The Los Angeles side was captained by E. R. Perry, erstwhile Harvard champion, and he won his game.
Following is the score of the Adams-Mlotkowski game.
Mate by Queen Sacrifice
An unusual mate, involving sacrifice of the queen, wound up the following practice game played at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club on May 28 between J. Ferguson Smyth and H. Helms:
Marshall's Record Still Safe.
It will be quite a spell before the chess players of the metropolis will have the opportunity of again meeting Jose R. Capablanca, who, while here, was the life of the Manhattan Chess Club. Contrary to expectations, Pittsburg allowed him to get away without inviting him to try for a new record, one which would not only surpass that of Marshall at Portland, Ore., but that of Fahrni of Munich as well. This perforce must be reserved until a later date. Which brings to mind the great performance of the Cuban in The Eagle Auditorium on Lincoln's Birthday and the interesting games he played on that occasion. Here are two of them, one of which he won from C. B. Isaacson, a member of the De Witt Clinton champion Manhattan high school team and son of the late C. B. Isaacson, who for many years had been one of the leading players of the Manhattan Chess Club. The other game, which resulted in a draw, was with A. S. Jameson, chairman of the intercollegiate cable match committee. The scores:
San Diego Triumphant.
A surprise in Western chess was furnished by the outcome of the telegraphic match between Los Angeles and San Diego on Decoration Day. The Los Angeles players pride themselves on being the strongest aggregation of exponents of match play on the Pacific Coast, but the meeting over the wire with San Diego took them completely by surprise, inasmuch as a defeat by the score of 6½ to 3½ was their portion. The team of the Cabrillo Club of San Diego was headed by the Rev. E. B. Adams, formerly well known in intercollegiate chess circles as a representative of Yale. He succeeded in defeating Stasch Mlotkowski, who, before going West, was one of the leading players in Philadelphia and held the Pennsylvania State championship three times. He also played in the international cable matches, but recently he has not been in active practice. In the game in question he had the upper hand when he made a misstep on the thirty-eighth move. The Los Angeles side was captained by E. R. Perry, erstwhile Harvard champion, and he won his game.
Following is the score of the Adams-Mlotkowski game.
Capablanca in Chicago.
When Jose R. Capablanca, who has returned to Havana, was in Chicago he played at the Hamilton Club, among others. There he encountered J. M. Stahr, one of the strongest players of the Western Electric Chess and Checker Club, whom he defeated in fine style. The score follows:
