Game No. 304 in William Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 372–373.

1. 7.Bb5 A sort of Philidor’s Defence, in which White is a move behind, has resulted from the opening. White would have done better on the fourth move to play P—QB3.
2. 17…Nc5 K—R sq. instead would have saved him much trouble.
3. 24…g5 His KB sq. is a sore point of his game after this advance, and his King becomes much exposed.
4. 28.Qf2 More solid and, therefore, presumably more effective on its merits was Kt—Q6.
5. 35…Bd5 The simple Q—Q6 would have given him a telling superiority of position, and he is already a Pawn ahead for the ending.
6. 36…Qxe6 Dropping into an ingeniously laid trap. There was no reason against B x P.
7. 37.Rfxf7 Charming play. He threatens R x P ch., followed by mate with the other Rook.
8. 41…h6 Uselessly throwing away a Pawn, whereas we believe that after 41...B—Q7 ch.; 42 K—K3, 42 B x KtP, followed by the advance of P—B5, he could win without difficulty.
9. 60.h5 This goes very near to letting the victory slip, while K—Q4 would have given him time to advance the RP further, and then his winning was assured.
10. 69…Kg8 At last he walks into the trap which his astute opponent had still held in reserve. The point of this very curious position is just that he should not move the K—Kt sq., but rather keep him at R3 or R2, and also, as long as possible, to guard KKt sq. with his Bishop at a distance.
11. 70…Be6 His game is lost now as White also threatens Kt—Q7 or Kt—Kt4 with the same effect.
12. 72.Kh6 For if K—B2, White still answers Kt—K7.