Game 198 in Wilhelm Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 255–256. Played in the first round at New York on April 11, 1889. The original notes retain descriptive notation.

1. 5…f6 This strongly supports the soundness of Black’s defence on the 3d move. Players of the old school used to capture the QP at this juncture, but the move in the text keeps the adverse KKt inactive for a long time, and is therefore a great improvement.
2. 6.h3 The advance of this Pawn contributes greatly toward the weakness of his K side later on.
3. 8…Qd7 A good move, though contrary to old notions of development. It dispenses with the necessity of weakening the K side by the advance of the KRP.
4. 9…h6 But this is inconsistent with his last move, though it introduces a K side attack. 9...Kt—Kt3; 10 QKt—B3, 10 B—K2; 11 B x B, 11 Q x B; 12 Kt—K2, 12 B—K3, followed by O—O, afforded a stronger attack than the plan here initiated.
5. 20.Bxf4 White has thus far kept his K side quite secure, but plays the adverse game with this exchange. 20 R—Q2, and if 20...Kt x Kt; 21 R (Q2) x Kt, 21 P—Kt5; 22 BP x P, 22 P x P; 23 Kt x P, 23 B x Kt; 24 P x B, 24 B—R5; 25 B—B2 would have drawn without much difficulty.
6. 23.Rgf1 It made little difference what he played now. The onslaught of the adverse Rooks on the open KKt file could not be checked.