Game No. 64 in Wilhelm Steinitz’s The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress (1891), printed pages 86–87; played 1889.04.02. The original descriptive notation and printed analysis are retained.

1. 4.f4 It is often important in this form of opening to support the K centre by P—KB3, and the BP ought, therefore, to be retained.
2. 6…f5 Premature. Kt— K2 first would make this advance much safer.
3. 7.e5 It would have been also good play to exchange the Pawns and keep open the square at K5 for the entrance of the KKt. White had then better prospects of blocking the adverse QB by P — QB4 and P — Q5 after duly protecting the Q centre Pawn by B — K3.
4. 11.g3 We would have rather retreated the Kt—K sq. with the same object of protecting the BP for the purpose of playing afterward Kt — K3. The move adopted opens a dangerous diagonal for the adverse QB, though this piece is covered for the present.
5. 14.Qb3 We prefer Q— K2 or Q— B2.
6. 16.Be2 R — B2, with the view of retreating B — KB sq., would have saved time.
7. 18…Bf8 Useless. He has to abandon his plan immediately.
8. 21.exd6 This exchange of Pawns is injudicious, and at any rate could have been well postponed after the preliminary 21 R — K2 or KR—Q2, to which Black could not answer 21... PxP, on account of 22 KtxP, 22BxKt; 23 B x B, 23 QR— Kt sq. ; 24 BP X B, 24 K x B; 25 B x RP, and should win.
9. 25.Nf3 Much better was P — B5, which established the majority of Pawns on the Q side.
10. 31.h4 Not as good as P — KR3. The hole at KKt 4 becomes troublesome later on. Obviously, he had to provide safe quarters for his King, as he was liable to a discovered check if he removed his Knight, since Black could easily open the diagonal for his Queen by exchanging Rooks.
11. 42…e5 Well played. He gets rid of the weak KP and clears entrance for his King in the adverse centre, should he succeed in exchanging Queens.
12. 43…Bxe5 We think that Ktx P, which forced the exchange of Knights, was still more favorable to his winning prospects. White was afterward bound to protect the QP by B — B2, and Black thus gained time for P — QR5, which still more weakened White's Q side.
13. 48…Nf2 The greater part of this game has been played by Black carefully and with very good judgment. He had now much the better position for the ending if he had only played 48...K—Q4 first, and then after 49 B—B3, 49 B—K2; 50 P—QR4, 50 B—Q3, White’s KKtP could no more be protected; for if 51 B—K sq., 51 Kt—K6 ch.; 52 K—Q2, 52 B—Kt5 ch.; 53 K—K2, 53 Kt—B7 disch.; 54 Q x Q ch., 54 P x Q; 55 B x B, 55 P x Kt ch., and wins.
14. 50…h5 His best course now. If 50. . .B x Kt; 51 P x B ch., 51 K x P; 52 B—K3, and wins both Pawns on the Q wing.
15. 58…Bd6 Finely played and securing a draw, albeit he remains a Pawn behind.
16. 63.Be1 A remarkable position. White cannot win with his extra Pawn, as the entrance of his King into the adverse game is blocked in all directions, and if he advance the QP, the adverse King will easily catch that Pawn.