Game 200 in Wilhelm Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 257–259. Played in the first round at New York on April 9, 1889. The original notes retain descriptive notation. The book records: “Drawn by decision of the umpire after a count of fifty moves had taken place at the request of White.”

1. 9.Qd2 White ought to have taken the earliest opportunity of fixing his Knight at Q5, as the opponent could not get rid of it excepting by an exchange later on that would open White's K file or by advancing P—K3, which would leave Black's KP weak.
2. 9…h4 Black proceeds in his usual way with an advance of the Pawns on the K side, which may cause just a little inconvenience to the opponent, but at great hazard to his own game, for the further such Pawns are pushed the weaker they become for the ending.
3. 10.h3 Later on, when he has to make use of his KBP, he feels greatly embarrassed by having this Pawn advanced. Again 9 Kt—Q5 was his best play, and if 9...P—R6; 10 P—KKt3, 10 KKt—B3; 11 P—KB3, with the superior game.
4. 11.a3 Also weak, for the simple reason that it is unnecessary, and, as a general rule, it is always better to reserve an unmoved wing Pawn until it can be distinctly settled whether it can be made more useful on the 3d or on the 4th square.
5. 16.Rae1 This Rook was of more service on the Q file at once. A few moves later White sees the necessity of occupying that post and acknowledges the omission at the cost of time.
6. 38.fxg4 An extraordinary error that costs the exchange and ought to have cost the game.
7. 44.Rf2 White defends very well. He threatens now Kt—K5 ch.
8. 45…Rff4 Ill-judged. He ought to have tried to retain the two Rooks as long as possible, or at least until he could snatch an adverse Pawn or form a passed Pawn for himself. R—Kt5 ch., followed by moving the same R—B5, was his best plan.
9. 53.Nb5 White has very cleverly managed to keep a Pawn ahead, and, moreover, his own Pawns are compact, while the adverse ones are isolated. A draw is the natural result, and the rest of this long and weary game consists in futile efforts on the part of Black to force the game, while White has an easy task to repel the adverse plans.
10. 109.Na1 A count of fifty moves was here claimed.