Game 238, Delmar, Eugene–Mason, James, played May 9, 1889, from Wilhelm Steinitz, The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 304–305.

1. 5…Bg4 An error. B—Q2 or P x P are the only good moves here.
2. 9.exd6 White is trying to make more of the position than is in it, apparently. B x Kt ch., followed by Q x P ch., was more simple and better.
3. 10…O-O-O Obviously better was 10...B—K3; 11 Q x Q, 11 P x Q; 12 Kt—Q4, 12 R—QB sq., with a fair defensive game; for if 13 P—QKt4, 13 B—KB3, etc.
4. 11…Bxf3 11...P x B; 12 Q x BP, 12 B—B3 would have given White more trouble.
5. 16…Qc6 Of course, a miserable blunder, after which resignation was in order. The game is of no further interest, excepting to remark that Black fights on stubbornly against hope, and White properly simplifies matters on the 21st and 22d moves by giving up the Queen again.