Notes by I. Gunsberg.

1. 5.Qe2 This leads to a perfectly even game on both sides, and is therefore inferior to 5. P to Q 4, or to Kt to B 3. If White has any reason to dread the variations arising from P to Q 4, which we do not believe is the case, then he may content himself with P to Q 3, Kt to B 3; 6. P to Q 4. For if Black then replies, as he must do sooner or later, with P to Q 4, White has the position of the normal variation of the French defence.
2. 7…Qxe2+ Pillsbury played here Kt to B 3 against Lasker, the game resulting in draw. B to K 3 may likewise be played, provided Black cares for struggling against the draw.
3. 15.Bxd6 It did seem worth while to exchange for the purpose of weakening the King's Pawn. White, however, has no means of making anything more out of the position. If he had retired his Bishop, Black could have taken it off, or played P to K 4. If he had played B to K Kt 5, Black would have replied P to K R 3.
4. 20…g6 White had intended to play P to K Kt 4, so as to endeavour to dislodge the Knight, by P to Kt 5, and bring his Bishop to bear on the King's Pawn, and it would certainly have been worth while to carry out that intention, as the Black King's Pawn cannot move without leaving the Queen's Pawn unprotected.