Chess 31 Oct 1915, Sun The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
The British Chess Magazine of October, 1915, publishes interesting analysis of the Greco Counter Gambit by S. Mlotkowski. This defense has not hitherto met with favor from the masters, but Mlotkowski is of the opinion that it is quite tenable and yields Black a fair defense.
The following game was played at Los Angeles, Cal., recently. It is an interesting contest, P. E. Greer reviving an antiquated defense to the Gambit, but is not successful. Black undoubtedly relied on his seventh move of P-Q4, the continuation after this move not being fully analyzed in the books.
(a) An old but inferior defense. Nevertheless White must play with accuracy to maintain his attack.
(b) Steinitz now recommended, 6. Q-B3 and adopted the line of play in several of his games. The variation, however, does not yield Black a satisfactory defense.
(c) 7. N-R4 at once yields White the advantage by the following line of play, 8. BxPch K-B; 9. Q-R4 KxB; l0. QxN, etc.
(d) Why not Q-Q3ch (?).
Stasch Mlotkowski (white) vs. Paul Ecoff Greer (black)
Italian Game: Evans Gambit, Anderssen Variation
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The following game was the outcome of a correspondence game between these two players and was to contest a variation which did not take place in the correspondence play. Black adopts the old defense in the Petroff of 6-BK2 in place of the more popular one at present of B-Q3.
H. E. Waters (white) vs. Dr. G. C. Arata (black)
Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Mason Variation
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