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William Lewis vs Stasch Mlotkowski
Los Angeles Championship (1918), Los Angeles, CA USA
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50)  ·  0-1

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May-11-25
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  NewspaperChessArchiv: This game submission comes from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Chess, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday, June 08, 1919

The game given below was played last summer at Los Angeles, Cal., in the Championship Tournament. The announced mate in six moves is well worth examining.

5W A conservative form of the Giuoco Piano. White plays his fifth move in anticipation of Black Castling and later starting a King side attack.

14W N-QB3 was the more natural continuation, to be followed by B-Q2, should Black pin the Queen's Knight.

15W Mlotkowski considers this move weak, as it puts his Queen out of play and leaves the Queen's Pawn without support.

20W An error of judgment as Black can reply NxBP; 21. NxN QxQ; 22. PxQ PxN, etc, nevertheless the win is not easy.

20B Likely the best continuation. See previous note.

22W This move does not improve matters. However, White's game appears hopelessly compromised.

28B Black announced mate in six moves. The mate is accomplished as follows: 28. RxPch; 29. K-Ksq N-B7ch; 30. K-Q2 K-K6ch; 31. KxN QxRch; 32. K-N3 Q-K4ch, followed by R-Rsq. mate.

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