Game No. 174 in Steinitz's The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 224–225 (PDF pages 276–277); headed "Played in the second round, April 24th."

1. 3…dxe4 Inferior to 3. . .KKt— B3.
2. 6…h6 Unless he retreat Q—Q sq., this is probably his best, though it is not very good. If, however, 6...QKt—B3; 7 QB—KKt5, 7 Q—Kt3 (or 7...Q—B4; 8 B—Q3, 8 Q—R4 ch., best [8...Q—Kt5; 9 P—KR3, 9 QxKtP; 10 R—R3, wins the Queen, as occurred between the editor and Mr. Bird]; 9 P—B3, with the superior game); 8 B—Q3, 8 P—B4; 9 P—KR4, with a strong attack.
3. 11…e5 A Pawn is here thrown away without improving his position, Kt — K2 instead gave prospects of slow extrication if he conducted his game with patience.
4. 12.Re1 White tempers his attack with due discretion. Any rush like 12 Q—R7 ch., 12 K—B sq.; 13 R—K sq., would have deprived him of his advantage, for after 13...QB—KKt5, there was not much in White's game, and this was probably what Black had speculated upon in advancing P—K4 on the 11th move. But the play in the text is a fine coup de repos that merely threatens to win by compelling Black to play.
5. 12…g6 There was hardly anything better, if 12...P—KKt4; 13 P—KR4, with a fine attack, and if 12...R—K sq., the game might have proceeded 13 Q—R7 ch., 13 K—B sq.; 14 PxP, 14 KtxP; 15 KtxKt, 15 BxKt; 16 B—K3, 16 P—QKt3; 17 B—Q4, with a fine attack.
6. 14…e4 He had no time for PxP on account of the threatened QB—KKt5, and he prefers giving up another Pawn in the hope of getting up a counter-attack in the centre that may compensate for the loss of material.
7. 20.Qb5 This forces an exchange and establishes White's superiority of Pawns.
8. 27…Bxb4 Desperate, but it was otherwise also death, though a slower one. If 27...BxB; 28 RxB ch., 28 K—Kt2 or K2 (if 28...K—K3; 29 P—Kt5, threatening to follow it up by P—Q5 ch. and RxR, wins easily); 29 R—B5, with a winning game.
9. 28.d5 A fine double-edged answer, for it not alone breaks all hostile attack on the Q side, but also involves a finely conceived and well concealed threat of a mate in a few moves against the adverse King.
10. 29.Be5+ White's play might form the theme of a fair problem. This is the initiation of a combination five moves deep, in which the mate is effected in actual play.
11. 30.Bg7 See diagram of position after this capital move.
12. 30…Ng6 He could only save the mate by giving up the Rook and retreating B—Q3.
13. 31.Re5+ Excellent play. He mates now by P—B4 ch. and P—KR3.