He lived in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania and formerly had lived in Bethesda, Maryland and New York City.
Stark was a 1933 graduate of Harvard University with a degree in civil engineering. He worked in Washington, D.C., for the Capital
Transit Company as a traffic engineer and project manager, overseeing and implementing the facilitation of traffic flow
along the city’s major roadways. In 1956, he went to work for the National Bureau of Standards in Washington as an operations research analyst; a position he held until he retired in 1973.
While at Harvard he was a member of the chess team during his four years there and after graduation he won the Maryland and Virginia state championships. He was also the many time winner of the Washington D.C. championship. The USCF awarded him the Life Master title in 1984. His other interests included playing the piano and duplicate tournament bridge.
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| Stark in 1943 |
In 1943, the Ventnor City, New Jersey tournament was won by the then Marshall CC Champion Anthony Santasiere who although he was known for his sacrificial play achieved success by avoiding losses rather than by w inning games; his score was +2 -0 =5. Shainswit's loss to Santasiere cost him undisputed first place.
In the following game Adams used the Albin Counter Gambit which was one of his longstanding defenses. Black has a central wedge at d4 and gets some chances for an attack, but it’s generally considered to be unsound
This game was awarded the Best Played Game prize.
At the time, Adams was renowned for his expert acquaintance with the defense and when Stark played a relatively unknown line and very quickly established a superior position. After that Adams never knew what hit him.
Martin C. Stark–Weaver W. Adams1–0D09Ventnor CityVentnor City, NJ USA1943Komofo Dragon 3
D09: Albin Counter Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.f3 There are
already a few plausible moves white should avoid: 4.a3, 4.e4, 4.Bd3, 4.e3 and
4.Bf4 c6 Black would like to defend his Om which is the foundation of his
pkay with the c-Pawn, but that is not a good idea because it shuts in his B. 4...c5 5.e3 c6 6.d3 and black has difficulty developing his K-side. 4...c5 5.bd2 c6 6.b3 is also unsatisfactory for black. 5.g3
With this move white concentrates on development and on Q-side play. If he
loses the e-Pawn the better placement of his pieces would be sufficient
compensation. c5 6.f4 Rather unusual at this point, but Reuben Fine
observed that there is no reason why the move should be considered inferior to
the usual 6.a3 or 6.Bg2 ge7 7.g2 g6 8.bd2 Well played as it leaves
black with a difficult choice. Adams decided to offer a P in orfer to gain
some play. f6 Practically speaking this is probably his best try. 8...0-0 9.b3 e7 9...b6 10.c5 a5+ 11.xa5 xa5 White is much better. 12.xd4 10.g5 b4+ 11.f1 e8 12.fxd4 White has an advantage. 8...xf4 9.gxf4 0-0 10.b3 e7 11.0-0 g4 12.g5 h6 13.e4 Here, too, white is much
better. 9.exf6 xf4 10.f7+ Another well played move as it disrupts
black's position. 10.gxf4 followed by ...Qxf4 would leave black with an
equal position. xf6 10...xf7 11.gxf4 h6 Black wants to prevent Ng5+ but
it would have been better to play 11...Rf8 and then ...Kg8 12.b3 d6 13.e5+ This move results in a nice win, but only because Adams does not findf
the best defense. Technically white's best plan of action would have been the
positional approach of 13.a3. xe5± 14.fxe5 b6 An ill fated move! 14...b4+± 15.f1 xe5 16.xd4 xd4 17.xd4 d8 and white can't claim
much of an advantage in spite of having an extra P. 15.d5+ e7 16.d3
Hindering ...Bf5 f8 16...c6 Hoping to drive back the B looks reasonable,
but white can simply sacrifice it and black's pieces simply cannot het into
plsy and white just builds up his position. 17.g1 cxd5 18.cxd5 b4+ 19.f1 g5 20.g3 d7 21.d6+ d8 22.g6 e8 23.xh6 b5 24.xg5+ c8 25.c1+ b8 26.g7 d8 27.xd4 d5 The ps are simply too strong for black to handle. 28.e6 17.g1 f5 This meets a quicj end, but all 12...Bb4+ would do is
drive thw K to f1 where it's just as safe as it is on e1 and black would still
not be able to find a reasonable move. 18.xg7+ e8 19.e4 xe4 20.xe4 d3 21.0-0-0 xf2 It only looks like black has some play! In fact, he is lost. 22.b1 Not really necessary. d8 23.e6 Black resigned. 23.e6 f6 24.e7 e6 25.h7 d7 26.xd3+ d4 27.xd4+ c6 28.e8+ d7 29.xe6+ xe6 30.f5 e5 31.xd7+ b6 32.xc7+ a6 33.xb7# 1–0
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