Game No. 301 in William Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 368–369.

1. 20.Qe1 The two parties have developed in an original manner, and the outcome of their early manoeuvring is equality in position and forces which could be still more assured by Q—QB sq. at this juncture.
2. 22.d4 An error which costs an important Pawn. Q—Q2 first would have made the advance safe.
3. 25.Bxa6 Though his position has deteriorated, there was hardly any need for such a desperate answer, and he had good drawing prospects with Bishops of opposite colors if he had played Q—K3.
4. 35.d6 In order to open the Q side for his inactive Queen, but it can make no impression on Black’s surplus of a piece.
5. 38…Qd5 The natural and easiest way to break all resistance.