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Chess 27 Nov 1910, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The following game decided the possession of the George W. Childs Trophy for the ensuing year, as well as the championship of the Franklin Chess Club.
(a) Steinitz, in annotating a game played many years ago, where this defense was adopted, remarked as follows:
“Since the great Hungarian trio, Lowenthal, Szen and Grimm, adopted this defense in the correspondence match between Pesth and Paris, about fifty years ago, it has received little notice in theory or practice until Lipschutz revived it in the Sixth American Chess Congress.”
The defense is practically sound, but leads to a somewhat cramped position for the Black forces, although if White attempts too hastily to force the attack he is liable to get into trouble, as Black has a strong defensive position. The defense is frequently adopted by players wishing to avoid the Evans Gambit or some of the complicated variations of the Guioco Piano.
(b) Showalter against Lipschutz now continued with Castles, but Steinitz recommends that White's best continuation is as follows: 4. P-B3 N-B3; 5. P-Q4 P-Q3 (If 5. PxP; 6. P-K5, or if 5. KNxP; 6. NxP). 6. B-Q3 PxP; 7. PxP, with good chances for an attack in the centre.
(c) This Bishop was stronger posted at N5 than B4. The text move loses valuable time.
(d) Black has now obtained the preferable position and plays the conclusion of the game in masterly style.
Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Sidney Thomas Sharp (black)
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