It was home to Allen G. Pearsall (October 17, 1880 – January 1, 1948) who, at the time of his death in an automobile accident, was one of the oldest members of the Correspondence Chess League of America and the San Diego Chess Club.
The accident occurred at 9:00pm on New Year's day as he was returning home from an evening at the San Diego Chess Club.
The cheerful and well liked Peasrsall had been the best player in the San Diego area for more than 15 years and he was nationally known as one of the leading correspondence players in the country.
He was known to have played a large number of games at one time; a report in a 1916 issue of the American Chess Bulletin reported that at the time he had, "only the small number of
sixty-five in the various correspondence clubs with which he is connected."
Pearsall started playing chess at the age of ten and first stated correspondence play in 1910 in a tournament in which he finished second. At the time of the ACB article he had finished 175 games and won about 131 of them.
The article noted that he had recently issued a challenge to other players on the Pacific coast to play correspondence games, but nobody would accept the challenge.
His opponent in the following game was Dr. Moses Scholtz (1875-1942) who was born in Russia. He was the 1932 Los Angeles. According to chess historian Graham Clayton, Scholtz graduated from Moscow University in 1900. He was a clinical instructor in dermatology syphilogy at the University of Cincinnati. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he was a member of the Los Angeles Dermatological Society.
The game ends with Schlotz completely out of useful moves.
Allen G. Pearsall–Moses Scholtz1–0C45CorrespondenceUSA1936Stockfish 16
C45: Scotch Game 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.d4 By 1900 the Scotch had lost its
popularity because it was thought to release the central tension too early and
allow black to equalize without difficulty. In modern times Garry Kasparov and
Jan Timman used it as a surprise weapon. It's a solid and strategic opeing
that might be a good choice for player who prefers slow-paced games. exd4
The books claim this is is the only reasonable move because the passive 3...d6
allows white to establish control of the center and gain a lot of space. 3...d6 Looking at some continuations with Stockfish and Komodo Dragen seem to
indicate that blacks position is solid and white gets only a minimal advantage.
For players below the GM level black's position is probably quite playable. 4.d5 4.b5 is often played, but it does not lead to any advantage. d7 5.c3 f6 6.0-0 e7 7.e1 is the main line, but black has a solid position and
the results have been abour even between wins loses and draws. 4...ce7 5.c4 g6 6.c3 g7 White is slightly better and most players would probably
play something like 7.Bd3, but both Stockfish and Komodo Dragon give white's
best move as 7.c5 f6 7...dxc5 8.e3 b6 9.h4 followed by h5 with a
promising position. 8.b5+ d7 9.cxd6 cxd6 10.e3 White is slightly
better. 4.xd4 Interesting is 4 Bc4!?, the Scotch Gambit in which white
refrains from recapturing the P and even allows his opponent to protect it, in
the interest of rapid development c5 The Classical Variation in which black
develops a piece and prepares to castle. White's main choices are 5.Be3 and 5.
Nxc6/ 5.e3 5.xc6 is best met by f6 and white must either block his B
with 6.Qd2 or play 6.Qf3 when black can, if he wishes, exchange Qs, but
usually he doesnot and plays 6...bxc6 5...f6 6.c3 ge7 7.b5 This is
unusual. The B usually stops a square sooner and lands on c4. xd4 Black
usually plays 7...O-O here although 7...Bb6 has often been played first,
Black's move is also quite playable. 8.cxd4 This is preferable to playing 8.
Bxd4 and exchanging Bs which only eases black's defense. b6 9.c3 c6 10.a4 Apparently the idea of this move is to prevent 10...d5. Also good was 10.Bc4 d6 If black plays 10...d5 he ends up a P down with an isolated c-Pawn vs
white's isolated d-Pawn. Theoretically the position would be equal, but
practically it's a situation black wanted to avoid. 11.d2 d7 12.0-0-0 h6
Black's position has no rea; weaknesses, but his somewhat passive play has
resulted in white getting more play. 13.e5 g6 14.g4 14.exd6 is quite
strong. xd6 Somewhat better would bre 14...Nd5 15.f4 g6 16.he1 e6 17.d5 with a strong attack. 14...0-0-0 14...xg4 Black can play this and
survive, but he must play precisely so his avoidance of it was probably a good
idea. 15.dg1 h5 16.exd6 f5 17.f4 0-0-0 with complications that should
favor black. 15.h3 d5 This looks reasonable, but it allows white too much
play. 15...dxe5 This, on the other hand, looks risky, bur white has onlt
one good option! 16.c2 The only good move. 16.dxe5 loses. xg4 17.c2 xe3+ 18.fxe3 xd1 19.xd1 d5 Black is winning. 16...f5 with head
whirling complications. 16.c2+- e6 17.a4 f5 17...c5 was a stronger
defense. 18.xc5 xc5 19.c3 b8 20.xc5 a8 White is better, but black
can hope to defend himself. 18.hg1 Here Pearson missed the strongest
continuation. 18.exf6 xf6 19.xb6+ axb6 20.f4 g6 21.g3 hf8 22.xg6 xg6 23.b4 Black is in serious trouble. 18...g5 19.b4 f4 19...c5
is risky, but it was worth a try. 20.xc5 xc5 21.xc5+ b8 with good
defensive possibilities. 20.d2 c7 He still should have tried 20...c5,
but in any case his defense is difficult. 21.c3 21.d6+ When on the
attack one does not usually consider moves that allow the exchange of Qs, but
here black can hardly make the trade c8 21...xd6 22.exd6+ xd6 23.b4+
leaves white with a won game. e6 23...c7 24.xe7 24.ge1+ f6 25.xe7+ 22.xb6+ axb6 23.a3 b8 24.b4 Black has no good continuation. 21...c8 While white has no forced win, it's clear that black is being pushed back
and he will soon run out of decent moves. 22.c5 e7 22...xc5 23.dxc5 e7 24.d4 b8 What else" 25.d3 e8 26.b3 d7 27.d3 g6 28.a6 c8 29.a4 Sooner or later black's defense will crack. 23.e6 e8 24.a4 b8 25.a5 White is clearly winning. xc5 26.dxc5 f8 27.a6 b6 28.ge1 b5 29.a5 Facing a heavy material loss, black resigned. 29.a5 a8 30.e5 xc5 31.c7 b6 32.g7 wins a piece. g6 33.xg6 g8 34.h7 xa6 35.f6 is hopeless for black. 1–0
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