Game 244, Mason, James–Hanham, James Moore, played May 18, 1889, from Wilhelm Steinitz, The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed page 310.

1. 7.h3 As usual, useless and injurious. Later on, when he is under the necessity of advancing P—KB3, a hole is formed at his KKt3 that causes him great trouble.
2. 12.d5 Premature, at least, and hardly good. Kt—QB3 or B—K3 were much better.
3. 23…Ng7 Black has developed his locked-up forces with great skill, and he is quite safe on the Q side, while he has the best of the game on the other wing.
4. 26…Bd4 An unsatisfactory termination. We believe that Black had the superiority on the K side and could soon establish an effective attack by the advance of P—KKt4.