Game 211 in Wilhelm Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed page 272. Played in the second round at New York on May 20, 1889. The original notes retain descriptive notation. The printed score ends with 31 Rf8+ and “mates next move.”

1. 4…Nd7 KKt—B3 is preferable.
2. 8.f5 The blocking plan with Pawns is generally a doubtful one to play in the early part of the game unless the chain of Pawns arranged with the view of forming a blockade, can be well preserved. Otherwise the opponent is likely to obtain first option of opening the game, with the additional advantage that he can prepare his attack against the stationary Pawns for a long time.
3. 8…h6 Guarding against the attack by KKt — Kt5. But better was B — Kt5, which equally prevented that sortie, for then Black could answer P — Q4.
4. 9.Be3 B—Q2, with the view of O—O—O and then forming an attack on the K wing by the advance of Pawns on that side, was preferable.
5. 10…Ba5 B X Kt, followed by P — Q4, was now a good plan.
6. 13.Rae1 The K file was not so likely to be opened as the Q file, or perhaps even the QB file, in case Black advanced P—QKt4. But anyhow it would have been better to reserve placing this Rook elsewhere, and P—Q4 instead might have soon decided on which file the Rook could be most favorably posted.
7. 14…fxg6 Much better was Kt x P.
8. 21…exd4 Black has wriggled very well out of a confined and complicated position in which he had the worst of the game for a long time. Here he could have asserted his advantage by B x P, which won a clear Pawn without allowing the adversary any compensating counter-attack such as is afforded by the text move.
9. 22.Nf4 Very well played and the beginning of a beautifully-conceived winning continuation.
10. 23.Nhxg6 Play of very high order.
11. 26…Qxf6 There was no other defence. If 26. . .K — Q sq., White mates by Q — Q7, and if 26. . .K— B sq., 27 Kt— Q5 disch., and wins.