Background
He was born into a Polish family in America.
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Stasch Mlotkowski
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Career
His first name, Stasch (Polish Staś), is the diminutive form of the name Stanisław (Stanislau). At the beginning of his career, he tied for 9-10th at Philadelphia 1900/01. He played several cable matches for Franklin Chess Club of Pennsylvania against Chicago Central Committee in 1904 and Manhattan Central Committee (1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1912), as well as in a cable match United States of America versus
England in 1909.
Achievements
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He won at Saint Louis 1904 (United States Open Chess Championship) and took 9th at Saint Louis 1904 (the 7th American Chess Congress, Frank James Marshall won), tied for 9-10th at Philadelphia 1904 (Morgan won), took 2nd, behind Christian Science Martinez, at Philadelphia 1911, participated in the American Chess Bulletin tournament in 1914/15, tied for 3rd-4th at Atlantic City 1920 (Marshall won), took 10th at Atlantic City 1921 (the 8th American Chess Congress, Dawid Janowski won), shared 1st with Norman Whitaker at San Francisco 1923 (United States Open), took 8th at Detroit 1924 (United States Open, Carlos Torre Repetto won), tied for 3rd-5th at Kalamazoo 1927 (Whitaker won), and took 6th at Bradley Beach 1928 (Abraham Kupchik won).
