Game 194 in Wilhelm Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 249–250. Played in the first round at New York on April 1, 1889. The original notes retain descriptive notation.

1. 11.Re1 Probably better than R — Q sq. , usually played in this variation earlier or at this point.
2. 16…d5 He ought not to have left the RP unprotected any longer.
3. 18…Qg6 If 18...P—Q5; 19 Kt—K4, followed by B—Q2.
4. 19.Rbd1 It was better, no doubt, to play the other R — Q sq. in order to make room for the retreat of Q— K sq., followed by Kt— K2.
5. 29.Qa3 He could not venture on R x P on account of the rejoinder P — B5.
6. 30.Qb3 This only drives the Bishop to a better place. 30 Q— R7, and if 30. . . B— B3; 31 Q— R6, 31 B— Q3; 32 Kt—B3, threatening Kt— K4 or R— K5, would have dislodged the adverse Bishop from an important diagonal and opened better opportunities for a counter-attack or offering exchanges.
7. 36.f4 If 36 P— KR4, 36 KtxP; 37KtxKt, 37RxKt; 38PxR, 38RxP, with a winning game. But this, as well as the effect of the threatened P — R5, could have been better parried by 36 R—K5, 36 RxR; 37 RxR, 37 P— R5; 38 BxRP, 38QxB; 39Q— Kt6, 39 KtxP; 40PxKt, and if 40...BxPch.; 41 Kt X B, 41 R X Kt; 42 R— K8 ch., 42 R— B sq. ; 43 Q— K6 ch., and wins.
8. 38.Re6 There was hardly else to do. If 38 Kt— R3, 38 R— B8 ch. ; 39 R x R, 39 R x R ch.; 40 Kt— Kt sq., 40 PxB; and if 41 QxP, 41 Q— B8, and wins.
9. 47.Kf2 A wearysome ending ensues now which taxes the patience of both players to the utmost.
10. 85.Kd4 Kt — Q5 was his only good move here.
11. 85…Kd2 It is strange that apparently both players should have overlooked an easy way to victory by K — B7.
12. 88.Kf4 White was now probably worn out, as is usually the case with a player who fights against large odds and has to be constantly on the watch, while his opponent, who, at any rate, can hardly lose, may take it easy. Ingenious as the scheme is which now Black plans, a master like Mr. Burn would have seen through it under ordinary circumstances. 88 Kt—B3, 88 K—B3; 89 K—B4, 89 K—B7; 90 K x P, 90 K—K6; 91 K—Kt5, 91 K—Q7; 92 Kt—Kt5 would have drawn the game.
13. 92…Ke3 Black's conduct of the ending from this point is a regular study. He paralyzes the adverse King and Pawn for some moves and also gains time for cutting off the retreat of the adverse Knight.
14. 93.Kg5 If 93 Kt—B4 ch., 93 K—Q5, followed by B—Q6, and wins.
15. 97…Bg6 For ingenuity of conception and execution Black's ending plan of attack belongs to the finest specimen of end play in the actual game.
16. 101…c1=Q A regular book position is now formed in which Black wins with ease.