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October 31, 1915 Philadelphia Inquirer Chess and Checkers

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ChessChess 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
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/25/2025

Stasch Mlotkowski vs. Paul Ecoff Greer, 1915

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-B4 B-B4
4. P-QN4 BxNP
5. P-B3 B-K2
6. P-Q4 PxP
7. Q-N3 P-Q4
8. BxP N-R4
9. BxPch K-B1
10. Q-R4 P-B3
11. BxN RxB
12. PxP P-QN4
13. Q-B2 N-B5
14. O-O P-KR3
15. QN-Q2 NxN
16. BxN Q-N3
17. P-Q5 PxP
18. PxP K-B2
19. N-K5ch K-B3
20. Q-N6ch KxN
21. B-B3ch KxP
22. KR-Q1ch K-B5
23. Q-K4ch KxB
24. R(R)-B1ch K-N7
25. R-Q2ch KxR
26. Q-B2mate
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bxb4
5. c3 Be7
6. d4 exd4
7. Qb3 d5
8. Bxd5 Na5
9. Bxf7+ Kf8
10. Qa4 c6
11. Bxg8 Rxg8
12. cxd4 b5
13. Qc2 Nc4
14. 0-0 h6
15. Nd2 Nxd2
16. Bxd2 Qb6
17. d5 cxd5
18. exd5 Kf7
19. Ne5+ Kf6
20. Qg6+ Kxe5
21. Bc3+ Kxd5
22. Rfd1+ Kc4
23. Qe4+ Kxc3
24. Rc1+ Kb2
25. Rd2+ Kxc1
26. Qc2#

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
Submitted to chessgames.com on 04/29/2025

H. E. Waters vs. Dr. G. C. Arata, 1915

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-KB3
3. NxP P-Q3
4. N-KB3 NxP
5. P-Q4 P-Q4
6. B-Q3 B-K2
7. O-O O-O
8. P-B4 P-QB3
9. Q-B2 P-KB4
10. N-K5 Q-N3
11. B-K3 B-B3
12. P-B5 Q-B2
13. P-B4 P-QN4
14. N-Q2 N-R3
15. Q-N3 R-N
16. NxN PxN
17. BxKP Q-N2
18. NxP K-R
19. NxR PxB
20. NxN QxN
21. P-QR4 PxP
22. RxP Q-K7
23. P-Q5 B-R3
24. KR-R B-QN4
25. RxP B-Q6
26. B-B2 P-K6
27. BxP QxBch
28. K-R Q-K7
29. R-R8 B-Q
30. Q-N6 B-K5
31. R-KN BxPch
1/2-1/2
Algebraic
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5
6. Bd3 Be7
7. 0-0 0-0
8. c4 c6
9. Qc2 f5
10. Ne5 Qb6
11. Be3 Bf6
12. c5 Qc7
13. f4 b5
14. Nd2 Na6
15. Qb3 Rb8
16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. Bxe4 Qb7
18. Nxc6 Kh8
19. Nxb8 dxe4
20. Nxa6 Qxa6
21. a4 bxa4
22. Rxa4 Qe2
23. d5 Ba6
24. Ra1 Bb5
25. Rxa7 Bd3
26. Bf2 e3
27. Bxe3 Qxe3+
28. Kh1 Qe2
29. Ra8 Bd8
30. Qb6 Be4
31. Rg1 Bxg2+
1/2-1/2

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'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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