[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "Fourth Match Game"]
[Date "1859.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dr Karl Brenzinger"]
[Black "F E Brenzinger"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {This game was played from 1859 through 1875. Notes by
William Steinitz, from The Field, 24 April 1875.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Qe2 Nxc4 {An unusual
continuation, and no better for its originality. Black can now
recover the pawn, with at least an even game. Mr Zukertort
recommends here 6 Bb5+, as even sounder than Morphy'Â­s
favorite move, 6 d3.}7.Qxc4 Bd6 { Black'Â­s refusal to recover
the pawn cannot be regarded as safe, though it leads to lively
and interesting complications. We believe his surest plan to
have been to capture the d-pawn with the queen, followed by
...Bd6, in case the queen took the c-pawn, and, if White
exchanged queens at once, his knight would have been out of
play.}8.d3 O-O 9.Nc3 h6 10.Nge4 Kh8 11.O-O Nh5 12.d4 f5
13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Qe2 Qe8 16.Nb5 f4 {A very fine
conception, which frustrates White'Â­s contemplated attack.}
17.f3 Ng3 {Best. Black'Â­s answer to 17 Nc7 would have been
...Qg6, threatening the destructive assault of ...f3, and the
game might have gone thus: 17 Nc7 Qg6 18 Qxe5 Bh3 19 g3 Rae8
20 Nxe8 Rxe8 21 Qc3 Qe4 22 f3 Qe2 and wins.} 18.hxg3 fxg3
19.f4 Bd7 { The only move. 19 Be3 would have been of no use,
e.g.: 19 Be3 Qh5 20 Rfe1 Bg4 21 queen moves Qh2+ 22 Kf1 Bxf3
and must win.} 20.Nd6 Qe7 {This manoeuvre was by no means a
bad recourse, and was evidently adopted with the intention of
returning the piece gained for the troublesome pawn at g3, and
afterwards relying upon the numerical superiority of
pawns. But it strikes us that the success of this plan, though
it secured a draw, was made very doubtful, as far as winning
was concerned, by the circumstance of the bishops being of
opposite colour; while another modus operandi might, in our
opinion, also have provided for Black an escape from the
dilemma, and, at the same time, retained for him a much better
chance of ultimate victory. Of course, Nc7 would have still
been bad, on account of Black'Â­s reply, ...Qg6, and also to
win the knight by ...Qb6+; but, supposing White retreated the
knight to c3, we see no stronger continuation for Black than
the following: 20 Nc3 Qg6 21 f5 Bxf5 [has he anything better?]
22 Qe3, followed by Ne2, and we believe that Black has not
sufficient for the piece sacrificed.} 21.Ne4 Qh4 22.Nxg3 Qxg3
23.Rf3 Bg4 24.Rxg3 Bxe2 {25 fxe5 appears more plausible;
though against the best play it would have scarcely effected
more than a draw; for instance: 25...Rf1+ 26 Kh2 Bc4 27 d6 Be6
28 b3 Rc8 29 c4 b5, etc.} 25.Re3 Bc4 26.d6 Rxf4 27.Re1 Rd4
28.b3 Bb5 29.c4 Bc6 30.c5 Rg4 31.Re2 Rf8 32.Be3 Kg8 33.a4 Rb4
34.Rb2 Kf7 35.Bd2 Rg4 36.Bc3 Ke6 37.b4 Rf3 38.Bxe5 Kxe5 {Had
White protected the bishop by Rc2, the game might have
proceeded thus: 38 Rc2 Be4 39 Rd2 Rxc3 40 d7 Rxg2+ 41 Rxg2
Kxd7, etc.} 39.b5 Be4 40.Rd2 Rfg3 41.Raa2 Bxg2 42.d7 Bc6+ {Our
American contemporary here justly remarks that White could
have easily drawn the game by now exchanging all the pieces,
followed by a5, but that Dr Brenzinger probably, and not
without reason, played to win.} 43.Kh2 Bxd7 44.Rxd7 Rg6
45.Re2+ Kf6 46.Rde7 Rg2+ {A gross blunder, which makes the
termination quite unworthy of the longest-lasting game on
record. Our American contemporary ascribes this sudden
collapse to a feeling of impatience on the part of Dr
Brenzinger, caused by his opponent having taken seven months
before answering the last move.} 47.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 Kxe7
49.Kf3 h5 50.a5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Casual Game"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1861.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "000"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 {Notes by Prof. Nagesh Havanur based on the original
notes by Wilhelm Steinitz *** Such informal games are often
ignored by chess enthusiasts and anthologists alike. However,
some of them are masterpieces in their own right.} e5 2.Bc4
Bc5 3.b4 {A favorite opening with Steinitz when giving the
odds of the Queen's Knight.} Bxb4 4.f4 d6 {In his notes
Steiniz points out that 4...d5 would be still more dangerous
to the odds giver.} 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.fxe5 Ng4 {?! Black, an
experienced recipient of Knight-odds, has given up a pawn to
threaten 7...Ne3. For example, 7.c3 Ne3 8.dxe3 (8.Qa4+? Bd7
9.Qxb4?? Nc2+) Bxc3+, emerging with the exchange & a pawn
ahead, and an excellent game.} 7.O-O {The position is full of
pitfalls for both sides. If 7...Nxe5? 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+. But
7...dxe5 is tricky. Now 8.Bxf7+? Kxf7 9.Nxe5+ Ke8 10.Nxg4 is
refuted by 10...Qd4+. So White should opt for 8.c3 Bc5+
9.d4.exd4 10.cxd4 Be7 (A necessity, for otherwise White would
obtain a strong attack, either by 11.Ba3 or 11.Bxf7+.) } Bc5+
8.Kh1 {! A novel trap, offering Black a strong temptation to
emerge a rook up.} Nf2+ 9.Rxf2 Bxf2 10.Qf1 {! The point. The
opening of the f- file should help White.} Bb6 {? 10...O-O is
necessary. Black should give up the temptation to retain the
bishop.} 11.Bxf7+ Ke7 {11...Kxf7? 12.Ng5+ Kg6 13.Qf7+ Kxg5 (
13...Kh6? 14.d4 threatening 15.Ne6++- ) 14.d4+ Kh4 (14...Kg4
15.Qxg7+ Kh4 16.Qh6+ Kg4 17.Qh3#) 15.g3+ Kg4 16.Kg2 and mates
next move with 17.Qf3 or 17.h3.} 12.d4 h6 13.Nh4 Kd7 {Other
alternatives also fail. 13...dxe5? 14.Ng6+ Kd7 15.Qf5+ Kc6
16.Bd5+ +-, or Or 13...Bxd4? 14.Ng6+ Kd7 15.Be6+ Kc6
(15...Kxe6 ?? 16.Qf5#) 16.Bd5+ +- } 14.e6+ Kc6 15.Rb1 {! If
15...d5 16.Qb5+ Kd6 17.Qxd5+ Ke7 18.Ng6+ Kf6 19.Qe5# or 19.Qf5
#.} 1-0

[Event "New Orleans"]
[Site "New Orleans"]
[Date "1886.??.??"]
[EventDate "1886.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James McConnell"]
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e6 {As is well known
Steinitz never adopted this defense excepting in the present
game where it had been agreed that the line of play which
occurred in the first tie game of the Vienna tournament of
1882 between Steinitz (White) and Winawer (Black) should be
followed by the two parties up to White's 14th move from which
point McConnell claimed that the game could be won by White in
a manner that had escaped the attention of all analysts who
had commented on that game including the writer.} 2.e5 {This
line of play was introduced by Steinitz in the above named
tournament and was his favorite attack in this opening at that
time.} f6 3.d4 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Nc3 Qc7 {The attack here
initiated gains material but too much at the expense of time
and position. 5...Nc6 was superior.} 6.Bf4 {Obviously the loss
of forces could be avoided by 6.exf6 but White prefers giving
up virtually at this point the exchange of his pawns for an
attack which ought to have succeeded by proper play.} Qb6
7.Qd2 {Only consistent with the previous play. 7.Nh3 Qxb2
8.Nb5 Bb4+ 9.Ke2 Na6 10.Rb1 Qxa2 11.Rxb4 Nxb4 12.Nc7+ was not
as good although White wins a piece temporarily for his knight
becomes immediately subject to loss by ...b6 which also opens
measures against White's king.} Bxf2+ 8.Qxf2 Qxb2 9.Kd2
{Natural enough as any attempt to save the rook would have
left Black with two pawns ahead and a comparatively very easy
game.} Qxa1 10.Nb5 {To all appearances the most direct route
to be successful but the bad position of Black’s queen and his
exposed kingside might have been also utilized in other ways
for instance by 10.Qg3 with the following interesting
possibilities: 10...Qxf1 (or 10...g5 11.exf6 Nxf6 best; [if
11...gxf4 12.Qg4 threatening f7+] 12.Bxb8 Qxc3+ 13.Qxc3 Ne4+
14.Ke1 Nxc3 15.Be5 and wins) 11.Nge2 Qxh1 12.Qxg7 Nc6 13.Nb5
Nxe5 (if 13...fxe5 14.Bg5 and wins) 14.Nd6+ Kd8 15.Qf8+ Kc7
16.Ne8+ and wins in a few moves.} Na6 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.Bxa6 bxa6
13.Qc5 Ne7 14.exf6 {In the game above referred to White here
played 14.Ne2 and after 14...Qxh1 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Bh6+ Kg8
17.Qd4. This last move was a fatal error as Black’s answer
18...Qxh2 showed. However McConnell’s ingenious plan disguised
this point. The late Zukertort who saw this game played had
strongly expressed the opinion that Black had a winning
position at this juncture and for my part I am inclined to
think that Black ought not lose at any rate. The result of
this game and the examination of the variations arising
therefrom convinced me however that McConnell's idea was as
sound as it was deep and clever.} gxf6 {If 14...Qxf6 15.Bg5
Qf1 (or 15...Qg6 16.Ne2 h6 17.Rf1+ Kg8 18.Bxe7 Kh7 there seems
nothing better 19.Nf4 Qg4 20.h3 Qg3 21.Rf3 with a winning
game. This variation was pointed out to me by McConnell)
16.Ne4 Qxg2+ 17.Ne2 h6 18.Qxe7+ Kg8 19.Qe8+ Kh7 20.Nf6+ gxf6
21.Qf7#.} 15.Bh6+ Kg8 16.h4 {A remarkably fine move which
forms the root of a variety of combinations demonstrating the
winning superiority of White’s position although Black is the
exchange and two pawns ahead and can force the exchange of
queens.} Qe5 {The Black king is so dangerously surrounded the
exchange of queens seems the only relief. Other feasible moves
provided however no better result for instance 16...f5 17.Rh3
Qf6 18.Bg5 Qg7 19.Rg3. Or 16...Ng6 17.Rh3 Qe5 18.Qxe5 fxe5
19.h5 and wins.} 17.Qxe5 fxe5 18.g4 {This precaution is most
important in order not to allow the Black knight to enter at
f5 which would break White’s attack. This had to be provided
for in the forecast of the combinations which formed White's
plan and is therefore all the more murderous.} Rb8 {No better
was 18...Nd5 19.Nh3 Nf4 (or 19...Nf6 20.Rf1 Nxg4 21.Rg1 and
wins) 20.Rf1 Nxh3 21.Rf7 and the mating position which appears
at the end of this game is now produced although White is a
clear rook behind.} 19.Nh3 {The details of White’s plan are
carried out with great foresight, it is necessary to select
this plan for the development of the knight in order to
prevent Black from blocking the f-file subsequently by
...Nf4.} Bb7 20.Rf1 Bg2 {20...Bd5 might have prolonged the
fight a little but the game could not be saved. White would
then equally play 21.Rf7 followed by Ng5 and then with a
series of checks his rook would reach c7 in which situation
the battle would be decided by Nc8 preventing ...Rxc8 as well
as to reach e8 with the rook after a series of checks.} 21.Rf7
Ng6 {Mate in 6. A pretty so called seesaw of checks finishes
the game thus 22.Rg7+ Kf8 23.Rxd7+ Kg8 24.Rg7+ Kf8 25.Rb7+ Kg8
26.Rxb8+ and mates next moves.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Qb3
Bxf3 6.gxf3 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Bb6 8.a4 Qf2 9.Be2 a5 {He could not
venture on 9...Nc6 10.a5 Nxa5 11.Rxa5 Bxa5 12.Qb7, followed by
Qb5+ and Qxa5.} 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Na3 Nf6 12.Nc4 Nc6 13.Nxb6
cxb6 14.Rf1 Qc5 {Qxh2 was superior.} 15.Qb5 O-O 16.Qxc5 bxc5
17.b3 Rfd8 18.Kc2 Rac8 19.d3 Nd7 20.f4 Re8 21.f5 f6 22.Rg1 Kh8
23.Bh5 Re7 24.Rg3 Nf8 25.Ba3 b6 26.Rag1 Rd7 27.Bc1 Rcc7 28.Bh6
Na7 29.Kd2 Re7 30.Be8 Nc8 {Black prudently does not accept the
proferred saccrifice of two Bishops against Rook and Pawn, for
the opponent was sure afterward to win also the b-pawn, and
Black's Rook and two Knights were then no match against the
adverse combined two Rooks which would have made havoc among
Black's isolated Pawns.} 31.Bb5 Nd6 32.Bc4 Nxc4+ 33.bxc4 Rf7
34.h4 Rce7 35.h5 Nd7 36.Ke2 Nf8 37.Be3 h6 38.Rb1 Rb7 39.d4
cxd4 40.cxd4 exd4 41.Bxd4 Rfc7 42.Rc3 Nd7 43.Rb5 Nc5 44.Bxc5
Rxc5 45.Ke3 Kg8 46.Kd3 Kf7 47.Rcb3 Rc6 48.Rxa5 Rbc7 49.Rd5
Rxc4 50.Rd7+ Rxd7+ 51.Kxc4 Ra7 52.Kb4 Ke7 {The game has been
well defended by Black, and the position had assumed a drawish
character for some time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 {?} 4.O-O Qf6
{?} 5.c3 Nge7 6.Bxc6 {?} Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 {? By his last exchange
White has allowed him to excape with an even game which he
could have now obtained by 7...Bb6,for if 8.Bg5 Qg6 9. dxe5
Nxe5, etc.} 8.Be3 b6 9.Nbd2 Ba6 10.Re1 h6 11.Nf1 O-O-O {?}
12.d5 Ne7 13.Qa4 Kb7 {?} 14.c4 {!} c6 15.Rec1 Nc8 16.N1d2 Qe7
17.a3 Rhe8 18.b4 b5 19.Qb3 cxd5 20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Qxd5+ Bc6
22.Qd3 Ka8 23.b5 Bb7 24.a4 f5 25.a5 a6 {He had nothing
better.} 26.bxa6 Bc6 27.Bb6 {!} Nxb6 28.axb6 Bc5 29.Rcb1 fxe4
30.Nxe4 d5 31.Nxc5 Qxc5 32.b7+ Ka7 33.Rc1 Qd6 34.Qc3 Re6
35.Nxe5 {! Fine and decisive.} Bb5 36.Nf7 Qb6 37.Nxd8 Re2
38.b8=Q+ {!} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 {?} 4.Be2 e6
5.Nbd2 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.O-O c5 9.c4 Rc8 10.Rc1 b6
11.Re1 Bxf3 {?} 12.Nxf3 Ne4 {?} 13.cxd5 exd5 {His d-pawn
becomes isolated and his game much weakened for the ending.}
14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Rxc5 Ndxc5 16.Qc2 Bh4 17.Nxh4 Qxh4 18.Bf3 {?
g3 was much better.} Nd3 19.Rf1 Nxb2 20.Qxb2 Qf6 {? Black had
already recovered ground and could have held it by Rc8.}
21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Rc1 f5 23.Rc7 a5 24.g3 Ng5 25.Kg2 {!} Rd8
26.Rc6 d4 27.exd4 Rxd4 28.Rxb6 Rd3 29.Bc6 Rd2 30.Rb5 {!} Rxa2
31.Rxf5 h6 32.h4 Ne6 33.Ba4 Nd4 34.Rd5 {!} Nxb3 {Only another
way of losing.} 35.Bxb3 Ra3 36.Rd3 Kg7 37.Bc4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5
5.O-O d6 {?} 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Ne7 9.Bg5 f6 {?}
10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3 Qe8 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.Rfe1 Ne5 14.b3 Qg6 15.Kh1
Bb4 16.f3 c5 17.Nde2 f5 18.Nf4 Qf7 19.Nd3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 c6
21.Qb2 f4 22.Bd2 Qh5 23.Ne2 g5 24.Bxb4 cxb4 25.Qd4 g4 26.Qc4+
{White has outmanouvered his opponent, and he had only to
protect the K wing by Ng1, in order to maintain his
superiority, for he was bound to win a pawn on the other
side.} d5 {!} 27.exd5 g3 28.dxc6 Rf7 29.Kg1 {!} Qxh2+ 30.Kf1
Bh3 31.Nxf4 Bxg2+ 32.Nxg2 Qh1+ 33.Ke2 Qxg2+ 34.Kd1 Qxf3+
35.Kd2 Rc8 36.Rac1 Qf4+ 37.Qxf4 {Re3 was much superior} Rxf4
38.Re3 {Re4 would have easily secured a draw.} Rg4 39.Rg1 {His
position becomes bad after this, Ke2 was better.} Rxc6
40.Rexg3 Rxg3 41.Rxg3+ Rg6 42.Rf3 Rg2+ 43.Ke3 Rxa2 44.Kd4 a5
45.Rf5 {Weak. Even now he could make a fair fight for a draw
by 45.Kc4, and if 45...Rc2+ 46.Kb5 Rc3 47.Ka4.} Kg7 46.Rb5 Kg6
47.Ke5 h5 48.d4 h4 49.Rb8 h3 50.Rh8 h2 51.d5 a4 52.d6 Re2+
53.Kf4 a3 {Black's end play is remarkably fine and accurate.}
54.d7 Rd2 55.Rxh2 Rxd7 56.Rc2 Rd3 57.Rc6+ Kf7 58.Ke4 Rxb3
59.Kd4 a2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 Nf6
7.O-O Bd6 8.Re1+ {Game lost lost by forfeit. -- Steinitz} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.d4
Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bd3 O-O 9.h3 {?} Ne8 10.Qb3 Bc8 {Qc8,
instead, would have gained time and position, as he could soon
after advance f5.} 11.Be3 Kh8 12.Nbd2 b6 13.Qc2 h6 14.Rfe1 g5
15.Nf1 g4 {?} 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Bxh6 Rg8 18.Ng3 {? Either Nh2
was evidently better.} Bxf3 19.gxf3 Bh4 20.Kg2 Rg6 21.Be3 Ng7
22.Rh1 Nh5 23.Rh3 Nf4+ {?} 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.Rxh4+ {The Queen
ought to be better than the two Rooks in this position, but
still stronger was 25.Rah1 fxg3! ( If 25...Rh6 26.Nf5 and
wins) 26.Rxh4+ Kg7 27.e5 and wins.} Qxh4 26.Rh1 Qxh1+ 27.Kxh1
fxg3 28.fxg3 Nd7 29.g4 {29.Qh2+ Kg7 30.Kg2 Rh8 31.Qg1 would
have neutralized the two Rooks and kept the advantage of the
two Pawns that should have won in the end without trouble.}
Ne5 30.Be2 Kg7 31.Kg2 Rh8 32.Kg3 {?} Rgh6 33.Qa4 Rh1 34.Qxa7
R8h2 35.Qa6 Ng6 36.b4 Rh3+ 37.Kf2 R3h2+ 38.Ke3 Re1 39.a4 Ne5
40.Qb5 f6 41.f4 Rhxe2+ 42.Qxe2 Nc4+ 43.Kd3 Rxe2 44.Kxe2 Nb2
45.a5 b5 46.a6 Nc4 47.a7 Nb6 48.Kd3 Kf7 49.Kd4 Ke7 50.e5 Kf7
51.e6 Kg7 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.e7 {Mr. Tabenhaus is generally very
accurate as well as ingenious in his end play, but he
overlooks here a clever win by manouvering his King around to
h4 via f3 after which he could advance f5 and then form two
passed pawns by g5. The text move is a result of a
miscalculation.} Kf7 54.Kf5 Kxe7 55.g5 Kf7 {? Which might have
cost him the game if the opponent had simply captured the
pawn, whereas fxg5 now would have drawn.} 56.g6+ {?} Ke7 57.g7
Kf7 58.g8=Q+ Kxg8 59.Kxf6 Kf8 60.Ke6 Ke8 61.f5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Bc4 {This Bishop is not posted well here
in this opening.} Bd7 8.O-O h5 9.f4 Nf6 10.h3 {?} h4 11.f5 Ne5
12.Be2 Rc8 13.fxg6 fxg6 14.Bb5 Kf7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Nf3 Nc4
17.Bd4 {He does not recover from the loss of a pawn to which
he now exposes himself. He should have retreated Bc1.} e5
18.Bf2 Nxb2 19.Qd2 Qc6 20.Be1 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nb2 22.Qe2 Kg8 23.Rb1
Nc4 24.Bxh4 Nb6 25.Rb3 Nh5 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.exd5 Qc5+ 28.Bf2
Qxd5 29.Ng5 Nf4 30.Qg4 Rf8 31.Rd1 Qc4 32.Rd2 {A pretty
position. If 32. either Rxb7 or Rxd6 Ne2+ 33.Kf1! (or 33...Kh1
or Kh2 34.Qxg4 wins) ...Ng3+ 34.Ke1! Qxg4 35.hxg4 Rh1+ and
wins.} Rh5 33.h4 Bh6 34.Rxb7 Bxg5 35.hxg5 d5 36.Rb3 d4 37.Rf3
Qxa2 38.Bxd4 Qb1+ 39.Kf2 {His game is untenable whatever he
may do. If 39.Rf1 Nh3+ and wins.} 39. Rh1 40.Kg3 Nh5+ 41.Qxh5
Rxh5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6
4.O-O Bc5 {Irregular and incorrect. ...Nxe4 is the best move
here.} 5.Nc3 {White could have obtained the better game
immediately by Nxe5.} d6 6.d3 h6 {Useless for the defense, and
at least premature for the attack.} 7.Ne2 Bd7 8.c3 a6 {This
advance drives the adverse bishop to a better post, to which
White anyhow intended to retreat. The move is also specially
objectionable under the circumstances that he intends O-O-O.}
9.Ba4 Qe7 10.Ng3 O-O-O 11.b4 Bb6 {Ba7 might have saved some
valuable time on the 17th move.} 12.b5 Nb8 13.bxa6 Nxa6
14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.d4 g6 16.a4 Rdf8 17.a5 Ba7 18.Rb1 Ndb8 19.Qb3
c6 20.Ba3 {White pursues his attack with admirable
correctness. He can win a pawn at once by dxe5, followed by
Nxe5, but he justly prefers the move in the text as a
preliminary, which establishes connection between the two
rooks and also compels the adversary to block his pieces still
more, for he threatens now Bxd6, and Black's answer is
forced.} c5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Qc7 23.Nc4 h5 24.e5 h4 25.Ne4
h3 26.Qxb7+ Qxb7 27.Ncd6+ Kd8 28.Rxb7 hxg2 29.Rfb1 Nc6 30.Bc1
{Powerful and accurate.} Nc7 31.Bg5+ Kd7 32.Rxc7+ {Winning two
pieces, for obviously if Kxc7, White mates by Rb7.} Ke6
33.Rxc6 c4 34.Bf6 Rh5 35.Rd1 Rh3 36.Rc7 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3
Nc6 6.a3 {?} Bd6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 O-O 9.O-O a6 {?} 10.Qe2 Nh5
11.g3 f5 {?} 12.Nbd2 {? Ne5 was the right play.} f4 13.g4 {?}
Nf6 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.Nf3 Nc5 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.c4 {? No
dought Black cannot awnser Nxb3 on acount of the rejoinder
Bxh7+ followed by Qc2+ if King take, but the adversary's
position never the less inproves after the text move.} Nxd3
19.Qxd3 Ne7 20.Qd4 Qe8 21.Kh1 Bc6 22.c5 Qg6 23.Rg1 Qe4 24.Qxe4
{? Disastrous. Rd3 was his only defence.} dxe4 25.Nd4 Bd5
26.Rge1 Ng6 27.b4 Nxe5 28.Nxe6 Nd3 {!} 29.Nc7+ Bc6 30.Nxa8 e3
31.f3 Bxf3+ 32.Kg1 Bxd1 33.Rxd1 e2 34.Rb1 Nxb2 35.Kf2 Re8 {!
The finish is remarkably fine.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.e5 {The advance is not favorable to his
game on general principles, as it establishes a strong
majority of pawns on the Q side for the opponent, and his own
e-pawn is practically lost. The proper play is 7.exd5 cxd5
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Nd2, as played by Senor
Golmayo (White) in a match against Captain Mackenzie at
Havana. See "Modern Chess Instructor," Part 1, p. 66.} Ng4
8.O-O Bc5 9.Bf4 {Having castled on the K side, while the
opponent has still the option of castling either side, it was
unwise to place this Bishop in the way of being attacked by
the adverse pawns, and the right play was 9.Nd2 whereupon of
course, Black could not capture the e-pawn on account of the
rejoinder Re1 followed by Nf3. If however 9.h3, a fine
variation might have arisen, which was first pointed out in
the London Chess Monthly and afterwards ocurred in a match
game between Messrs. Delmar (White) and Lipschutz, viz,
9...Nxe5 10.Re1 Qf6 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 13.Kh1 Bxh3
14.gxf3 Qf3+ 15.Kh2 Bd6, and wins.} g5 10.Bd2 {Probably best,
If 10.Bg3 h5 11.h3 h4 12.Bh2 Nh6, with a strong attack.} Nxe5
11.Re1 Qe7 12.Nc3 {12.Qh5 at once would have failed on account
of 12...h6, and if 13.Bxg5 Nf3+, and wins.} Bd7 13.Qh5 O-O-O
14.Bxg5 f6 15.Bh4 Qg7 16.Ba6+ Kb8 17.Bg3 Rhg8 18.Qd1 Ng4
{Black wastes time here. He could have at once proceeded with
Bg4, followed by h5, with the same attack as he institutes on
the 20th move.} 19.Bf1 Ne5 20.b4 Bg4 21.Qb1 {Be2 was his best
defence.} Bd4 22.Qb3 h5 23.Rab1 h4 {The initiation of a
masterly combination eight moves deep.} 24.Bxh4 Nf3+ 25.gxf3
Bxf3 26.Bg3 Qxg3+ 27.hxg3 Rxg3+ 28.Kh2 Bxf2 29.Bh3 Rxh3+ {One
of the finest specimens of sacrificing play on record. Mr
Gossip deserves the highest praise for the ingenuity and depth
of combination which he displayed in this game.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ c6 {Not as good
as 3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7, and if 5.c4 ...c6,etc.} 4.dxc6 bxc6
5.Be2 e5 6.d3 Bc5 7.Nf3 e4 8.dxe4 Qb6 9.O-O Nxe4 10.Qe1 O-O
11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Qd1 Nd7 14.Bd3 Re7 15.c3 a5 16.Qc2
h6 17.Bf4 Nf6 18.Rae1 Be6 19.Be5 {It could in no way improve
his position to give up the a-pawn, and moreover, it would
have greatly strenghtened his Q side to advance b3.} Bxa2
20.Bxf6 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 gxf6 22.c4 {The attempt to shut out the
adverse QB is futile, and he only exposes himself to greater
attack on that wing.} Rd8 23.Bf1 Bb3 24.Qe2 Bxc4 {Finely
played, for if 25.Qxc4 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 Bxe1 27.Nxe1 Qf2, followed
by Rd1 and wins.} 25.Qc2 Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Qb5 27.Nh4 Rd5 28.g3 Qd3
{Much better was Bd4.} 29.Qa4 Qb5 30.Qg4+ Rg5 31.Qc8+ Kh7
32.Qd7 Qc4 33.Rd1 Qe6 34.Qd3+ Kg7 35.Qc2 Re5 36.Kg2 Bb6 37.Rd2
Rc5 38.Qd1 Rd5 39.f3 Re5 40.f4 Re1 41.Nf5+ {Black's last move
was a grave error and White takes hold of the attack with
great ingenuity. He must win the exchange for if Black move
the King, White answers Qg4, winning still more easily. The
rest of the game is a struggle against hope on Black's part.}
Qxf5 42.Qxe1 a4 43.Qe2 h5 44.Qd3 Qc5 45.Qf3 Kh6 46.Re2 Qd4
47.Qxc6 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Qf1+ 49.Qg2 Qd1 50.f5 Bd4 51.Qf3 Kg7
52.Qxh5 Qf1+ 53.Kh4 Qc1 54.Qg4+ Kf8 55.Qf4 Qc5 56.Qh6+ {and
mates in two moves.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5
11.Re1 Ne6 12.Nf5 f6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Ne4 Qg6
16.Ng3 d5 {Black has obtained much the best of the game with
the majority of Pawns on the Q side and the open f-file.}
17.c3 Nc5 18.Be3 Nd3 19.Red1 Ba6 20.Qc2 c5 21.Rd2 c4 22.b4 h5
23.Bd4 {The better way was now to stop the next adverse
advance by h5.} h4 24.Nf1 Bc8 25.Ne3 Be6 26.Kh1 Rf7 27.f3 Qh5
28.Rf1 h3 29.Qa4 {Undoubtedly his only defence was g4. His
game becomes unorganized after this.} hxg2 30.Nxg2 Raf8 31.Qc6
Bg4 32.f4 Bf3 33.Kg1 Nxf4 34.Nxf4 Rxf4 35.Qe6+ Kh7 36.h3 Qg5+
37.Kh2 Re4 {Black's attack has been straight to the point, and
his victory is assured by this paralyzing stroke.} 38.Qxe4+
dxe4 39.Rff2 e3 40.Rg2 Qf4+ 41.Kg1 Bxg2 42.Rxg2 Qf1+ 43.Kh2
Rf2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
5.Nxe5 Qd4 6.Ng4 {Original as well as strong.} Qxe4+ 7.Ne3 Bd6
8.d4 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Qg6 {Qe7 was better.} 11.f4 Ng4
12.Nc4 f6 13.Rf3 Qh5 14.Rh3 Qf7 15.Qd3 Nh6 16.Rf3 Bf5 17.Qf1
c5 18.d5 b5 19.Ne3 b4 20.Ne2 Be4 21.Rh3 Nf5 22.Ng3 Nxe3
23.Bxe3 Qxd5 {Faulty, and causing the loss of a piece, whereas
Bxd5 gave him a safe superiority of material.} 24.Rd1 Qe6
25.f5 Qe8 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Nxe4 Rd8 28.Nxd6 cxd6 29.Qh4 Kg8
30.Qxh7+ Kf7 31.Bh6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Be7 {?} 4.c4 Nh6
5.b3 Bf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rb1 d6 8.Bb2 Bd7 9.d4 Qe8 10.Bd3 Nc6
11.a3 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd5 {?} e4 14.Nxc7 Qd8 15.Bxf6 {An
error. By taking the Rook he would have remained with Rook and
two pawns for two minor pieces with much better prospects of
making an even fight.} Qxc7 16.Bb2 Rad8 17.Bc2 exf3 18.Qd5+
Rf7 19.Qxf3 Re8 20.O-O Ng4 21.e4 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Ne3 23.Bd3 Nxf1
24.c5 Qxc5 25.Rxf1 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Rfe7 27.b4 Qd6 28.Bb1 Re1
{Ill-considered and allowing the opponent to prolong
resistance by an ingenious combination.} 29.Ba2+ Kh8 30.Bxg7+
Kxg7 31.Qg3+ Qg6 32.Qc3+ Qf6 33.Qg3+ Kh6 34.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1
Qxf4 36.Be6 Bxe6 37.Qxe6+ Kg7 38.h3 Qe5 39.Qd7+ Qe7 40.Qg4+
Kh8 41.Qc8+ Kg7 42.Qg4+ Kf7 43.Qh5+ Ke6 44.g4 Kd7 45.Qf5+ Kc7
46.Kg2 Ne5 47.h4 Kd6 48.Qf2 b6 49.Qd2+ Ke6 50.Qa2+ Kd7 51.Qd5+
Kc7 52.Qe4 Kd6 53.Kg3 h6 54.Qf4 Qe6 55.g5 h5 56.Qf8+ Kd5
57.Qd8+ Ke4 58.Qa8+ Ke3 59.Kg2 {At last White's brave and
clever defence is without further resource.} Qg4+ 60.Kf1 Qe2+
0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5
5.d4 Bd6 6.dxe5 Bxe5 7.Ne2 c6 8.f4 Bc7 9.Ng3 d6 10.Be3 Nf6
11.Bd3 O-O 12.Qf3 Bg4 13.Qf2 Bd7 14.h3 Re8 15.O-O Bb6 16.Rae1
Ba5 {?} 17.c3 b5 18.b4 Bc7 19.Kh1 {Of course if 19.Bxa7 Rxa7
which White dare not retake} Be6 20.f5 Bc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Bg5
d5 23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.exd5 Qd6 {!} 25.Kh2 cxd5 26.h4 {?} h6 {?
Qf6 would have won.} 27.Kh3 Qxg3+ 28.Qxg3 Bxg3 29.Kxg3 Kf8
30.Kf4 Rad8 31.a4 f6 {?} 32.g3 a5 {?} 33.b5 Kf7 34.Re3 d4 {?
Disastrous Re7 was now his best play.} 35.Rxe8 Kxe8 36.Re1+
Kf7 37.cxd4 Rxd4+ 38.Re4 Rd7 39.Rxc4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.dxe5 {?} dxe5
5.Bc4 Bd6 {Be7 is a necessity at this juncture.} 6.Ng5 Nh6
7.O-O O-O 8.h3 {?} Qf6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Nf3 Re8 12.Qd2
Nf8 {? Which loses. Bf8 made his game well defensible.} 13.Bg5
{!} Qg6 14.Nh4 {!} Qh5 15.Be2 Ng4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.f3 Bc5+
18.Kh2 Be6 {? An awful blunder that loses the queen, but
ofcourse, there was no salvation for his game.} 19.g4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 {There is always refreshing
originality in Mr. Pollock's play. The innovation will hardly
strengthen the attack theoretically, but in practice it was
well worth adopting exceptionally.} Ne5 {Much inferior too
Nge7 or Nf6.} 8.Bb3 d6 9.O-O Ne7 10.f4 N5c6 11.Qh5 O-O 12.f5
Nxd4 {12...Bb6, and if 13.Bb2 Ne5, or if 13.Be3 d5 was his
correct defence.} 13.cxd4 Bb6 14.Bb2 d5 15.f6 Ng6 16.e5 Re8
17.Kh1 gxf6 18.Nd2 c6 {If 18...fxe5 or f5, then equally
19.Nf3, threatening Ng5, with a fine attack.} 19.exf6 Re6
20.Nf3 Re4 21.Bc2 Rg4 22.h3 Rxg2 23.Ng5 {Of course, White dare
not take the Rook on account of the reply Nf4+.} Rxc2 {A
blunder, but his game was anyhow gone.} 24.Qxh7+ Kf8 25.Qxf7#
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.b3 {As
explained in the "Modern Chess Instructor" we, as a rule, do
not approve on principle of the early advance of any but the
two center Pawns.} c5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Bd3 {The Bishop is not well
placed here, being subject to the attacks of the advancing
hostile Pawns on the Q side, as will be seen.} Nc6 7.O-O O-O
8.Nc3 Bd7 9.a3 a6 10.Qe1 b5 11.Qg3 c4 12.Be2 Ne8 13.bxc4 bxc4
14.Nd1 f5 {Unnecessarily furnishing the opponent with a mark
for his attack with the g-pawn and also forming a hole in the
center. Moreover Rb8 was obviously a stronger move.} 15.Ne5
Bf6 16.Qh3 Qc7 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.g4 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 g6 {Again Rb8
was manifestly better , for if 20.Na4 Nd4 (threatening Nxe2+)
21.exd4 Qxa4, with the superior game.} 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Bf3 Kh8
22.Kh1 Rg8 23.Qh6 Rb8 24.Na4 Qe7 25.Rg1 Nf6 26.Nc5 {Obviously
this cannot be taken.} a5 27.d4 cxd3 28.cxd3 Nd8 29.d4 Nf7
30.Qh4 {Allowing a cleverly concealed mine to be sprung upon
him and losing a valuable Pawn in consequence.} Ne4 31.Rxg8+
{Of course if Qxe7, he is mated by Nf2+.} Rxg8 32.Qe1 Nxc5
33.dxc5 Qxc5 {White forfeited on time. Black had evidently the
best of the game anyhow, with a Pawn ahead and having repelled
the adverse attack.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.f5 {?} d5 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qe2 dxe4 10.dxe4 a5
11.Ng5 {If 11.Nxe5 Re8 12.Nd3! Bd4 13.e5 Bxf5, with a fine
attack.} Ba6 12.Qf3 Qd4 13.Nd1 h6 14.Be3 Qc4 15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Nh3 Qxc2 17.Nhf2 Rfd8 18.Qe3 Rd4 19.Rc1 Qa4 20.Nc3 Qb4
21.Rc2 Rad8 22.g4 Nxe4 {!} 23.Nxe4 Rd1+ 24.Kf2 Rxh1 25.Kg2 Ra1
26.f6 Qd4 27.Qf2 Bd3 28.Qf5 Rg1+ 29.Kh3 Qe3+ {Black finishes
off with vigorous precision, which is quite in harmony with
his excellent play throughout this game.} 30.Kh4 g5 31.Nxg5
Bxf5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 {Not
commendable in this opening, as Black may effectively answer
e6, followed by Nf6 and d5.} Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.O-O a6 7.a3 Nf6
8.h3 O-O 9.Be3 e6 {He should have first supported the c-Pawn
once more by b6.} 10.e5 {An excellent answer that gives White
the better game.} dxe5 11.Bxc5 Re8 12.Ne4 b6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Qd2
f6 15.Rad1 b5 16.Ba2 f5 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Nf6+ Bxf6
20.Bxf6 Qd6 21.Bg5 Bb7 22.d4 e4 23.Bf4 Qe6 24.Ne5 Rac8 25.Nxc6
Qxc6 26.c3 Re6 27.Rfe1 Rf8 28.Re3 Rf7 29.Rg3 Qe8 30.h4 h5
31.Re1 Kh7 32.Ree3 Qe7 33.Rg5 Bc6 34.Reg3 Be8 35.Qd1 Rf8
36.Re3 a5 37.Qd2 Bf7 38.Qe2 b4 {Black has successfully
withstood the adverse onslaught on the K side, but endangers
the center by this compromising attempt of a demonstration on
the Q wing.} 39.axb4 axb4 40.c4 dxc4 41.Qxc4 Ra8 42.d5 Rea6
43.Qd4 Qa7 44.Qxb4 Rb6 45.Qc3 Qa1+ {Ill judged. White's d-Pawn
was the more dangerous one, and he ought to have captured the
same at once.} 46.Re1 Qxb2 47.Qc7 Rb7 48.Qc6 Ra2 49.Rf1 Qb5
50.Qxb5 Rxb5 51.d6 Rd5 {Black's best plan of defence was to
manouver one of his Rooks to his second row and the other one
on his first row, and then to bring up his King to e6.} 52.Rc1
Kg7 53.Rg3 Kf6 54.Rgc3 Be6 55.Rb1 Rda5 {55...Ra7 56.Rc7 Rxc7
57.dxc7 Rc5, gave him good prospects for a draw, whereas he
now drifts into a losing position.} 56.Rb6 Ra1+ 57.Kh2 Rd1
58.Rc7 Raa1 59.d7 {White has most skillfully conducted his
part and decides his victory finally by this excellent
stroke.} Rh1+ 60.Kg3 Rad1 61.Bg5+ Ke5 62.Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3
O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nbd2 Be6 8.Bb5 Ne7 9.Ne1 {? d4 was much
superior.} Ng6 10.Ndf3 c6 11.Ba4 Bb6 12.Bc2 d5 13.Qe2 Bc7
14.Bd2 h6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.h3 {?} Nh5 17.d4 dxe4 {He could have
instituted a stronger attack by Nhf4 first.} 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
19.Qxh5 Bc7 20.Bxe4 Bxa2 21.Bc2 {If 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Qxg6 Bc4
23.Bxh6 Qf6 and wins.} Bd5 22.f4 Qf6 23.g3 Rfe8 24.Nd3 Be4
25.Rde1 Bf5 26.Rf2 Rad8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Nb4 Bxc2 29.Nxc2 Nf8
30.Ne3 Nd7 {?} 31.Qg4 Nf8 32.Re2 Qg6 33.Qxg6 Nxg6 34.Kf2 Bxf4
{!} 35.gxf4 Nxf4 36.Kf3 Nxe2 37.Kxe2 g6 38.Kf3 h5 39.Nc4 f6
40.Nd6 Re7 41.h4 Rd7 42.Ne4 Kf7 43.Be3 b5 {?} 44.b4 {!} Rd5
45.Bf4 Ke6 46.Nc5+ Kf5 47.Ne4 Rd7 48.Ng3+ Ke6 49.Ne4 Rf7
50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Kd3 f5 {?} 52.Ng5 Re7 53.Be3 a5 54.bxa5 Ra7
55.Nh3 Rxa5 56.Nf4+ Kd6 57.Nxg6 Ra3 58.Bh6 {!} Ra7 59.Nf4
{Bf8+ first was much better.} Rh7 60.Bf8+ Kd7 61.Ke3 Ke8
62.Bd6 Kd7 63.Be5 Ke7 64.Nd3 Ke6 65.Nf4+ Kf7 66.Kf3 Rh6 67.Ng2
Ke6 68.Bf4 Rh7 69.Bg5 Kf7 70.Nf4 Rh8 71.Ke3 Rh7 72.Kd3 Ke8
73.Kc2 Kd7 74.Kb3 Kd6 75.Kb4 Rh8 76.Bf6 Rh7 77.Be5+ Kd7 78.Kc5
Rh6 79.d5 {!} cxd5 80.Kxb5 Rc6 81.Nxd5 Re6 82.Bf4 Rg6 83.Bg5
Kd6 84.Nf4 Rg8 85.Nxh5 {White has played the greater part of
the ending with marked ability, especially the play of the
king from the seventy-third move was very finely
conceived. The game was prolonged to the one-hundred and-first
move, but White naturally won with his passed pawns.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4
d4 {So early in the opening the positions were naturally well
balanced up to this point, when Black commits himself to a
grave error of position judgement that practically delivers
his game to a powerful hostile attack. 7. ...dxc4 8. Rd1 Bd7
would have kept the game still even. -- Steinitz} 8.O-O-O
{Mr. Blackburne enters at once on the road to victory which is
clear to his keen perception.} e5 9.e3 Bc5 10.exd4 exd4 11.Nd5
Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nxf6+ Kf8 {If 13. ...Kd8; 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Rxd4+ Bxd4 16. Qxd4+ Kc7 17. Qf4+ Kc6 18. Be2 with an
irresistable attack.} 14.Re1 Be6 15.Rxe6 {In grand style.}
fxe6 16.Qh6+ Kf7 {if Ke7 at once, mate is effected in two
moves by Qg7+ and Qd7#} 17.Ng5+ Ke7 18.Qg7+ Kd6 19.Qd7+
{Having probably in his forecalculation of other variations
relied on the move, White adopts the same without noticing
that he could mate at once by Nfe4#} Ke5 20.Qxe6+ Kf4 21.Nh3#
{--Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Be2 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Nc3
a6 6.O-O c5 7.Qe1 Nc6 8.d4 b6 {Having already made
preparations by a6 to maintain his chain of pawns on the
q-side, he now could have played c4 more effectively.} 9.Qg3
O-O 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qh3 Ne4 {Much better was b5 ,
with the view of driving off the adverse Knight by b4.}
13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.c3 f5 15.g4 Qe7 16.Rf2 Be8 {Waste of
time. Compare Black's sixteenth move.} 17.Rg2 cxd4 {?} 18.exd4
b5 19.Be3 Bc6 20.gxf5 exf5 21.Kh1 Qe6 22.Rag1 Rf7 23.b3 Bd5
24.Rg5 Be7 25.Rh5 g6 26.c4 {!} bxc4 27.bxc4 Bxc4 28.Rxg6+
{White's very ingenious attack might have yielded more
decisive results here if he had first played Bxc4 for after
28...Qxc4 29.Rxg6+, if 29...Kf8 30.Rxf5 and should win. Or if
29...hxg6 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Rxa8 with a pawn ahead and a strong
attack.} Qxg6 29.Bxc4 Rb8 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qxf5+ Qxf5 32.Rxf5+
Bf6 33.Ra5 Rb6 34.d5 Rd6 35.Kg2 Kg6 36.Ba7 Bd8 37.Rc5 Kf5
38.h3 {Losing a valuable pawn which he could have easily
protected with increased force of attack by Bb8.} Rg6+ 39.Kf1
Kxf4 40.Rc6 Rxc6 41.dxc6 Bc7 42.Ke2 h5 43.Bf2 Kf5 44.Bd4 Ke6
45.Ke3 Kd5 46.Ba7 Bd6 47.Bd4 Bc7 48.a4 Bd6 49.Bf6 Bc7 50.Bg5
a5 51.h4 Kxc6 52.Kxe4 Bg3 53.Be7 Be1 54.Kf5 Kd5 55.Kg5 Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 {His
e-pawn becomes weak and subject to inconvenient attack after
this.} 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Bg4 8.Bb5 Qd6 9.Nbd2 f6
10.Ne4 Qd7 11.c4 Ndb4 12.c5 O-O-O 13.a3 Nxd3 {The two Pawns
which he obtains for the exchange are separated on the two
wings and especially so early in the game, they are no
equivalent.} 14.Bxd3 Qxd3 15.Nd6+ Rxd6 16.cxd6 Qxd1 17.Rxd1
Bxd6 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Be3 h5 21.g5 h4 22.b4 {An error
which allows the opponent to recover the exchange with a pawn
ahead. It was high time to withdraw Nd2.} Bh5 23.Kg2 e4 24.Nd2
Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Re8 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.gxf6 gxf6 28.Rd5 Be5 29.Rc5
{Rxd8+ followed by b5, gave better prospects in fighting for a
draw.} Bd4 30.Rh5 Bxe3 31.Nxe3 Rg8+ 32.Kf1 {Feeble. Kh1 was
his only salvation.} Ne5 {Beautiful play. He wins the exchange
by force.} 33.Rxh4 Nf3 34.Rg4 {Mate by Rg1+ and Re1 being
threatened, he had no other resource. If Rxe4, he loses a
clear Rook by the answer Nd2+.} Nh2+ 35.Ke2 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 {As usual, such an exchange early in
the opening does not turn out advantageous.} bxc6 8.Ne2 Bg4
9.Ng3 Nh5 {A very good way of playing for the second party,
which we believe was first introduced by Herr Winawer.} 10.h3
Nxg3 11.fxg3 Bd7 {Better than ...Be6 at the present juncture,
though he has to play it to that square later on. His object
is at this stage to guard all points and to provide in advance
against any contingent adverse attack by Qa4 after c3.} 12.g4
Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Rb8 14.Qe1 Kh8 15.c3 {b3 was much better.} a5
{Black conducts the attack on the Q side in true modern
style. Albeit his doubled Pawn, he has the superior game on
account of the strnght of his two Bishops.} 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Bg5
{Be3 here and on the next move, with the object of getting rid
of the adverse two Bishops, was a moe hopeful plan.} f6 18.Bd2
Be6 19.b3 d5 20.Nh4 Qd7 21.Rd1 a4 22.b4 Bd6 23.a3 dxe4 24.dxe4
Bb3 25.Rb1 Rbd8 {The KR would have been much better placed
here on that square if only for the reason that it provided at
once a retreat of the KB and guarded the valuable Bishop
against being exchanged for the adverse Knight.} 26.Rb2 c5
27.Nf5 cxb4 28.cxb4 Rf7 29.Qe2 {White ought not to have
hesitated to exchange Knight for Bishop, in order to remain
with Bishops of opposite colors, which gave him excellent
drawing prospects.} Bf8 30.Bc3 Qe6 31.Rf2 Rfd7 32.Rd2 Rxd2
33.Bxd2 c5 34.Qb5 Qc4 {This energetic move decides the battle,
for after the exchange of Queens which is forced, as Black
threatens Rxd2 followed by Qf1+; Black has an easy task, as he
forms a far advanced Pawn and ultimately wins one of his
opponent's.} 35.Qxc4 Bxc4 36.Bc3 cxb4 37.axb4 a3 38.Rd2 Rxd2
39.Bxd2 a2 40.Bc3 Bxb4 41.Bb2 Bc5 42.g5 Be6 {Promptly foring
the entrance of his Bd4, which wins a piece.} 43.gxf6 gxf6
44.g4 Bxf5 45.g5 Bxe4+ 46.Kh2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} c6 2.d4 e5 {?} 3.dxe5 Qa5+ 4.Nc3 Qxe5
5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Bc4 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Nd4 Qd7
11.e5 c5 {?} 12.Nxe6 {! Beautiful play, after which White has
an easy task to win.} Qxe6 13.exd6 Qf5 14.dxe7 Nc6 15.Ne4 Qg6
16.Nd6+ Kd7 17.e8=Q+ Rxe8 18.Nxe8 Kc8 19.Bf4 Nd4 20.Nd6+ Kd7
21.c3 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7
5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 O-O 7.d3 Ne8 8.Nd5 f5 9.Nxe7+ Qxe7 10.Bg5 Qf7
11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.exf5 Qxf5 14.Bd2 Qh5 15.Ng5 Qg6
16.f4 exf4 17.Rxf4 Rxf4 18.Bxf4 h6 19.Nf3 Qf7 20.Qd2 Nf6 21.a3
{The game has been quite evenly contested so far, but the
useless advance in the text causes him embarrasment in the
ending.} Nh5 22.Be3 Re8 23.Qf2 a6 24.Re1 Ne5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5
26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.Bf2 Rxe1+ 28.Bxe1 {A draw ought to be the
legitimate result arising from this position.} Nf4 29.Kf2 Ne6
30.Ke3 d5 31.Bg3 Kf6 32.d4 Kf5 33.Be5 h5 34.g3 {It would have
probably facilitated his playing for a draw if he had not
advanced this Pawn.} g5 35.Kf3 g4 36.hxg4+ hxg4 37.Ke3 c5
38.c3 c4 39.Bd6 Kf6 40.Bf4 Ke7 41.Be5 Kd7 42.Kd2 Kc6 43.Kc2
Ng5 44.Kd2 Kd7 45.Ke3 Ne6 46.Kd2 Kc6 47.Kc2 Kb5 48.Bd6 Ka4
49.Be7 a5 50.Bd6 Ng5 51.Bf4 Ne4 52.Be5 Nf2 53.Bd6 b5 54.Bc7
Ne4 55.Be5 b4 56.axb4 axb4 57.cxb4 Kxb4 58.Bf4 Ka4 59.Be5 Kb5
60.Bf4 Kc6 61.Be5 Kd7 62.Bf4 {He allows himself to be wearied
by the patient manouvering of his clever opponent. If he had
looked out as shrp as he had done through the greater part of
the game, he would have seen the importance of trying to
exchange the isolated b-pawn at once in order to be in time to
stop the adversary's King from entering at e4. 62.b3 cxb3+
63.Kxb3 Nf2 64.Kc2 Ke6 65.Kd2 Kf5 66.Ke3 would have brought
White's King up for the defence of the center in proper time.}
Ke6 63.Be5 Kf5 64.b3 cxb3 65.Kxb3 Nf2 66.Ka4 Ke4 67.Kb5 Nd3
68.Bf6 Kf3 69.Be5 Ke4 70.Bf6 Nc1 {After a delay of one move
Black sees the decisive effect of this fine coup.} 71.Kb4 {No
help for it. If Kc5, Black would answer Nb3+.} Ne2 72.Kc5 Nxg3
73.Be5 Ne2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5
5.exd5 Na5 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 e4 8.Qe2 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Bc5 10.h3 O-O
11.Ne5 {New but a questionable experiment.} Qe7 {For if
11...Re8 12.Ng4 Nxg4 13.hxg4 e3 14.Bxe3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Qg5,
Black would have obtained a strong attack.} 12.Ng4 Nh7 13.Nc3
f5 14.Nh2 Bd7 15.Bf4 Be8 16.O-O-O a6 17.Kb1 g5 18.Be3 Nf6
19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.g4 f4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 b5 23.d6 {White has
a won game in hand either simply by Qd4 or by pressure of a K
side attack, commencing with h4. The sally adopted was not
accurately enough reckoned out.} cxd6 24.Rd5 {He probably saw
now that if 24.Qxa8 Bc6 25.Qxa6 Ra8, winning the Queen.} Qxc4
25.Qxc4 bxc4 26.Rxd6 Kg7 27.Re1 Bf7 28.Kc1 Rfe8 29.Rxe8 Rxe8
30.Kd2 {Better than 30.Rxa6 Re2 with a strong attack.} Rb8
31.Kc3 Re8 32.Nf3 Re2 33.Rd2 Re4 34.Nd4 Kf6 35.Re2 Rxe2
36.Nxe2 Bd5 37.Kd4 Bg2 38.Ng1 Bf1 39.b3 cxb3 40.axb3 Ke6
41.Kc5 Ke5 42.Nf3+ Kf6 43.Ng1 Ke5 44.f3 {Weak play, for this
Pawn, where it stood, was less liable to be attacked and also
kept the adverse King aloof in case White's King had to move
off.} Bg2 45.c4 Bf1 46.b4 Bd3 47.b5 axb5 48.cxb5 Bxb5 {Black's
play for a draw is very ingeniously conceived.} 49.Kxb5 Kd4
50.h4 gxh4 51.Nh3 Ke3 52.g5 hxg5 53.Nxg5 Kf2 54.Kc4 Kg2 55.Kd4
h3 56.Nxh3 Kxf3 57.Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be3
Be7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.h3 {?} h6 {?} 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 a5 10.d5 {!} Bb7
11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxb5 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Nxe4 14.Qd5 Ndf6 15.Qxa8 {!}
Qxa8 16.Nc7+ Kd7 17.Nxa8 Rxa8 18.Ke2 Rc8 19.Rac1 Ke6 20.Rhd1
{c4 was vastly superior.} d5 21.c3 a4 22.g3 Ne8 23.Rd3 {?} f5
24.Rcd1 N8f6 25.Rc1 g5 26.Rg1 Rb8 27.Bc1 Bc5 28.Rg2 g4 29.Ng1
h5 30.h4 f4 {After a remarkably clever and patient defense
against large odds Black incautiosly allows an inroad into his
game to be broken, which enables White to make good use of his
being the exchange ahead.} 31.gxf4 exf4 32.f3 Ke5 33.Ke1 {!}
Bxg1 34.Rxg1 Rg8 35.fxe4 dxe4 36.Rd4 g3 37.Rxa4 f3 38.Ra5+ Ke6
39.Ra6+ {!} Kf5 40.Rxf6+ {!} Kxf6 41.Bg5+ Ke5 42.Rxg3 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 {4.Qa4+
Nc6, would transform the game into a position of the Ponziani
Opening which is more favorable for White than the line of
play in the text.} Qd5 5.d4 exd3 6.Nxd3 {White has now a
weakness in the center that later on becomes troublesome.} Nf6
7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nd2 Bd6 9.Qf3 O-O 10.Be2 Bf5 11.Bg5 {The waste of
a move here with this Bishop has serious consequenses. He
was,however, already on the defence and his position a little
inferior. His best plan was 11.Qxd5 Nxd5 12.Nf1.} Rfe8 12.Qxd5
Nxd5 13.Kd1 h6 14.Bh4 {Falling into a cleverly laid trap. Be3
was his only move, but ofcourse a Pawn was then lost. In view,
also, of the relative strenght of the players the adverse
victory was assured.} Rxe2 {Fine play.} 15.Kxe2 Re8+ 16.Kd1
Bxd3 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Kxe1 Nf4 19.Bg3 Nxg2+ 20.Kd1 Ne5 21.Nb3
f5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Kd2 Be4 24.h3 Bf4+ 25.Ke2 Bd6 26.f3 Bd5
27.Nd4 g6 28.b4 Kf7 29.a3 Nf4+ 30.Ke3 Nxh3 31.Rh1 Bf4+ 32.Ke2
Bc4+ 33.Ke1 Bg3+ 34.Kd2 Nf2 35.Rg1 Bf4+ 36.Ke1 Nd3+ 37.Kd1 h5
38.Kc2 h4 39.Rh1 Bg3 40.Kd2 Nf2 41.Rg1 Bf4+ 42.Ke1 Nd3+ 43.Kf1
Be3 {Black's play from the fourteenth move is a good specimen
of clever tactics with two minor pieces against the Rook in
the ending, but it required no comment, as obviously the
superiority of force and of play was on his side. At this
point he wins easily, for wherever the Rook may move, a
discovered check of the Knight either at f2 or f4 will cause
its loss.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.a4 {?} Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4
11.Qxd4 c5 12.Qe3 Ng4 13.Qe2 c4 14.Ba2 Bf6 15.Nd5 Re8 16.c3
Be6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.f3 Ne5 19.Bb1 Nc6 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8
Rxa8 22.Qf2 Qe7 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Bf4 Rd8 25.Qd2 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 d5
27.Be3 Qa5 28.Qf2 Rd7 29.h3 Qd8 30.Qg3 f6 {If 30...d4 31.cxd4
Nxd4 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4,and Black dare not retake on acount
of the impending Qb8+.} 31.exd5 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Be4 Qd7
34.Qh4 Bf5 35.Bxc6 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Bd6 5.Bb2
O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.Ne2 Ne4 8.Ng3 Nc6 9.d3 {A weak move which
seriously loosens his center.} Nf6 10.Ne5 {? He had nothing
better than d4 now.} d4 11.exd4 cxd4 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qf3 {?
Suicidal but his position was already very bad. If 13.Bxd4
Bb4+ 14.c3 Qxd4 with a fine game.} Qa5+ {!} 14.Kd1 Nd5 15.Bxd4
Bxf4 16.c4 {?? Ofcourse a disastrous blunder, but the game was
ireedeemable. If 16.c3 e5 and wins. Again if 16.Ne4 f5 and
wins.} Qd2# 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4
5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.cxd4 {An obsolete form
of this opening. Waller's attack by 9.e5 dxe5 10.Re1 , is the
only way to keep up the pressure.} Bb6 10.e5 dxe5 11.dxe5 Qg6
12.Ng5 Nd8 13.Nc3 h6 14.Nge4 Ne7 15.Ba3 Nec6 16.Rae1 Be6
17.Nd5 Nxe5 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.f4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Rxa3 {If 20...Nxc4
21. Nf6+ and mates next move.} 21.Qb4 Rxa2 22.Ng3 Ndc6 23.Qb3
Ra5 24.fxe5 Qe6 25.Qf3 O-O {Practically this ends the fight,
as White's sacrifice of pawns could only be conpensated by an
attack direct against Black's King which however has now taken
safe refuge.} 26.Nf5 Ne7 27.Nd4 Qd5 28.Qg4 Ra4 29.Re4 Ng6
30.e6 f5 31.Nxf5 Qxe4 32.Qxg6 Rxf5 33.Qxf5 Qxf5 34.Rxf5 Re4
35.Rf7 c5 36.Re7 g6 37.Kf2 Kf8 38.Rf7+ Ke8 39.Rf6 Ke7 40.Rxg6
Rxe6 {The stronghold of White's last hope is gone.} 41.Rg7+
Kd6 42.Rxb7 Kc6 43.Rf7 c4 44.g4 b5 45.h4 c3 46.Kg3 c2 47.Rf1
b4 48.g5 hxg5 49.hxg5 b3 50.Rc1 Kd7 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Bc5 6.Bxc6 {?} dxc6 7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bd6 10.f3 Nf6
11.f4 c5 {!} 12.Be3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 {!} 14.Qf3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3
Re8 16.Qf2 f6 17.Nc3 Bf8 {!} 18.Nf3 b5 19.Nd2 Bb7 20.Nb3 Rc8
21.Rad1 Bd5 22.Nc5 {?} b4 23.Nxd5 Qxd5 24.b3 a5 25.Rfe1 {?}
Bxc5 26.dxc5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.Qe3 Qd4 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Qxd4
Rxd4 31.Ke3 Rd5 32.Rc1 Ke6 33.Rc4 f5 {!} 34.h3 Kd7 35.g4 g6
36.gxf5 gxf5 37.a3 bxa3 38.Ra4 Rxc5 39.Rxa3 Kc6 40.Kd4 Kb5
41.Ra1 Kb4 42.h4 c6 43.Rb1 Rc3 44.Ke5 Rxb3 45.Rh1 a4 46.Kxf5
a3 47.Kg4 a2 48.Ra1 Rb2 {Obviously, Kh3 saved time.} 49.Kg5
Kb3 50.f5 Rb1 51.Rxa2 Kxa2 52.h5 c5 {A credible victory in a
closely fought game.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5
11.Nd4 Qe8 12.Nf5 Ne6 13.Ne4 Kh8 14.f4 Rb8 15.b3 c5 16.Rd3 {?
c3 was now necessary.} Nd4 {!} 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Qd1 {If 18.Rd4
f5 19.exf6 en pass (or 19.N moves Bc5, etc) Bxf6, winning the
exchange.} f6 {?} 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Nxf6 Rxf6 21.Rxd4 d6 22.Rd3
Rg6 23.Re3 Qc6 24.Rg3 Bb7 25.Rxg6 hxg6 26.Qd2 Rf8 27.Bb2 Rxf4
28.Re1 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qf5 30.Rg1 {? White's position is
dangerously crowded, Bd4 was now the right play.} Kh7 31.Qc3
{?} Bxg2+ {A masterly conception.} 32.Kxg2 {If Rxg2, White
mates in three by Rf1+, followed by Qe4+.} Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 dxe4
5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4 Nge7 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.c4 Qe6 9.O-O Bc5 10.Nc3
O-O 11.Nd5 Qg6 {As usual in this opening White is hampered in
his development and his position in this instance has become
still more inferior owing to his weak eight move. Black now
assumes the attack with wonted vigor.} 12.Bxc6 {If 12.Nxc7 Bh3
13.g3 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nf3+ 15.Kh1 Qh5, threatening Bg2+ and wins.}
bxc6 13.Nf4 Qf6 14.Nh5 Qe5 15.Qxc6 Qxh5 {Well played. The
position was worth the sacrifice of the exchange.} 16.Qxa8 Bd6
17.f4 {If 17.g3 Qf3 followed by Bh3 and wins. Or if 17.h3 Bxh3
18.Qxe4 Bf5, and wins.} exf3 18.g3 {Again best, for if 18.Qxf3
Bg4 19.Qe3 Qh2+ 20.Kf2 Qh4+ 21.g3 (or 21.Kg1 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Bg3+,
and mates next move.) 21...Qh2+, and wins.} Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Bh3
{19...Bg4 20.Qe4 Qh3 21.Rxf3 Bxf3+ 22.Qxf3 Re8, would have
settled the game much more speedily.} 20.Qxf3 Qe5 21.d4 Qxd4
22.Rd1 Bg4 23.Rxd4 Bxf3+ 24.Kg1 Bxd4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5
Bg4 6.h3 Bd7 7.Bxc6 {? Being a move ahead it was better to
play d3.} Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d3 h6 {?} 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Be3 Nf6
12.g4 g5 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Ne8 16.Qh2 f6
17.Qf2 Kb8 18.Be3 Bxc3 19.Bxa7+ Ka8 20.Bc5 Qe6 {Bxb2+ was now
the right play.} 21.bxc3 Qxa2 22.Kd2 Ba4 23.Ke3 Qe6 {? He
could have safely taken the c-pawn.} 24.Ra1 Qc6 25.Ke2 Kb8
26.Ra2 Kc8 27.c4 {!} Kd7 28.Nxe5+ {!} fxe5 29.Qf5+ Qe6 30.Rxa4
Nd6 31.Bxd6 cxd6 32.Ra7 Rb8 33.Qf7+ Qxf7 34.Rxf7+ Kc6 35.Rg7
Kb6 36.Ra2 Kc6 37.Rb2 Rhf8 {?} 38.Rg6 Rf4 39.Rxh6 Rbf8 40.Kd2
Rf2+ 41.Kc3 R8f3 42.Rb5 Rf6 43.Rh7 Rf7 44.Rh5 Rh2 {?} 45.Rxg5
Rff2 46.Rb2 Rxh3 47.Rg7 b6 48.g5 Re2 49.Ra2 Rhh2 50.g6 Rhg2
51.Rg8 Rg3 52.Ra7 b5 53.cxb5 Kxb5 54.Rb8+ Kc6 55.g7 Reg2
56.Rbb7 Rg1 57.Rc7+ Kb6+ 58.Rab7+ Ka6 59.Rb4 Rxg7 60.Rc6+ Ka7
61.Rxd6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 {The old
attack which has rightly fallen into disuse as Bc4 is
stronger.} Bg4 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 {Inferior to 6...Qd7
7.Bxf7+ Qxf7 8.Qxb7 Kd7 9.Qxa8 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxf4, with a
strong attack.} 7.Bxf7+ Kf8 8.Bxg8 Rxg8 9.gxf3 Qh4+ 10.Kd1 Qf2
11.Kc2 Re8 12.Qc4 exf4 13.Qf1 Qxf1 14.Rxf1 g5 15.d4 Bb6 16.a4
a5 17.Nd2 Nb8 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.b3 Re6 20.Kd3 Rh6 21.Ra2 Rh3
22.Rg2 Rg6 23.Ke2 Kf7 24.Rfg1 Kf6 25.Bd2 Rh5 26.Be1 Kg7 27.Bf2
Kh6 {There was good and sound manouvering in White's play
since Queens were exchanged, whereas Black, with his K side
attack, has only blocked his KR. It is also difficult to see
the object of the text move.} 28.Nb2 c6 29.Nd3 Bd8 30.h4 Nf8
{There was no good answer to White's fine last move. If
30...gxh4 31.Rxg6+ hxg6 32.Nxf4 Rxg5 33.Bxh4, and wins.}
31.hxg5 Bxg5 32.Be1 Rf6 33.c4 b6 34.Bc3 Rf7 35.e5 d5 36.c5
bxc5 37.Nxc5 Ra7 38.Bd2 Ra8 {A piece and therefore the game,
is lost forthwith, but he had only the choice of evils. If
38...Rc7 39.Bxa5, etc, or 38...Ng6 39.Ne6, and wins.} 39.Rxg5
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.a3 Ne7 7.Ne2 Ng6 8.c3 O-O 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.O-O {?} Nh4
11.Bg5 Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 Bh3 13.Re1 h6 14.Be3 Bb6 {Bxe3 followed
by c6, was preferable.} 15.d4 Nd7 16.f4 {?} exf4 17.Bxf4 Qh4
18.Be3 Nf6 19.f3 Rae8 20.Bf2 Nh5 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Qd2 Qf6 23.Be2
Nf4 24.Rg1 Rg8 25.Bd1 g5 26.Be3 c5 {?} 27.Ne2 {Bb3 was
superior.} Nh5 28.Nc1 Rg7 29.Qf2 Qe7 30.dxc5 {Nd3 first gave
him better attacking prospects.} Bxc5 31.Nd3 Bxe3 32.Qxe3 d5
{!} 33.Nf2 Bf5 34.Qd4 dxe4 {The sacrifice of a pawn by
withdrawing Bg6 followed by Nf4, would have been preferable
here.} 35.fxe4 Bg6 36.Bf3 b6 37.Rae1 Rd8 38.Qe3 Nf4 39.Rg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4
5.Qxd4 d6 {Ne7 followed by Nc6 is authorized play.} 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O h6 {?} 9.h3 {?} c6 10.Qe3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5
12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Re1 Be6 14.Be4 Qc5 15.Qg3 O-O-O 16.Be3 Qa5
17.a3 {? 17.Qxg7 Rdg8 (or 17...Rhg8 18.Qxh6) 18.Qd4 was safe
enough.} a6 18.b4 Qc7 19.Qf3 g5 20.Bf5 h5 {?} 21.Bxe6+ fxe6
22.Qe4 e5 23.Bxg5 {!} Bxg5 24.Qf5+ Qd7 25.Qxg5 Rdg8 26.Qxe5
Qxh3 27.Qe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxe6 h4 29.Kf1 {? Kh2 or Re3 were much
superior.} h3 30.gxh3 Rxh3 31.Ke2 Rc3 32.Ra2 Rf8 33.Re3 Rc4
34.c3 Kc7 35.a4 {? Rd2, followed by the same Rd3, in order to
oppose Rooks on the third row,was the proper play.} Kb6 36.a5
{?} Kb5 37.Rd2 Ka4 {!} 38.Kd3 Kb3 {!} 39.Rb2+ Kxb2 40.Kxc4
Rxf2 41.Kc5 Rc2 42.c4 Rc3 43.Re1 Rc2 44.Rf1 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.Ne2 c5 {If played on
the last move, it would have been very good, as it threatened
f4, but now it is quite a mistake, whereby the key of his
center is delivered.} 10.Nf4 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+
13.Kxd2 Bd7 14.Qxd5+ Kh8 15.e6 Qg5 {Virtually losing a piece,
though he may delay its capture by one move.} 16.Qd6 Rf6
17.Rae1 Nc6 18.exd7 {For all practical purposes the game which
has been well played by White is finished with this threat of
mate in two moves by Re8+.} h5 19.Re8+ Kh7 20.Qc7 Rd8 21.h4
Qh6 22.g3 Rf8 23.d5 Qf6 24.dxc6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5
5.d3 h6 {?} 6.a3 {?} d6 7.Ne2 Ne7 8.c3 Bb6 9.b4 Ng6 10.Ng3 O-O
11.h3 {?} c6 12.O-O d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Bd2 Be6 15.Re1 Qc7 {?}
16.Qc2 Rae8 17.Ba2 Qb8 18.c4 Nf6 {The peviously queried moves
were objectionable chiefly on account of their causing loss of
time. Nevertheless, he has still the superior game, and he
might have further increased his advantage by 18...Ndf4 for if
19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.R or Nxe5? Bd4 and wins.} 19.c5 Bc7 20.Be3 Nd5
21.Rac1 a6 22.Ne4 Qd8 23.Red1 Nh4 {?} 24.Ned2 Qf6 25.Nxh4 Qxh4
26.Nf3 Qh5 27.Qe2 Nf4 {?} 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Bxe6 Rxe6 30.Qd2 Rg6
31.Kf1 Qd5 32.Qc3 Rd8 33.Qc4 Re6 34.Qxd5 Rxd5 35.Rc2 Rd7
36.Re2 Rxe2 37.Kxe2 Kf8 38.d4 Re7+ {? The rook ought to have
remained on the d-file in order to stop the advance of the
adverse d-pawn.} 39.Kd3 f6 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Nxe1 Ke7 42.Ke4 Ke6
43.Nf3 g5 44.Nd2 f5 45.Kd3 Kd5 46.Nb1 {!} Bb8 47.Nc3+ Ke6
48.Kc4 h5 49.Kd3 {?} Bc7 50.Ne2 Bd8 51.f3 Bc7 52.a4 h4 53.Kc4
Bd8 54.Nc3 Bf6 55.b5 axb5 56.axb5 Kd7 57.b6 Be7 58.Ne2 Ke6
59.Nc1 {!} Bf6 60.Nb3 Kd7 61.Na5 Kc8 62.d5 cxd5 63.Kxd5 g4
64.Nc4 Be7 65.Nd6+ {The ending is a fine example of play with
Knight against Bishop when the party having the latter is
hampered by a doubled pawn that cannot be dissolved. White's
tactics at the finish deserve the highest commendation.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 {The game is now transformed into a regular
Double Ruy Lopez, and this continuation leads to a dreary
equalization.} dxc6 7.Nxe5 Re8 8.d4 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Re1 {A
little trap that, we believe, presents the only feature of
interest in this game. If Black be tempted to answer 10...Nxc3
then 11.Qf3 Nd5 12.Qxf7+ Kh8 13.Ng6+, wins.} Bf5 11.g4 Bg6
12.Nxg6 fxg6 {On principle we generally prefer taking with a
Pawn toward the center, and therefore hxg6 was here
undoubtedly better.} 13.Qd3 Nf6 {For now he might have kept
the Knight strongly planted in the center, at least for a
time, by ...f5 if he had previously retaken with the h-pawn,
as above suggested. It would then have been somewhat
compromising for White to attempt driving away the Knight by
f3, as Black could have continued with ...Qh4.} 14.Bg5 Qd7
15.h3 Rxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Qe4 Nd6 19.Qe2 Qe8
20.Qxe8+ Nxe8 {After the slaughter of the heavier pieces the
game drags itself tediously into a draw.} 21.f3 Kf7 22.Kf1 Ke6
23.Ke2 Kd5 24.Kd3 b5 25.Be7 a6 26.Bf8 h6 27.Bb4 Ke6 {Nd6 does
no good either for White need not capture it since Black
cannot well enter into the game by Nc4, on account of the
rejoinder Bf8.} 28.c4 Nf6 29.Bd2 g5 30.Be1 Ne8 31.Bg3 Nd6
32.c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d3 O-O 9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6
11.Bd5 {!} Qd7 12.c3 Rab8 {? Rae8 was now his best play.}
13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qxg4 Rfd8 16.Qe2 Qd6 17.Rd1 Rd7
18.Be3 Rbd8 19.Rd2 c5 20.Rad1 Qc7 21.f3 Be7 22.Qf2 Rc8 23.f4
exf4 {It was most important to protect the center by f6 }
24.Bxf4 Bd6 25.g3 Rcd8 26.Bxd6 Rxd6 27.d4 Qd7 28.d5 c4 29.e5
Rg6 30.Qc5 Re8 31.d6 Rge6 32.Rd5 f6 33.Qc7 {!} Rd8 34.exf6
Rxf6 35.a4 {!} Qe8 36.Qc5 Re6 37.Rf5 Re1+ 38.Rf1 {!} Re5
39.Rd5 Re2 40.Rdf5 Qe4 41.R5f3 h6 42.Qb6 Rd7 43.R3f2 Rxf2
44.Rxf2 Qd5 45.Qxa6 Rxd6 46.Qxb5 Qe6 47.Qf5 Rd1+ 48.Kg2 Qc6+
49.Qf3 Qxa4 50.b4 {! master coup.} Rd7 51.Qe4 Rc7 52.Qd5+ Kh7
53.Qe4+ Kg8 54.Rd2 {! At last the exchange of queens and a
simple winning ending are forced.} Qc6 55.Qxc6 Rxc6 56.Rd4 Kf7
57.Re4 Kf6 58.Kf3 Kf5 59.g4+ Kf6 60.h4 g5 61.h5 Rc7 62.Ke3 Rc8
63.Kd4 Rc6 64.b5 Rc7 65.Kd5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O
Nc6 6.c3 Bb6 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.b4 a6 {?} 9.a4 Bxf3 {?} 10.Bxf3 h6
{?} 11.Na3 g5 12.Nc4 Ne7 13.Be3 Ng6 14.a5 Bxe3 15.Nxe3 Nf4
16.g3 g4 {?}17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.Bxg4 Qg5 19.Bf5 Qh5 20.f3 {!} Rg8
21.Rf2 Ke7 {? Though already a pawn behind he had a fair
chance of making a fight by withdrawing Ng6.} 22.Bg4 Rxg4 {?
22...Qg6 23. gxf4 h5 offered a better defence.} 23.fxg4 Qxg4
24.Kh1 Nh3 25.Rf5 Rg8 26.Raf1 Rg7 {?} 27.Qd1 h5 28.Qf3 Ng5
29.Rxe5+ {!} dxe5 30.Qf6+ Ke8 {? He had no good move, but if
he meant to hold out, Kd7 was preferable.} 31.Qxg7 Qe2
32.Qxe5+ Kf8 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qf6+ Ke8 35.Rf2 Qd1+ 36.Kg2 Qg4
37.Qf5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.d4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e6 2.e4 b6 3.Bd3 Bb7
4.Nf3 {Not a good post for the Knight in this opening, as it
mostly of great importance to support the K center by f3,
which square is now blocked for that pawn.} g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c3
h5 {At this point, Black might have utilized White's
objectionable 4th move by 6. ...f5. If 7. exf5 gxf5 with the
superior game. Or if 7. e5 Nh6, again with the better
position. Finally, if 7. Nbd2 Nf6 followed soon by O-O and we
prefer Black's game. The move in the text is weak.} 7.Be3 d6
8.Qc2 Nd7 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Rae1 h4 11.h3 Bh6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5
O-O-O 14.Be4 Bxe3 {The adverse attack is greatly strengthened
by this exchange. Nc5 was by far better.} 15.Bxb7+ Kxb7
16.Rxe3 Nh6 17.Qe4+ Ka6 {His game was bad, even if he had made
the best move at his disposal, namely, 17. ...Kc8, whereupon
after 18. Qa8+ Nb8 19. Nd4, White would have won a pawn at
least, with a fine game; but the move in the text is a curious
blunder that confines the King in a mating net.} 18.c4 Nc5 {If
18. ...b5, his only other alternative, 19. Qc6+ followed by
Ra3+ wins easily.} 19.Ra3+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be2
Be7 6.O-O h6 7.Be3 Ngf6 8.h3 g5 9.Nh2 Qc7 10.Qd2 Nf8 11.Rad1
Ng6 12.Bf3 Be6 {The opponent's weak eight move has given him
opportunities for a strong attack which he ought to have
pursued without delay by Nf4. Anyhow Bd7 was better if he
intended to develop that piece first.} 13.Rfe1 Nf4 14.d5 cxd5
{Bd7 was again preferable.} 15.exd5 Bd7 16.Bxf4 gxf4 17.Be2
Rg8 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.Bf1 Rc8 20.b3 Kf8 21.Bd3 Rg7 22.Nf3 Ng8
23.Ng1 f5 24.f3 Nf6 25.b4 Kf7 {We saw no reason for not taking
the b-pawn here and on the next two moves.} 26.a4 a6 27.a5 Qd4
28.Nge2 Qf2 29.Rg1 Rcg8 30.Rdf1 Qh4 31.Qe1 Qh5 32.Qf2 Nh7
{Instead of this useless move he might more effectively tried
to get his inactive KB round to a7 via d8, c7, and b8. White
could hardly prevent this plan; for he had always to guard
against the sacrifice of the adverse Knight for the h-pawn.}
33.Nc1 Ng5 34.N3e2 Nh7 35.c4 Nf8 36.Rd1 Ng6 37.Nc3 Nh4 38.Bf1
Nxf3 39.Be2 Qxh3+ {The culmination of a deep and highly
ingenious plan.} 40.gxh3 Rxg1+ 41.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 42.Qxg1 Nxg1
43.Kxg1 e4 44.Bh5+ Kf6 45.Nb3 Ke5 46.Kf2 Bh4+ 47.Ke2 f3
48.Bxf3 exf3 49.Kxf3 f4 {Letting a sure victory slip. Be1
first would have driven back the Knight to a2 in order to
protect the b-pawn which obviously he could not afford to
lose, and then the advance f4 would have won the h-pawn.}
50.Ne2 Bxh3 51.Nxf4 Bf5 52.b5 Bg5 53.Ne6 Bd3 54.bxa6 bxa6
55.Nxg5 hxg5 56.c5 Be4+ 57.Kg3 {Kg4 was clearly better.} Bxd5
58.cxd6 Kxd6 59.Nd2 Ke5 60.Kg4 Kf6 61.Nb1 Be6+ 62.Kg3 Ke5
63.Nc3 Kd4 64.Ne2+ Ke4 {Waste of precios time. Kc4 gave him
excellent winning prospects.} 65.Ng1 Kd5 66.Nf3 g4 67.Kf4
{Fine play. White now draws in an ingenious matter.} Kc5
68.Nh2 Kb5 69.Nxg4 Bxg4 70.Ke3 {A well known book
position. White will reach the a1 square, from which post he
cannot be driven by the adverse Bishop, and only a stalemate
can be effected by the opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+
5.Ke2 d5 6.exd5 Bg4+ 7.Nf3 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 {It was not alone
safe, but in fact better to retake with the Pawn, which would
practically compel Black to sacrifice his Knight and to play
O-O-O with one strong piece less for the usual attack. Any
attempt at harrasing the king further by 8...Qe7+ 9.Kf2 Qh4+
10.Kg1 Qg5+ 11.Bg2, would only help to consolidate White's
forces.} Qh5+ 9.Kf2 Qxd1 10.Nxd1 Nxd4 11.c3 Nc2 12.Bb5+ c6
{After Queens are off the board, such a sacrifice of a pawn
becomes still ofcourse more hazardous.} 13.dxc6 Bc5+ 14.Kf3
O-O-O 15.cxb7 Kxb7 16.Rb1 g5 17.Ba4 {Still stronger was h4
first.} g4 18.Kxf4 Nd4 19.Re1 Ne6+ 20.Kxg4 Nf6+ 21.Kh3 Rd5
22.g3 Rg8 23.Bb3 Rh5+ 24.Kg2 Nd5 {24...Ng4 25.h3 Ne5, might
have made it more difficult for White to make his game quite
safe.} 25.Bxd5+ Rxd5 26.b4 Bd6 27.Nf2 h5 28.Ne4 Be7 29.Be3 Rg6
30.Rbd1 Kc6 31.c4 {Very well played.} Rxd1 32.b5 Kc7 33.Rxd1
f5 34.Nc3 Bd6 35.Nd5+ {35.b6+ Kc6! (obviously if ...axb6
36.Nb5+ wins) 36.bxa7 Rg8 37.Nb5, was more forcible but
ofcourse, he is also bound to win in the way he plays.} Kb7
36.Rf1 h4 37.Nf4 Bxf4 38.Bxf4 hxg3 39.hxg3 Rg4 40.Kf3 Nd4+
41.Ke3 Ne6 42.Rd1 Rg6 43.Rd5 Ng7 44.c5 Nh5 45.Kf3 Rf6 46.Rd7+
Kc8 47.Rxa7 Re6 48.c6 Nxf4 49.Kxf4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6
5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O h5 8.f3 g6 9.Nce2 Bg7 10.c3 h4
11.Be3 Ne5 12.h3 {?} a6 13.Bxd7+ Qxd7 14.f4 {?} Nc4 15.Qd3
Nxb2 16.Qc2 Nc4 17.Bf2 Rc8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Rfe1 Nd7 20.Nf3 Bf6
21.Ned4 e5 22.Ne2 b5 23.a4 {?} bxa4 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.Nh2 Be7
26.Ng4 a3 27.Rd3 Qc6 28.Rd5 f6 29.Nc1 Ndb6 30.Rd3 Rd8 31.Rf1
Rxd3 32.Qxd3 Nd7 33.Kh1 Nd6 34.Re1 Qc4 35.Qc2 Nb5 36.Na2 Nd6
37.Nb4 a5 38.Nd5 a2 39.Nge3 Qc6 {39...Qxe4 40.Qxa2 Bd8 , would
have maintained his advantage in material, with a good game.}
40.Nxe7 Kxe7 41.Nd5+ Kf7 42.Qxa2 Qc4 43.Qa3 Qc6 44.c4 Re8
45.Bxh4 a4 46.c5 Nb7 47.Nb4 Qxc5 48.Qxa4 Nb6 49.Qb3+ Qc4
50.Qxc4+ Nxc4 51.Rf1 Re6 52.Nd5 Nd2 53.Rc1 Nd6 54.Rc7+ Kf8
55.Bxf6 N2xe4 56.Be7+ Kg8 57.Bxd6 Nxd6 58.Rc6 Kf7 59.Kg1
{White has made an excellent fight, considering that he was at
one time two pawns to the bad.} Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 {3...Nxe4 is
the proper play, as the answer 4.Nc3 has been proed unsound
beyond doubt.} 4.d4 {An ordinary position of the Two Knights
Defence is here formed, in which Ng5 is recognized as the
strongest continuation.} Nxe4 5.O-O d5 6.Bb5 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7
8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.f3 Nf6 {Nc5 in order to ply Ne6 sooner or later,
was superior.} 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Qe2 c5 12.Nb3 Be6 13.f4 c4 14.f5
Bxf5 15.Nd4 Be4 16.b3 cxb3 17.axb3 O-O 18.Bb2 Bc5 19.Kh1 Qd7
20.Nd2 Rfe8 {He has tenaciously kept the two pawns which the
adversary had sacrificed for the attack, and it was to his
advantage to exchange, but still better was clearly to capture
the c-pawn.} 21.Rf1 Qg4 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Qxg4 Nxg4 24.Ra4 Rae8
25.h3 Nf6 26.Nf5 Rxa4 27.bxa4 Re6 28.g4 Ne8 29.g5 Re4 {Losing
sight of the adverse ingenious reply 29...Nd6 and if 30.Nxg7
Rg6, kept his superiority of position and material.} 30.Bxg7
Nd6 {If Nxg7, White has perpetual check with his Knight.}
31.Nxd6 Bxd6 32.Bf6 Rxa4 33.Rb1 Rb4 34.Ra1 h6 35.c3 Rb2
36.Rxa7 Rh2+ 37.Kg1 Rxh3 38.Ra5 hxg5 39.Rxd5 Rg3+ 40.Kf2 Bf4
41.Rf5 {A very curious and most cleverly conceived position
has been brought about by White, who threatens Bxg5, and then
to recover at least the piece, no matter how Black might
retake.} Rg4 42.Kf3 Rg1 43.Kf2 Rg4 44.Kf3 Rg3+ 45.Kf2 Kf8
46.Rd5 Kg8 47.Rf5 Rd3 48.Bxg5 Bxg5+ 49.Rxg5+ Kf8 50.Rc5 Rd7
51.Ke3 Ke7 52.Rc6 Kd8 53.Rf6 Kc8 54.Ke4 Kb7 55.c4 c6 56.Rf5
Kb6 57.Re5 c5 58.Rf5 Rd4+ 59.Ke3 Rxc4 60.Rxf7 Rd4 61.Rf1 Rd8
62.Rb1+ Ka5 63.Ra1+ Kb4 64.Rb1+ Ka3 65.Rc1 Kb4 66.Rb1+ Ka4
67.Rc1 Kb5 68.Rb1+ Kc6 69.Rb2 c4 70.Rd2 Rh8 71.Kd4 Rh4+ 72.Kc3
{White's defence was a masterpiece of endplay. He has now
reached with his King his goal in front of the adverse passed
pawn, and the draw is theoretically forced and easy.} Kc5
73.Rd8 Rh3+ 74.Kc2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Nf3
c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.c3 {This and the last move are not
commendable.} Qc7 8.Na3 a6 9.Nc2 e5 {Black has obtained the
superior development, but we believe he might have made more
of his advantage by initiating a wing attack with 9...b5, and
if 10.a4 Na5, etc.} 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qf3 Bd6
13.Be2 Bg4 {Even know b5 was stronger.} 14.Qf1 Qh5 15.Bxg4
Qxg4 16.Qf3 O-O-O 17.O-O-O Rhe8 18.c4 {An excellent move which
relieves White's position and fully equalizes matters.} Be5
19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.d4 Qxf3 21.gxf3 cxd4 22.Rxd4 dxc4 23.Rxc4+ Kb8
24.Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Nd5 26.Kd2 Rh5 27.h4 h6 28.Rg4 g5 29.hxg5
Rh2+ 30.Kd3 Rxc2 {Black has ingeniously fought for a win
against his formidable opponent, and he has succeded by fine
play to win a Pawn, but the position of his King is against
him, and he can do no more than a draw.} 31.Kxc2 Nxe3+ 32.Kd3
Nxg4 33.fxg4 hxg5 34.Ke4 Kc7 35.Kf5 Kd7 36.Kf6 Ke8 37.a4 a5
38.Kxg5 Ke7 39.Kf5 f6 40.Kf4 Kd6 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.Kd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Bd7 5.Qe2
Nge7 6.d4 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.h3 O-O 9.d5 {?} Nb8 10.g4 {?} Nh4
11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Bd3 c6 13.c4 Na6 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Bb1 cxd5
16.cxd5 Bg5 17.O-O Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qh4 19.Kg2 h5 {!} 20.f3 f6
21.a3 Na6 22.b4 Kf7 23.Bd3 Rh8 24.Rh1 Nc7 25.Rac1 b6 26.Ne2
Rac8 27.Ng3 g6 28.Be2 Nb5 {?} 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Bxb5 Bxb5 31.Rc1
Rh8 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.gxh5 Bf1+ {? The sacrifice was difficult to
answer, but it was not sound.} 34.Nxf1 Rxh5 35.f4 {? Qe2
instead would have sooner enabled him to get safe, with a
piece ahead.} exf4 36.Qf3 Rg5+ 37.Kh2 Qe1 38.Rc2 Qh4 39.Rf2
Rh5 40.Rg2 Rg5 41.Rxg5 fxg5 42.Qe2 Qh8 43.Qc2 Qa1 44.Qd3 Qe1
45.Kg2 Qh4 46.Qc3 Qh5 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qe6+ Kg7 49.Qd7+ Kg8
50.Qg4 Kg7 51.Nh2 {The settler. White has now an easy task to
win.} Kf6 52.Qe6+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Kh8 54.Qf8+ Kh7 55.Ng4 f3 56.Kh2
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Be7 {?}
5.Be2 O-O 6.h3 {?} d5 7.Qc2 dxe4 {?} 8.dxe4 a6 {?} 9.Be3 Ne8
10.g4 Nd6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.b3 Qd7 13.Nf1 Rad8 14.Ng3 Nb5 15.O-O
Nd6 16.Rad1 Qe8 17.c4 f6 18.Nh4 g6 19.Ng2 Nf7 20.f4 Nd4 {? The
futher advance of the f-pawn afterward greatly harasses his
game, and he should have exchanged it, which would have also
isoliated Whites e-pawn.} 21.Qb2 Bc5 22.f5 gxf5 23.gxf5 Bc8
24.Bh5 Qc6 25.b4 {?} Qb6 26.a3 Nf3+ {!} 27.Rxf3 Bxe3+ {? A
strange error. Rxd1+ first,won the exchange,with an exellent
game,instead of which he remains a piece behind.} 28.Rxe3
Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 Nf6 4.f3 {Like in
all closed games, it is impossible to get an early attack in
this opening, and the plan instituted here of fotifying the
center Pawns by the advance one step of the BP on each side is
now recognized as the best. It was first introduced in a game
between the editor and Mr. Mongredien.} d6 5.Nh3 e6 6.O-O Nc6
7.c3 Be7 8.Be3 h6 {As usual, this weakens the K side.} 9.Nd2
Nh7 10.f4 d5 11.e5 {Now that Black's Bishop is blocked by his
own Pawn and no pieces can enter at e4, the advance of the
Pawn becomes advantageous.} Qd7 12.Qh5 Bf8 13.f5 {The attack
here commenced soon yields the material advantage of a Pawn
and practically decides the issue at once, considering the
disparity of play between the two opponents.} O-O-O 14.Nf4 Kb8
15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bxh7 Rxh7 17.Qg6 Rh8 18.Nxe6 Re8 19.Nf4 Nd8
20.Rf3 c5 21.Raf1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Ba6 23.Rc1 Ne6 24.Nxe6 Rxe6
25.Qf7 Re7 26.Qf4 Re6 27.a3 g5 28.Qf7 Be7 29.Rf6 {This and
White's next move form points of some interest in a struggle
that has been a foregone conclusion for some time.} Bc8
30.Rxc8+ Qxc8 31.Qxe6 Bxf6 32.Qxf6 Ka8 33.h3 g4 34.hxg4 Rf8
35.Qd6 Rd8 36.Qe7 Rg8 37.Qf7 Qxg4 38.Qxd5+ Kb8 39.e6 Qg3
40.Nf1 Qg6 41.Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O d6 5.c3
Nf6 6.d4 O-O {6...Nxe4 7.Bd5 Nf6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.dxe5 Nd7
10.exd6 (or 10.Bf4 d5!) cxd6, was more likely to lead to some
superiority of his position.} 7.Qe2 Bg4 8.Nbd2 a6 9.a3 Ne8
10.h3 Bd7 11.Qd3 Kh8 12.g4 Bf6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Nf1 g6 15.Ne3 Qd8
16.Nd5 Bg7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 h5 20.Ne3 h4 21.Bxh4
{The sacrifice is well warranted by the position, and he
calculates deeply that he must obtain sufficient material for
it.} gxh4 22.Nxh4 Ne7 23.Nef5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Bh6 25.Qf3 Ng7
26.dxe5 Qe8 {If 26...fxe5 27.f6, recovering the piece, but Qc8
was much better.} 27.exd6 cxd6 28.Rxd6 Rd8 29.Rad1 Rxd6
30.Rxd6 Bg5 31.Qg4 Bxh4 32.Qxh4+ Qh5 33.Qxh5+ Nxh5 34.Rd7 b5
35.Rxe7 {Bxb5 first, would have cleared the road to victory.}
bxc4 36.Rc7 Rb8 37.Rxc4 Rxb2 38.e5 Kg8 39.Rg4+ Kf8 40.Rh4 Ng7
41.Rh8+ Ke7 42.Rh7 Kf8 43.Rh8+ Ke7 44.Rh7 Kf8 45.e6 {White
might have been well satisfied with a draw here, in view of
the dangerous adverse Pawn which Black would soon make a
passed one.} Nxf5 46.Rf7+ Ke8 47.Rxf6 Nd6 48.Rf4 a5 49.Rd4 Ke7
50.Rd5 Rb5 51.Rd3 Kxe6 52.Re3+ Kf5 53.Rg3 Rb3 54.Rf3+ Ke5
55.Re3+ Kf4 56.c4 Rb1+ 57.Kg2 Nxc4 58.Rf3+ Ke4 59.Rg3 Ne5
60.h4 a4 61.h5 Rb6 62.Rg7 Ra6 63.Kg3 Rf6 64.Kg2 Ra6 65.Rg8 Kf4
66.Kf1 Nc4 67.Rg6 Ra5 68.h6 Nxa3 69.h7 Rh5 70.Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.d3
Bd6 {The better plan was Ne6 with the view of entering with
the same Knight at d4 before or after advancing c5
accordingly.} 11.Nc4 Ne6 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.d4 d5 14.Ne2 Qh4
15.f4 Bd7 16.Be3 Rfe8 17.Qd2 g6 18.Ng3 Qf6 19.c3 Ng7 20.Bf2 h5
21.Re5 h4 22.Nf1 Nf5 23.Rae1 Nd6 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8
26.Qe3 Bd7 27.Nd2 Nf5 28.Qe5 Qxe5 29.fxe5 Kg7 30.Nf3 Kf8
{Black here exceeded the time limit and lost by forfeit. The
weakness of Black's twenty-first move revenges itself now, and
he must lose a pawn which virtually means the game, even if it
had been played out.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4
5.Qf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bc5 7.Nxe4 {It was probably better to play
Nge2 and not to accept at once the ingenious sacrifice of the
Pawn, which gives the opponent a strong attack for a long
time.} dxe4 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qxe4 O-O 10.Nf3 Be6 11.c3 Bd5
12.Qe2 Qe7 13.d4 Bb6 14.O-O f6 15.Bf4 Rae8 16.Kh1 c5 17.a3
{Loss of time. Either Qd3 or Rae1, were better.} cxd4 18.cxd4
fxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxf3 {Black wins two minor pieces and a pawn for
the adverse Rook by this very pretty sacrifice, but the
weakness of his position on the Q side soon acts as a set-off
against the advantage which he now gains.} 20.Rxf3 Bxd4 21.Re1
Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Rxe5 23.Rxe5 Bxf3 {Obviously if he take the other
Rook, White would have won by Rf5.} 24.Re8+ Kf7 25.Rd8 Bf6
26.Rd7+ Ke6 27.Rxc7 Be4 28.Rxa7 Bxb2 {A long and rather
uninteresting struggle ensues now, in which neither side can
make a winning impression.} 29.a4 Bd4 30.Rc7 Kd6 31.Rc1 Bb6
32.Rc4 Bd5 33.Rg4 g6 34.Rh4 h5 35.Rb4 Kc5 36.Rb5+ Kc6 37.Rb1
Bc4 38.Rb4 Kc5 39.Rb2 Ba5 40.Rb8 Bc7 41.Rb1 Bb6 42.Rb2 Ba5
43.Rb8 Bb6 44.Rc8+ Kd5 45.Ra8 Kc6 46.Rc8+ Bc7 47.Rf8 Kb7
48.Rf3 Bd5 49.Rd3 Be4 50.Rd4 Bf5 51.Rb4+ Ka6 52.Rb5 Bd7 53.Rb4
Bb6 54.Rf4 Ka5 55.Rf6 Bf5 56.Rd6 Be3 57.Rc6 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 d6 {?} 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4
5.Bb5 Nge7 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.O-O a6 8.Ba4 Qd6 9.d3 O-O-O 10.Be3 f5
11.a3 {?} f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.b4 Nd4 14.Bxd4 Bxf3 15.Bc5 Bxd1
16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Rfxd1 h5 18.Bb3 g4 19.a4 h4 20.b5 a5 21.Nb1 g3
22.h3 Ng6 {? By steady manouvering which was supported by good
judgement, Black has obtained much the better position, of
which, however, he fails to avail himself at the decisive
point. 22...f3 23.gxf3 Ng6 followed by Nf4 would have secured
the victory.} 23.Nd2 Rf6 24.Nf3 b6 {?} 25.c3 Bc5+ 26.d4 Bd6
27.d5 {?} Rh5 28.Ra2 Ne7 29.Bc4 {!} Ng6 30.Be2 {!} Rh8 31.Ng5
Re8 32.Bg4+ Kb8 33.Nh7 {!} Rf7 34.Bh5 Rg7 35.Ng5 Ree7 36.Re2
{?} f3 { Beautiful play that ought to have given him great
advantage.} 37.Nxf3 Nf4 38.Nxh4 Nxe2+ {But he spoils the
effect of his previous fine play. Rh7 or Nxh5 would have
ultimately left him with two pieces for the Rook, and a good
game.} 39.Bxe2 Rh7 40.Nf5 Re8 41.c4 Rg8 42.Bg4 Bc5+ 43.Kf1 Bf2
44.Rd3 Rxg4 {The onslaught does not succeed, but he had also
otherwise a lost game.} 45.hxg4 Rh1+ 46.Ke2 Ra1 47.g5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.h3 {?} Ne8 9.g4 {?} h5 {!} 10.Nh2 Bg5
11.Bxg5 {? Nd2 was a much better defence.} Qxg5 12.Qd2 Qh4
13.Kg2 hxg4 14.hxg4 Bxg4 15.Rh1 Ne7 {!} 16.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 17.Kf1
Ng6 18.Bd1 Qf4 19.Qe3 Qxe3 20.fxe3 Nf6 21.Nd2 Rad8 22.Bb3 c6
23.Ke2 Rfe8 24.Rag1 Kf8 {!} 25.Rg2 d5 26.Rf1 Ke7 27.d4 {?}
exd4 28.exd4 dxe4 29.Nxe4 Kf8 {!} 30.Kd3 Rxe4 31.Rxf6 Rf4 {!}
32.Rfxg6 {The sacrafice of the exechange was compulsory.} fxg6
33.Ke3 Rf6 34.c4 Re8+ 35.Kd2 Re4 36.Kd3 Ref4 37.d5 c5 38.Rh2
Ke7 39.Re2+ Kd6 40.Re8 Rf2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Delmar"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 {notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 {We prefer 3.c4,
followed mostly by Nc3.} c6 {With the view of forming an
attack on the K center, as will be seen.} 4.h3 {Useless, and
weakening the K side on which he may be bound to Castle.} Nbd7
5.Nf3 Qc7 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Nbd2 Nxd3+ 10.cxd3
Bf5 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.O-O Kb8 14.a4 h5 15.a5 a6
16.Rfc1 Nd7 17.N4f3 Rde8 18.d4 {Probably to prevent Nc5, but
we believe he might have safely played 18.Bxg7 for if
18...Rhg8 19.Bc3 Nc5 20.Ne1, with a Pawn ahead and a good
game.} f5 19.Nh4 {The plan of attack here instituted is
radically faulty.} Bh7 20.Qxh5 {He must have overlooked
Black's forceful answer.} g5 21.Ng6 {If 21.Qxg5 Reg8 22.Qh5
Bg6 23.Qg5 Rh5, and wins; or if 21.Nf3 Nf6 22.Qxg5 Qf7, with
an irresistable attack.} Nf6 22.Qh6 {If 22.Qxg5 Rhg8 23.Qxf6
Rxg6 24.Qxf5 Rxg2+ and wins.} Rhg8 23.Ne5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Rg6
25.Qxg6 Bxg6 26.exf6 g4 27.g3 {Nf1 followed by g3 in reply to
...gxh3, might have at least prolonged the defence.} Rxe3 {A
master coup of the highest order of ingenuity.} 28.fxe3 Qxg3+
29.Kh1 {If 29.Kf1 f4 threatening Bd3 mate 30.Ke2 Qg2+ 31.Kd1
fxe3 and wins.} Qxh3+ 30.Kg1 Qxe3+ 31.Kf1 g3 32.Be5+ Qxe5
33.Re1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 {notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bc4
O-O 6.d3 c6 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Bd2 h6 10.Nd1 Re8 11.Ne3
Nf8 12.c3 Ng6 13.g3 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Nf5 Qd7 16.O-O-O Bf8
17.Rhf1 {As Black's pieces were all crowded on the K side, the
formation of an attack with the pawns on that wing, commencing
with h4, followed by Nh2 was a more promising plan.} c5 18.Kb1
Ra6 19.b3 {?} Rb6 20.Ne3 a5 21.Nc4 Re6 22.Nb2 Ne7 23.Nh4 Nc8
24.g4 Nh7 25.Nf5 b5 26.h4 Nb6 27.g5 a4 28.bxa4 {?} Nxa4
29.Nxa4 Rxa4 30.Be3 Rea6 31.Rd2 b4 32.cxb4 cxb4 33.Rb2 Qb5
34.Rc1 Ra3 35.Rc4 b3 {!} 36.axb3 Ra1+ 37.Kc2 Ba3 38.Bc1 Rxc1+
{Black's attack has been beautifully pursued, but he could
have made his win more clear now by hxg5, first.} 39.Kxc1 Qxb3
40.gxh6 Qxb2+ {The tempting 40...Qa2 would have failed on
account of 41.Rc8+ Nf8 42.h7+ Kxh7 (or 42...Kh8 43.Rxf8+ and
wins) 43.Qh5+ Rh6! (If 43...Kg8 44.Ne7+ wins) 44.Nxh6, etc.}
41.Qxb2 Bxb2+ 42.Kxb2 gxh6 43.Rc8+ Nf8 44.Re8 Rb6+ 45.Kc3 Rc6+
46.Kd2 Re6 47.Rc8 h5 {?} 48.Kc3 f6 49.Kc4 Ra6 50.Kd5 Kf7
51.Rc7+ Kg8 52.Re7 Nh7 53.Nh6+ Kh8 54.Re6 Rxe6 {?} 55.Kxe6 Kg7
56.Nf5+ Kg6 57.Ke7 Ng5 58.hxg5 fxg5 59.Ke6 g4 60.Kxe5 Kg5
61.d4 h4 62.Nxh4 {White's play, after the opponents grave
error on the fifty-fourth move, and especially the present
coup de grace , praises itself. It will be seen that Black can
capture the Knight and then queen first, but White queens with
a check and then forces the exchange of queens by Qh8+
followed by Qg8+.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.f4 O-O
11.Nf3 h6 {The advance of this Pawn is the cause of his
trouble at the end of the game. Ne8 was preferable.} 12.h3
{White's advance of this wing Pawn has also an attacking
object, and he intends to push the g-Pawn at the earliest
opportunity.} Nh7 13.Be3 Be6 14.Qe2 Bf6 15.e5 Be7 16.Rad1 d5
17.Na4 Qb8 18.b3 Kh8 {Feeble. Qb5, followed by Rfb8, was the
right play and left the game still even.}19.Bd4 Qe8 20.Nc5
{Black ought to have still challenged the exchange of Queens
at b5 on the last move. His omission is now severely punished
by loss of ground.} Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Rg8 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Rde1 Qd8
24.Qf2 Qe8 25.Qh4 Qd8 26.Qf2 a5 27.a4 Qc8 28.Re3 Qe8 29.Rfe1
Qd8 30.g4 Re8 31.Qg3 Qc8 32.Kh2 Rb8 33.Qh4 {White does not
play a portion of this game with his usual decision, and he
resorts sometimes to useless repitition moves. The plan which
he ultimately adopts, namely, of advancing the Pawns on the K
wing, could have been inityiated here already.} Qd8 34.Qg3 Ra8
35.h4 Rg8 36.R1e2 Qc8 37.Rg2 Qa6 38.g5 Rae8 39.g6 fxg6 40.e6
Bc8 41.Qxg6 Qf1 42.Qg3 Nf6 43.Re1 Qa6 44.f5 Ne4 {His game was
not to be saved at length, but this was just waht White was
waiting for, as it enables him to finish off with a few
elegant strokes.} 45.Rxe4 dxe4 46.c4 Qa8 47.Qg6 Bxe6 48.f6
{The termination is very beautiful.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d3 {White turns the opening into a Giuoco Pianiassimo.} Bc5
5.c3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.Qe2 d5 9.Bb3 h6 {There is here
some reason for this usually weak move, as Black intends to
inconvenience the adverse QB and has no attack to fear on the
K side.} 10.h3 {But on White's part, the precaution is
useless.} Be6 11.Bc2 d4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.Qd1 Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2 Qd6
15.Nc4 Bxc4 16.Qxc4 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qb6 18.Qc1 Rad8 19.Nxe5 Qd6
20.d4 Nxe4 21.O-O c5 {A fine attacking move that ought to have
yielded more by force than it did.} 22.Rf4 Ng3 23.Qe1 cxd4 {By
this exchange, Black loses part of his advantage. He ought to
have retreated Nh5 at once, and then proceded as in actual
play. The difference being that White could not afterward gain
time (compare White's 27th move) again by Ne3, this square
being blocked by his own pawn, a weak one as it stood, of
which, however, he is now relieved.} 24.exd4 Nh5 25.Rh4 Nf6
26.Nc4 Qd5 27.Ne3 Qg5 28.Qf2 Rfe8 29.Nf5 Rd5 30.Rf1 {White has
played very ably to get out of all positive disadvantage, but
for this great blunder the game was even. The right move was,
of course, 30. Rf4, where upon if 30. ...Ne4; 31. Qf1 Nd2
32. Qf2 and no more than a draw ought to be the legitimate
result.} Rxf5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4 Qh4+
5.Ke2 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bxf4 Bxf3+ 8.Kxf3 O-O-O 9.Bb5 {We prefer
9.Bg3 and if ...Qf6+ 10.Ke3 g6 11.Bf4.} Nf6 10.Bxc6 bxc6
11.Qf1 Re8 12.Qa6+ Kd7 13.h3 g5 {!} 14.Bg3 {White had already
a bad game. If 14.g3 Qh5+ 15.g4 Qg6,etc.} Qh5+ 15.Ke3 Nxe4 {!}
16.Nxe4 Qg6 17.Qd3 f5 18.Rae1 Bg7 19.c3 d5 20.Be5 fxe4 21.Qe2
Bxe5 22.Qg4+ Qe6 {As the exchange of queens is now forced,
Black wins in the ending with the majority of pawns, though
the opponent makes a clever resistance.} 23.dxe5 Qxg4 24.hxg4
Rxe5 25.Kd4 Kd6 26.Rh6+ Re6 27.Rxe6+ Kxe6 28.Kc5 Rf8 29.c4 Ke5
30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Kxc6 d4 32.Kxc7 Rf8 33.c5 e3 34.c6 e2 35.Re1 d3
36.Kb7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 e6 3.Nh3 Nh6 {The unusual
development of the KN which both parties adopt is more
favorable for Black who has good prospects of forming a
center, commencing with f6.} 4.b3 f6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.Nc3 a6 {Much
better was Nc5 or Nf7.} 7.Bh5+ g6 8.Bf3 Nf7 9.Bb2 Nd7 10.O-O
h5 {We see no positive object in this advance which loosens
his K side.} 11.Qe1 Qe7 12.a4 Rh7 13.Qe2 c6 14.a5 e5 15.fxe5
fxe5 16.Bxd5 {A high spirited sacrifice, based on fine
position judgement.} cxd5 17.Nxd5 Qe6 18.Qc4 Nf8 19.Ba3 Rg7
20.Bxd6 {By 20.Rf6 Qd7 21.Nb6 Qd8 22.Bxd6 Qxf6 23.Bxf8, he
would have recovered his piece fully and kept two pawns
ahead.} Nxd6 21.Nc7+ Rxc7 22.Qxc7 Qe7 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Ng5 Bf5
25.d3 e4 {Rc8 was much better.} 26.d4 Ne6 27.Nxe6 Kxe6 28.c4
Rc8 29.Ra4 Rc7 30.Rb4 Ke7 31.Kf2 Be6 32.Ke1 Bc8 33.Kd2 Be6
34.h4 Bf5 35.Rf4 Kd7 36.Kc3 Nb5+ 37.Kd2 Nd6 38.d5 Rc5 39.Ra4
Ke7 40.Kc3 Rc7 41.Kd4 Kf6 42.Rb4 Rd7 43.Rb6 Ke7 44.c5 Nc8
45.Rxf5 {The culmination at this juncture of White's finely
conceived plan has been led up with consumate skill.} gxf5
46.Rh6 Kd8 47.Rxh5 {Still more decisive was 47.Rh8+ first, for
Black's knight was then kept more inactive.} Ne7 48.d6 Nc6+
49.Kd5 Rf7 50.Ke6 Rf8 51.g3 Nd4+ 52.Ke5 Nxb3 53.Rxf5 Re8+
54.Kd5 Nxa5 55.h5 Nc6 56.g4 a5 57.h6 a4 58.Rf7 Re5+ 59.Kc4 Re6
60.Rf8+ Kd7 61.h7 Rh6 62.h8=Q 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.d4 {Out of its usual turn which
is generally on the third move, but it makes no difference
excepting if Black should accept the continuation 2...cxd4
3.Nf3 e5 , after which White, although he dare not play 4.Nxe5
on account of the rejoinder ...Qa5+, winning the knight, will
yet obtain a good attack by 4.c3} cxd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nxd4 d6
5.Be3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Qd2 h5 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O-O Bd7
11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bd3 Qa5 14.Kb1 e5 15.Be3 Rfd8 16.f5
{Premature and misjudging the position which required Qf2 to
be played first.} d5 17.Bh6 dxe4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nxe4 Qxd2
20.Nxd2 e4 21.Bc4 gxf5 22.Kc1 b5 {Black, after having won a
pawn by hard play, commences an artificial line of attack that
in the end involves him in difficulties, whereas the simple e3
at this juncture, with the view of entering soon with the
Knight at e4, would have won in an easy manner.} 23.Be2 Nd5
24.Rdf1 Ne3 25.Rf4 Kg6 26.Re1 Kg5 27.Rf2 Nd5 28.g4 {Excellent
and practically decisive, as it recovers the pawn, with much
the superior game.} hxg4 29.hxg4 e3 30.Rxf5+ Kg6 31.Nf3 f6
32.Nh4+ Kg7 33.g5 Rh8 34.gxf6 Nxf6 35.Rg1+ Kf7 36.Rg6 {The
telling blow. It wins a piece.} Rxh4 37.Rgxf6+ Ke7 38.Rxc6 Rh2
39.Bxb5 Rh1+ 40.Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.Bxf1 Rf8 42.Be2 Rf2 43.Kd1 Rg2
44.Ke1 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3
O-O 6.O-O a6 {?} 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Ba7 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bg5 Ne7
11.Nc3 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nf5 14.d5 h5 {!} 15.Qc2 Neg7 {!}
16.Bd3 d6 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Ne4 h4 {!} 19.Nfxg5 hxg3 20.hxg3
Nxg3 {!} 21.Qc3 Nxf1 {? Black had defended remarkably well and
should have won easily but for this error, Nxe4 followed by
f5, would have broken the adverse attack, and Black remained a
piece ahead.} 22.Nf6+ {!} Kh8 23.Rxf1 Bd7 24.Qc4 Nf5 25.Bxf5
Bxf5 26.Qh4+ Kg7 27.Nh5+ Kg8 28.Re1 Bg6 {? f6 was better.}
29.Qg4 Qb6 {? f5 would have won still.} 30.Ne4 Qxb2 31.Qg5 Kh7
32.Nef6+ Qxf6 33.Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O
gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ {Cochrane adopted this move
first when giving the odds of the QN to inferior players, and
under similar conditions Morphy and other masters also favored
it, for it leads to fine traps into which a Knight player is
likely to fall, and also insures in most continuations a
speedy cooperation of the two Rooks for the attack. But it
actually hampers White's game in playing this variation to
have the QN on the board and lose time in its
development. Altogether this form of the Muzio gambit is relly
to bold for a tournament, and the superiority of material
which Black gains should break the attack soon, as is the case
here.} Kxf7 9.d4 Qf5 {Best for if 9...Qxd4+ 10.Be3, which
piece Black, obviously, dare not capture.} 10.g4 Qg6 11.Nc3
Nf6 12.Bxf4 d6 13.Bg3 Kg7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Nc6 16.Qc4 d5
{The tables are turned with this move, and Black's attack with
superior forces can hardly fail.} 17.Qxd5 Be6 18.Qb5 Be7
19.Qxb7 Qe4 20.Rae1 Qxd4+ 21.Rf2 Bd7 22.Qxc7 Bc5 23.Kg2 Qd5+
24.Rf3 Rhf8 25.Bf4 Rac8 26.c4 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 f6 5.Qa4
Ne7 6.O-O dxe4 7.Qxe4 Bf5 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Qa4 Bd3 10.Re1 Qd7
11.c4 {A badly played opening further degenerates with this
move which costs a piece.} e4 12.Re3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Qe6 14.Re3
Qxc4 15.Qd1 Bc2 16.Qf3 Qd5 17.Qe2 Bxb1 18.Rxb1 Qxa2 19.Qd3 Qd5
20.Qa6 Kf7 21.Qb7 Qa2 22.Qxa8 Qxb1 23.Re1 Qa2 24.Qb8 Qa5
25.Qb3+ Qd5 26.Qb8 Qd7 27.Qxa7 Nd5 28.Qb8 Rg8 29.Qb3 Bb4
30.Qc2 Re8 31.Rf1 Re2 32.Qxh7 Nf4 33.Qc2 Qd5 34.f3 Rxg2+
35.Kh1 Rxh2+ {Black announced here mate in nine moves. The
finish is worthy of a much better game.} 36.Kxh2 Qh5+ 37.Kg3
Qg5+ 38.Kf2 Qg2+ 39.Ke3 Qe2+ 40.Kxf4 Bd6+ 41.Kg4 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Max Judd"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6
4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 a6 {Black clearly cannot afford this
loss of time, which enables the adversary to block the QB. O-O
is here the proper move. If White then plays f5, Black may
answer Na5, followed by c6 and d5.} 7.f5 Na5 8.Bb3 {a3, which
Anderssen used to play in similar position, is, we believe,
stronger, as Black has nothing better than to exchange the
bishop and the open Q file will add to White's advantage.}
Nxb3 9.axb3 c6 10.Qe2 Bb6 11.Bg5 Bc7 12.O-O Qe7 13.Kh1 Bd7
14.b4 {Preparing an attack in case Black should play O-O-O.}
Rd8 {We think that Black would have been safer, nevertheless,
with his King by O-O-O than on the other wing, where he is
driven to take shelter subsequently. His rook is also an
obstruction now for his QB, which subsequently has to be
posted at d8.} 15.Qf2 Bc8 16.Rae1 O-O 17.g4 Rde8 18.Rg1 Kh8
{Bishop d8 at once, in order to release his Queen, was by far
better.} 19.Qh4 Bd8 20.Rg3 h6 21.Rh3 Kg8 22.Bxh6 Nd7 23.f6
{Though this wins the exchange, 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bd2 followed by
Rg1 and g5, was much more forcible.} Qxf6 24.Bg5 Qh6 {This
ingenious move, by which Black escapes at the expense of the
exchange from the pressure of an apparently irresistible
attack against the King, was probably overlooked by White in
his forecalculation on the 23d move.} 25.Qxh6 gxh6 26.Bxh6 Bf6
27.Bxf8 Nxf8 28.Rg3 Ng6 29.Nd1 Kf8 30.Ne3 Nf4 31.Nf5 Rd8 32.g5
Be7 33.N3h4 Be6 34.g6 Bxf5 35.g7+ Kg8 36.Nxf5 Ng6 37.Reg1 Bf6
38.Rxg6 fxg6 39.Rxg6 {Winding up with irresistible power.} Kf7
40.Rg4 Bxg7 {There was no remedy, as Nh6+ was threatened.}
41.Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.c4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.a3
Bc5 {Be7 was better.} 6.e3 O-O 7.Nge2 Re8 8.b4 Bf8 9.O-O d6
10.Bb2 e4 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Qe2 g5 13.Nfd5 Nfd7 14.f3 Nd3 15.fxe4
{Black must have overlooked that after this fine move White
will recover the piece in case of 15...Nxb2 by 16.d4.} N7e5
16.Nd1 Nxb2 17.Nxb2 fxe4 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Qh5 {As usual the
simplest was the best, and he should have captured the Rook.}
Re7 20.Bxe4 h6 21.d4 Nd7 22.Qg6 Nxf6 23.Qxf6+ Bg7 24.Qg6 Qg8
25.Rf2 c6 26.Raf1 Bh3 {Black sees through the adverse trap. If
26...Re6 27.Qf5 Rf6 26.Qxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6, with a winning
attack.} 27.Bg2 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 Rxe3 29.Rf3 Re2+ 30.R1f2 Rae8
31.Qxd6 Qh7 32.Nd3 Qe4 33.Rxe2 Qxe2+ 34.Nf2 Qxc4 35.Qd7 Re1
36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qf5+ Kh8 38.Kh3 {It was very imprudent to play
for more than a draw in this position.} Qxd4 39.Rd3 Qf6
40.Qxf6 Bxf6 41.Rd6 Kg7 42.Ng4 Bb2 43.Nxh6 Bxa3 44.Nf5+ Kf7
45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.Nh6 Bxb4 47.Rxb7 a5 48.Rc7 Rc1 49.Ra7 Rc4
50.Kg2 Kg6 51.Nf7 Kf5 {Overlooking the loss of a pawn by
Black's clever reply.} 52.Rxa5+ Kf6 53.Ra7 Rc2+ 54.Kh3 c5
55.Nd8 c4 56.Kg4 Bd2 57.Ra6+ Ke5 58.Nf7+ Kd4 59.h3 c3 60.Ra4+
Kc5 61.Nxg5 {Fatal infatuation. Ne4 would have still drawn,
and he could expect no more.} Kb5 {A very beautiful display of
ending ingenuity commences here and is continued to the
finish.} 62.Ra8 Rb2 63.Nf3 Rb4+ 64.Kf5 c2 65.Rb8+ Ka6 66.Rc8
c1=Q 67.Rxc1 Bxc1 68.h4 Kb7 69.h5 Kc8 70.Ne5 Rb5 71.Ke6 Rb6+
72.Kf5 Kd8 73.g4 Rb5 74.Ke6 Ke8 75.Ng6 Rg5 76.Ne5 Bb2 77.Nc4
Bg7 78.Nd6+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "25"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Bb7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.Bd5
Bxd5 11.Qxd5 Nc5 12.Be3 c6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Nc3 {? An error that
loses his best pawn.} f6 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Bxc5 {!}Bxc5 17.Ne4
Rf5 18.Rad1 {!} Be7 19.Qxd7 Rd5 20.Rxd5 cxd5 21.Qe6+ Kh8
22.Rd1 d4 23.Qe5 Rc8 24.Rxd4 Qa5 25.Rd1 Bf8 26.Ng5 Rc5 {He
could do no good whatever he did, but his game goes to pieces
in a few moves.} 27.Nf7+ Kg8 28.Qe6 g6 29.Ne5 Kh8 30.Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.O-O h6 {? More than ordinary loss of time here, as
will be seen after the excellent manner in which the opponent
now assumes the offensive.} 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.e5 {!}
dxe5 12.Nxe5 Rd8 13.Qe3 Nd5 14.Qg3 Qf6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Re1+
Ne7 17.Bf4 O-O 18.Bxc7 Rd2 {?} 19.Be5 Qg6 20.Bc3 {!} Qxg3
21.hxg3 Rd7 22.Bb4 {!} Re8 23.Re2 f6 24.Rae1 Kf7 25.a4 Rc7
26.Bc5 Rb7 {His game is blocked and opened up. The adverse
extra pawn wins with ease.} 27.b4 a6 28.c4 Rc7 29.f3 Kf8
30.Kf2 Kf7 31.a5 Kf8 32.Rxe7 Rexe7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.b5 cxb5
35.cxb5 axb5 36.a6 {Notes by Steinitz} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 {6.Re1 might strengthen the attack in a
continuation similar to the one that occurred in the match
between Messr. Steinitz and Zukertort viz, 6...Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6
8.Nxe5 Be7 9.Qe2 Ne6 10.Nc3 with the better game.} b5 7.Bb3 d5
8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 {In order
to place sooner KB and Q on the same diagonal with threats of
mate. Compare White's fourteenth move.} Qd7 13.Qd3 Rfd8 14.Bc2
g6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.cxd4 c5 17.Qe3 {He ought to have exchanged
pawns at once, followed by Bg5.} Rac8 18.Bd3 cxd4 19.Qxd4 Bc5
20.Qf4 d4 21.Bd2 Bc4 22.Be4 Bd5 23.Bd3 Qe6 24.b3 Qe7 25.Qh6
Bb4 26.Bg5 Qf8 27.Qh4 Bxe1 {Overlooking the force of the
adverse reply. Rd7, in order to make room for Qd8 and
afterward accordingly Be7 or Bf8 was imperative.} 28.Bh6 Qxh6
{This desperate resource was his only one, as White threatened
Qf6.} 29.Qxh6 Bc3 30.Rf1 {Much better was Rd1.} Re8 31.f4 Bd2
32.h4 {He could hardly do much worse, as he not alone loses a
most valuable center pawn, but he is also compelled by the
opponents reply, which threatens to win the Queen by Rh5, to
compromise altogether his K side with the advance of the
g-pawn.} Rxe5 33.g4 Re3 34.Qg5 Bb7 35.Kh2 {If 35.Bb1 Rg3+
36.Kh2 Rg2+ 37.Kh3 Rc3+ and wins.} Rxd3 36.h5 Be3 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.e3 c5 3.Nf3 a6 4.b3 Nc6 5.Bb2
e6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe1 O-O 9.d3 Ne8 10.Ne5 Bd7 11.Qg3 f5
{As usual, we condemn such a move that leaves a hole in the
center. f6 was by far better.}12.Nd2 Bf6 13.Ndf3 b5 14.Qh3
Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Nd6 17.Rf3 Be8 18.g4 Ra7 19.Kh1 a5
{Somewhat premature. It was preferable to endeavor to get rid
of the dangerous adverse Knight in the center by Nf7.} 20.Rg1
b4 21.Rfg3 a4 22.gxf5 Nxf5 23.Rg5 axb3 24.axb3 Qf6 25.Bg4 h6
26.Bxf5 exf5 27.R5g3 d4 28.e4 g5 {The opponent has formed his
attack most skillfully, and it is difficult to suggest
anything good for Black. Ofcourse if 28...fxe4 29.Ng4,
followed by Nxh6+ with a winning game.} 29.Qg2 {Excellent play
and decisive within a few moves.} Rg7 30.exf5 Qxf5 31.Qd5+ Bf7
32.Qxc5 Rd8 33.Rf1 Rd5 34.Nxf7 {In Mr Bird's happy mood. Of
course, if ...Rxc5 he recovers the Queen immediately by Nxh6+,
but still this is very pretty.} Rxf7 35.Qxb4 Kh7 36.Rgf3 g4
37.R3f2 h5 38.Qe1 Qd7 39.Re2 Rdf5 40.Re4 Qd5 41.Kg1 Kh6 42.Qf2
Rd7 43.Rfe1 Qf7 44.Re6+ Kh7 45.R1e4 Rfd5 46.Qh4 Qf5 47.Rf6
{Virtually his victory was secured for some time, but the
Queen is here caught very neatly.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Nxe5 {New, but not advisable.} Nxe5 {! If
7...bxa4 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Re1, followed by f3, etc.} 8.dxe5 Nc5
{But here Black could have obtained the advantage by 8...Bc5
threatening Qh4.} 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qf3
Bd7 13.Bg5 f6 14.Re1+ Kf7 15.Qd5+ Kg6 16.Bh4 {Bd2 was better.}
Re8 17.Rxe8 Qxe8 18.Nc3 Rd8 19.g4 {?} Bxg4 20.Qg2 Kh5 21.h3
{?} Bc8 22.Qxg7 Qg8 23.Qxg8 Rxg8+ 24.Bg3 Bxg3 25.fxg3 Rxg3+
26.Kf2 Rxh3 27.Nd5 Kg5 28.Rg1+ Bg4 29.Nxc7 Rh2+ 30.Ke3 f5
31.Ne6+ Kf6 32.Nd4 Ke5 33.Nc6+ Kd6 34.Nd4 {Some repitition
moves followed with alternations on Black's part in moving the
King.} Kd5 35.c3 Rxb2 36.Ra1 Ke5 37.Rxa6 f4 38.Kd3 Bf5+
39.Nxf5 Kxf5 40.b4 f3 41.Rh6 f2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "28"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qb3
c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 O-O 10.b3 {d5 was
stronger as Black could not capture twice for then White after
pinning with Bc4, could also bring Nf4 and Qd3 to bear upon
it. b4 was also better.} Bb7 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne7 13.O-O
Rc8 14.Rae1 Ng6 15.Qd2 Ne4 16.Qc1 Qh4 17.f3 Ng5 18.Ng3 {An
error which is severely punished. Bc3 followed by Bd2 was the
right play.} Nf4 19.Qc3 Rf6 20.Bc1 Rh6 {Beautiful and
decisive.} 21.Bxf4 Qxh2+ 22.Kf2 Nh3+ 23.Ke3 Nxf4 24.Kxf4 Rg6
25.Ke3 Rxg3 26.Rf2 Rxg2 27.Ref1 f4 28.Ke2 Bxf3+ 29.Ke1 {There
was no better answer to White's last master move, for if Kxf3
then followed Qg3+ and Qe3+ winning the Rook.} Rxf2 30.Rxf2
Qg1+ 31.Bf1 Be4 32.Rxf4 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.c5 Bg2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.c3 Be7 5.Bc4
Ngf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.h3 c6 8.Bb3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.Ne5 cxd5 11.Ng4
Nb6 {Nd7 , with the view of playing Nf6, was, we belief,
preferable.} 12.Bf4 Be6 13.Nd2 a5 14.a4 Nfd7 {Anderssen's
favorite retreat for the KKT, viz, e8 would have served
Black's purpose better, as it would have given no opportunity
to the adversary on the seventeenth move to affect an
exchange.} 15.O-O f5 16.Ne5 Bg5 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxg5 Qxg5
19.f3 Rfe8 {If 19...e3 20.f4 isolates the advanced pawn which
must soon fall.} 20.fxe4 fxe4 21.Rae1 Nf6 22.Qe3 Qg6 23.Rf2
Rac8 24.Bc2 Bd7 25.c4 dxc4 26.Nxe4 Bf5 {An error of which the
opponent avails himself most beautifully. Kh8 was his best
defence. If however 26...Nxe4 the game might have proceeded
27.Bxe4 Qh5 28.g4 Qh4 29.Bd5+ Kh8 30.Qxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rxe8+, and
mate next move.} 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Bxf5 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Qg5
30.Rff3 Qh4 31.Re4 Qh6 32.Bxc8 Qc1+ 33.Kh2 Qxb2 34.Rxf6 Kg7
35.Rf3 h5 36.Re7+ {The mating net could have been drawn
tighter here by Ref4.} Kg6 37.Bxb7 Qxd4 38.Be4+ Kh6 39.Rh7+
Kg5 40.Rg7+ Kh6 {!} 41.Rg6+ Kh7 42.Rf7+ {A much shorter and
finer finish is here missed by 42.Rf4 Kh8! (or 42...Qa1
43.Rff6, etc) 43.Rf5 Qd1 44.Bf3, and wins.} Kh8 43.Re6 Kg8
44.Rb7 Kf8 45.Ra6 Qd8 46.Rh6 Qd4 47.Rh8+ Qxh8 48.Rb8+ Kg7
49.Rxh8 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "29"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Qa4 dxe4
5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Bb5 Ne7 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.O-O Bd6 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bxc6
Qxc6 11.Qxc6 bxc6 12.c4 {As usual White gets a bad game in
this opening. If 12.Rxe4 Bf5 13.Re3 (or 13.Re1 Rfe8, followed
by Bd3) Bf4 and if 14 Rf3 Rfe8 with a fine attack.} f5 {? Bf5
was preferable.} 13.Nc3 Rf6 14.Ne2 c5 15.b3 {d3, followed by
Nf4, would have released him, with a probble draw.} Bb7 16.Ng3
Raf8 17.Bb2 Rg6 18.d3 {?} exd3 19.Rad1 h5 {!} 20.f3 h4 21.Nh1
Bxf3 22.Rxd3 Rxg2+ 23.Kf1 Rxh2 24.Nf2 Bc6 {Be4 was more
decisive.} 25.Re6 Re8 26.Rg6 Re7 27.Bc3 Kh7 28.Rg5 Bg3 29.Rd2
Bg2+ 30.Kg1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6
5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Rhe1
a6 {A ruinous loss of time. 10...Ne8, as played by Harrwitz
against Morphy in this position, is by far better.} 11.e5 dxe5
12.Qxe5 Bd6 13.Qd4 Bxf3 14.gxf3 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qxf6 gxf6
17.Nd5 {White's superior development now decides the game
rapidly.} f5 18.Ne7+ Kh7 {If 18...Bxe7 19.Rxe7 Rfe8 20.Rxc7
Re2 21.Rd5 Rxf2 22.Rxf5 Rf8 23.h4, with a Pawn ahead and a
fine game.} 19.Nxf5 Bxh2 20.Re4 {A fine move that at least
gains a Pawn, with a winning position.} h5 {His best reply was
Bd6, but even then the game could not have been saved.} 21.Rh1
Bd6 22.Rg4 {Black is neatly caught in a mating position, from
which there is no escape.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 O-O
11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nc3 c6 15.h4 Ne6 16.g4
{White had, we believe, the better game at this point, where
he unwisely rushes at a bait which his deep sighted adversary
has very ingeniously thrown , and which draws him on to a
perilous line of play.} Bxh4 17.gxf5 Bxe1 18.fxe6 Qh4 19.Be3
{e7 forced the adversary to draw and this was probably his
best plan.} Qg3+ 20.Kf1 {If 20.Kh1 fxe6 21.Qxe1 Qh3+ 22.Kg1
Rxf3, with a fine attack.} fxe6 21.Qxe1 Rxf3+ 22.Bf2 Rxf2+
23.Qxf2 Rf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.Ne2 {A fatal error. Rd1,left
still much scope for a good fight, in which Black, however,
had the advantage with his two passed pawns on the K side, and
many prospective opportunities of drawing by perpetual check
in case of emergency.} Qf3+ 26.Kg1 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 {Nf6 is here justly
preferred by all authorities.} 3.c3 Bc5 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Nf3 d6
6.d3 Be6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Ba4 h6 {?} 9.Nbd2 Nf6 10.Bc2 O-O 11.O-O
Nh7 12.b4 Bb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nc4 Ba7 15.Be3 Nd8 16.Bxa7 Rxa7
17.Ne3 c6 18.d4 g6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Nc4 Bg4 21.Qe3 Bxf3 {!}
22.Qxa7 Be2 23.Bb3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Kg7 25.Rd1 Nf6 26.f3 Nh5 {?
Nd7 was now much superior.} 27.Qb8 {!} f6 28.Nd6 Kh8 29.a5 Nf4
{? Ng7 followed by Ne8 was a better plan.} 30.Kf2 h5 31.Qc8
{!} f5 {?} 32.g3 Nfe6 33.exf5 Nd4 {Desperate, but even after
33...gxf5 34.Nxf5 Rxf5 35.Bxe6 his game was also untenable.}
34.cxd4 e4 35.Nxe4 gxf5 36.Nc5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bb4 {?}
5.Qb3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Na6 8.Nf3 b6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Bb7
11.Ne5 d6 12.Bf3 Ne4 13.Nd3 Qg5 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Nf4 Qf5 16.a4
g5 17.Ne2 Bc6 18.Ng3 Qg6 19.a5 Rab8 20.Qd1 d5 {This mistake is
cleverly shown up in White's next three moves. ...b5 was the
right play.} 21.axb6 Rxb6 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Ba3 Nb3 24.Bxf8 Nxa1
25.Qxa1 h5 {Unaccountable. His only chance was clearly
Kxf8. The opponent now maintains his piece, and the struggle,
though somewhat prolonged, is a onesided one.} 26.Qxa7 Rb7
27.Qc5 Rc7 28.Bd6 Rc8 29.Be5 h4 30.Ne2 h3 31.Ng3 hxg2 32.Rb1
Qf7 33.Ne2 Rf8 34.Bg3 Be8 35.cxd5 exd5 36.Nd4 Kh7 37.Rb6 Bd7
38.Qd6 Qh5 39.Qxd7+ Rf7 40.Qa4 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 {Analysis by Wilhelm Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 {The
old attack, which ought only to equalize the game, whereas, we
believe 3. d4, recommended in the Modern Chess Instructor,
gives White a manifest superiority.} d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 {A very good move, if properly
followed up.} 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg4 {Instead of this pinning,
which, as usual, is disadvantageous, Black should have played
Nbd7, followed by Nb6, so as to keep command of the isolated
d-pawn, which White could not well advance in the meanwhile,
as Black would afterward continue the attack upon it by Bb5.}
11.Be3 Nc6 12.a3 a6 {Qd7 was much better.} 13.b4 Bd6 14.Be2 h6
15.Qd2 Nh7 16.Ne4 Be7 17.h3 Bf5 {Here and afterward, it would
have been much better to withdraw the bishop right back to c8
at once, where he has ultimately to take refuge.} 18.Ng3 Bg6
19.d5 Nb8 20.Ne5 Nf6 21.Bc4 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Rae1 Bh7 24.f4
Bd6 25.Bd4 Bf5 26.g4 Bd7 {Compare our previous note.} 27.f5 f6
28.Ng6 Re8 29.Nf4 Bxf4 30.Qxf4 Kh7 31.Bc3 {White has obtained
an overwhelming superiority of position, which would have
warranted a sacrifice of the exchange at this point which was
likely to lead to a more brilliant finish. 31. Re6 was the
right move, for if 31. ...Bxe6 32. fxe6 and Black could never
escape the effects of the double action of White's Queen and
KB on the open diagonal, besides the bearing of bishop and
rook against the f-pawn.} Rxe1 32.Rxe1 Bc8 33.Qe4 Qd6 34.Kg2
Nd7 35.Qe8 b5 36.Re7 {This finishes the game virtually.} Ne5
37.Bxe5 fxe5 38.Qf7 Qxe7 39.Qxe7 bxc4 40.f6 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Qd5 5.d4
exd3 6.Nxd3 Nf6 7.Be3 Bd6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Qf3 Nc6 10.Be2 Bf5
11.Qxd5 Nxd5 12.Nc4 Nxe3 13.Nxe3 Bxd3 {The bishop should have
retreated to e6.} 14.Bxd3 Ne5 15.O-O-O Nxd3+ 16.Rxd3 f5 17.Nc4
Bf4+ 18.Kc2 Rfe8 {?} 19.g3 b5 20.Na3 Re2+ {?} 21.Kd1 Rxb2
22.gxf4 Rxf2 23.Re1 {The persevation of his h-pawn by Rd2
would have have facilitated matters for him.} Rxh2 24.Rd2 Rh3
25.Nxb5 Rb8 26.Nxc7 Rb1+ 27.Ke2 Rh2+ 28.Kd3 {A remarkably
pretty position.} Rxd2+ 29.Kxd2 Rb2+ 30.Kd3 Rxa2 31.c4 h5
32.Kd4 {?} Rf2 33.Ke5 Rc2 34.Kd5 Rd2+ 35.Kc6 h4 36.c5 Rd4
37.Ne6 Re4 38.Rxe4 fxe4 39.Ng5 e3 40.Kd6 e2 41.Nf3 h3 42.c6 h2
43.c7 h1=Q {?} 44.c8=Q+ Kh7 45.Ng5+ Kg6 46.Qc2+ {!} Kf6
47.Ne4+ {!} Kf7 48.Qc4+ {!} Kf8 49.Qc8+ {The ending after
queening his pawn is played quite with surprising ingenuity by
the youthfull competitor. It was given as a study in various
chess columns, and it quite deserved the distinction.} Kf7
50.Qe6+ Kf8 51.Qe7+ Kg8 52.Qe8+ Kh7 53.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.c3
Bg4 {Not good, though feasable if White had played 5.Nc3} 6.h3
Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qf6 {?} 8.d3 Nge7 9.f5 O-O-O 10.b4 {?} Nxb4 {The
proper answer for if White take the knight, Black wins the
Rook by Bd4.} 11.Na3 {It would have been useless to attempt a
diversion now by g4 as Black would answer d5 and bring the
Queen to the Q side.} d5 {!} 12.Rb1 dxc4 13.cxb4 Rxd3 14.Qg4
h5 15.Qg5 Rhd8 16.Ke2 {Exchanging queens was much better, but
the game was lost.} Qc6 {! Black has played the attack in
remarkably finestyle from the eleventh move, and this
sacrifice of a piece evidences high ingenuity.} 17.bxc5 f6
{All in forcible attacking style.} 18.Qxg7 Qxe4+ 19.Kf2 Nxf5
20.Re1 {He had no good resource, as Black also threatened
Qd4+.} Qh4+ 21.g3 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4 exf4 5.d4
Nf6 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Ne4 O-O 11.c3
h6 {Black has ably defended himsef in an original
manner. Here, however, he loses precious time. If 11...Re8
instead conveyed a rather unpleasant threat against the
adverse Knight and Queen 0n the same file within two moves.}
12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Nf2 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Bg5 15.Nh3 Ne3 16.Qe4 g6
17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Re1 Re8 19.Qf3 Ne5 {An error that causes him
great trouble. Qd7 was the proper play.} 20.dxe5 Qxd3 21.Bxe3
fxe3 22.Rxe3 Qb5 {The losing move which his opponent perceives
with a keen eye. Qa6, in order that he might reach e5 speedi,
was his best plan.} 23.Rf1 Re7 24.Qf6 Rae8 25.Kh1 Qa6 26.e6
{Finely played and unanswerable in view of the terrible second
check, threatened by Rh3 after 26...Rxe6 27.Qxf7+.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6
5.Nxc6 {The adverse center becomes very strong after this
exchange.} bxc6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O h5 8.Nc3 h4 9.h3 Rb8 10.Qf3 e6
11.Re1 Qa5 12.Bc4 Be5 13.Bb3 Nf6 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Bg5 Nh5 16.Rad1
f6 17.Bc1 Kf7 18.Ne2 c5 19.c3 Kg7 20.Qd3 Rb6 21.Be3 g5 22.Qc4
d6 23.Nd4 Re8 24.Nf3 Bf4 25.Qe2 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Qe7 27.c4 e5 {The
manouvering in the middle game was fair on both sides. Black's
last move however weakened his center, and White had better
prospects in turning this in his favor by here playing Nd2,
with the view of reaching d5 by way of c3.} 28.Rd2 Nf4 29.Red1
Rh8 30.Nh2 Be6 31.Rc1 Rhb8 32.Nf3 a5 33.Qc3 Rb4 34.Qc2 Qd7
35.Rcd1 R8b6 36.Qc3 a4 37.Nxe5 {Closing his rather undecided
defensive tactics with a miscalculation which costs a Rook.}
fxe5 38.Rxd6 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 Qxd6 40.Rxd6 Nxc3 41.Rxe6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bb5 dxe4
5.Nxe5 Qd5 6.Qa4 Nge7 7.f4 exf3 8.Nxf3 Bd7 9.O-O f6 {a6 at
once was much better.} 10.d4 a6 11.c4 Qh5 12.d5 Nb8 13.Bxd7+
Nxd7 14.Bf4 {? Nc3 was much superior.} b5 {!} 15.cxb5 Nb6
16.Qc2 Nbxd5 17.Bxc7 Rc8 18.b6 Nxb6 19.Qf2 Nc4 20.Bg3 {?} Nf5
{!} 21.Re1+ Kf7 22.Bf4 Bc5 23.Be3 Nfxe3 24.Kh1 Nf5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O
7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nc6 {The sameness of development which is the
usual characteristic of this form of opening is now relieved
by a line of play that would have been more fiting for the
first player to adopt.} 9.c3 Ne7 10.Qc2 Ng6 11.Rae1 Re8
12.Rxe8+ Qxe8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.h3 Be6 15.Kh1 Qf8 16.Re1 Qh6
17.Bf5 Re8 18.Nf1 Nf8 19.Ne3 Re7 20.g3 Ng6 21.Kg1 Qg7 22.Kf1
Qh6 23.Ng1 Kh8 24.Bg4 Qf8 25.Re2 Qc8 26.f4 Bd7 27.Nxd5 Bxg4
28.hxg4 Rxe2 29.Qxe2 Kg7 30.Ne3 Ne7 31.Nf3 Qe6 32.b3 b6 33.Kf2
Kf8 34.Nf5 Nxf5 35.Qxe6 fxe6 36.gxf5 exf5 37.Nh4 Kf7 38.Nxf5
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "33"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Bc4
Ngf6 6.d3 c6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bd2 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4 b4 11.Nd1 Bb6
12.Be3 Nc5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Bc4 O-O 15.O-O Ng4 16.Kh1 Nxe3
17.Nxe3 Nb7 18.Bb3 Kh8 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.Qf2 Nc5 21.Ncd2 f6 22.Nh4
g6 23.Qe3 Be6 {Nxb3 followed by Bd6 was far better.} 24.Bxe6
Nxe6 25.Rf3 Qg7 26.Rg3 Bd8 27.Nc4 Rg8 {?} 28.Nxg6+ Qxg6
29.Rxg6 Rxg6 30.g3 {Black ultimately forfeited the game by
time in an untenable position.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "34"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 {Note by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.Nxe5 d5 6.Qe2 Be6 7.Bb3 c6 8.d4 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Re8
11.f4 Qb6 12.Qf2 Ne4 {His previous move would have greatly
helped himout of his difficulties into which he got, chiefly
owing to his omission on the third move to exchange
Knights. If he had now pursued what at any rate should have
been its object, viz 12...Bf5 and if 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qg3+
Kf8,etc. But he has now aggravated his bad situation by the
text move.} 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.c4 {This fine move prepares a
victorious onslaught on either of the wings, and Black cannot
cover both.} Bc7 {If 14...Qc7 15.f5 Bc8 16.Nxf7, with an
excellent attack.} 15.f5 Bxe5 16.c5 Qc7 17.fxe6 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1
f6 19.Bxf6 Qf4 {If 19...gxf6 20.e7+ K moves 21.Qxf6 mate.}
20.Be5 {Wit and science are combined in White's play. He wins
apiece now for he threatens e7+ followed by Rf8+, and mates
next move.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.f4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.c3
c6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Ne5 O-O {Ne4 was the correct play
in order to keep possession of the hole in the center, and
also to prepare driving off the hostile Knight by f6.} 9.O-O
c5 {Black thus qualifies his fifth move as loss of time, and
in trying to rectify the omission on the Q wing, he loses
sight of the danger to which his K side is exposed. Again Ne4
was the proper play.} 10.g4 Be4 11.g5 Ne8 12.Nxe4 dxe4 {Of
course a blunder which costs the exchange, but his game was
already bad even after 12...Bxe5 13.dxe5 dxe4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Bc4
Nc7 16.Qb3, etc.} 13.Nxd7 cxd4 {If 13...Qxd7 14.dxc5 wins a
clear piece.} 14.Nxf8 d3 15.Bxd3 exd3 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Qxd3 Qe7
18.e4 e5 19.f5 Bc5+ 20.Kh1 Rd8 21.Qf3 Bb6 22.h4 a5 23.f6 Qf7
24.Qe2 gxf6 25.gxf6 Nd6 26.Be3 Bc7 27.Bh6 Bb6 28.Rad1 Ne8
29.Qb5 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bc7 31.Rg1+ Kh8 32.Bg7+ {32.Qd5 Qxd5
33.exd5 Nxf6 (or 33...Nd6 34.f7 Nxf7 35.Bg7+ Kg8 36.Bxe5+ and
wins) 34.Bg7+, etc, would have won more quickly.} Nxg7 33.fxg7
Kg8 34.Qd5 Qxd5 35.exd5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "W Pollock"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Ne7 9.Re1 {Threatening
Rxe4, followed by Bxf7+.} Bb7 {Nc5 was better.} 10.Be3 Nf5
11.c3 Nxe3 12.Rxe3 Bc5 {c5 was the right play.} 13.Nd4 Qg5
14.Qe2 Bb6 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 O-O 17.Qe2 Rae8 18.Re1 f5 {It
is difficult to see how he could expect any good from this,
while it was very obvious that White's strong center Pawn must
become dangerous. c5, with the view of soon following it up by
Bc7, was clearly superior.} 19.Rg3 Qf4 20.Rf3 Qg4 21.h3 Qh5
22.e6 Re7 23.Qe5 Bxd4 24.cxd4 c6 25.g4 Qg6 26.Bc2 Bc8 27.Rxf5
Rxf5 28.Bxf5 Qh6 29.Qd6 Qf6 30.Qd8+ {The termination has been
vigorously conducted by White who now wins the interposing
Queen by the reply Bxh7+.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.f4 {Notes by Steinitz.} b6 2.Nf3 Bb7 3.e3 e6 4.Be2 d5 5.O-O
Bd6 6.b3 Ne7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.Ng5 e5
12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qg4 Be7 14.Ne6 {An unusual sacrifice. The two
pawns for the piece are no match, especially in White,s
undeveloped state.} fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh7 16.fxe5 Nc5 {More plain
but better was Rf1+ followed by Nf8.} 17.Qh3+ Kg8 18.d4 Bc8
19.Qg3 Ne6 20.Qxg6 c6 21.Rxf8+ Bxf8 22.Rf1 Qe7 23.e4 Nxd4
24.exd5 Bf5 25.Rxf5 Nxf5 26.Ne4 {He probably overlooked
Black's powerful defense, for otherwise it was clear that Qxf5
gave him more hope of a good fight.} Qh4 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.g3 Qh3
29.Ng4 Bc5+ 30.Nf2 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 32.Kf3 Rf8 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.dxe5 {?} dxe5
5.Bc4 c6 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.h3 {?} Qf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Be3 Qg6 10.h4 Nb6
11.Be2 {? Bd3 was superior.} O-O 12.f3 {? A grave mistake
which loses a piece.} f6 {!} 13.Bxb6 axb6 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Ne6
Bxe6 16.Bf1 {There was nothing to be done.If 16.Bxe6 Qxg2
17.Rf1 f5 and wins.} Rad8 17.Nd5 cxd5 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 {Ng5 is
the recognized better move.} Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 h6 7.Ne2 Be6
8.Bb5 O-O 9.c3 Bb6 10.g4 d5 11.Qa4 {11.Qc2 was the right play,
but 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxe5 dxe4 13.Nxc6 Qe8, would have
subjected him to a strong attack.} dxe4 12.dxe4 Bd7 13.Ng3 a6
14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qc2 Nxe4 {A bold sacrifice.} 16.Nxe4 f5
17.gxf5 Rxf5 18.Neg5 {Evidently overlooking that after Black's
next move he could not capture the Rook on account of the
impending mate by Qd1.} Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Rxf3 20.Bxh6 {As Black
was not likely to take the Bishop, it makes matters sill
worse.} Qh4 21.Qb3+ Kh7 22.O-O-O Qxh6+ 23.Kb1 Rxf2 24.Qd5 Qg6+
25.Ka1 Re2 26.Qf3 Rf2 27.Qd5 Re2 28.Qf3 Rf2 29.Qd5 Raf8 30.h4
Qg2 31.Qd3+ e4 32.Qc4 Rxb2 33.Qd5 e3 {Lost by forfeit. His
game was evidently lost anyhow.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "38"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henry Edward Bird"]
[Black "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 d6 3.c3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bb5
Bd7 {If 5...Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.fxe5 Be7! 8.d4, with the better
game.} 6.d3 a6 {Losing a pawn. It was necessary now to capture
the f-pawn.} 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe4 {Not deep
enough though rather ingenious up to the point of its
incorrectness.} 10.Qe2 Qh4+ 11.Kd1 O-O-O {It only amounted to
a transposition of moves if he checked at once by Nf2 , for he
had then to guard against Nc6 disch, or NNg6 disch.} 12.Nxc6
Nf2+ 13.Kc2 bxc6 14.g3 Qf6 15.Rf1 Bc5 16.d4 Qf5+ 17.Kb3 Qd5+
18.Qc4 Qg2 19.dxc5 Nd3 20.Nd2 Nxc1+ 21.Raxc1 Qxd2 {The
loser. He could at least prolong the struggle by 21...Rxd2
22.Qxa6+ Kb8! 23.Ka3 g5, etc.} 22.Qxa6+ Kb8 23.Rf4 Qd5+ 24.Ka3
1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (29-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (29-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 d6 5.Be3
Bb6 {We prefer Bxe3, followed by Na5, and exchanging the other
Bishop.} 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Nf1 Bd7 9.Bb3 O-O 10.Bg5 h6
11.Bh4 Na5 12.Ne3 c6 13.h3 Bxe3 {13...Nxb3 14.axb3 Bd8 was
much better play.} 14.fxe3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Qe6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6
17.O-O Qe7 18.Nd2 Qg5 {f5 would have equalized positions.}
19.Kh2 Be6 20.Rf2 a6 21.Raf1 Qh4 22.g4 Rac8 23.Rg2 Qd8 24.Nf3
f6 25.Nh4 Qc7 26.Rfg1 {White has energetically taken advantage
of the time lost by the adversary to form a strong K side
attack.} d5 27.Nf5 dxe4 28.dxe4 Rfd8 {In view of the coming
onslaught of the adverse Pawns, which were sure to give him an
opportunity of opening the f-file, this Rook stood better
where it was, and the QR should have been employed for
occupying the d-file here, as well as previously on the 22nd
move.} 29.h4 Rd7 30.g5 Bxf5 31.gxf6 {Brilliant, profound and
absolutely decisive, as will show itself within a few moves.}
Bxe4 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Qh5 Bh7 34.Qxh6 e4 35.Kh1 Rxg7 36.Rxg7
Qa5 37.Re7 Kg8 38.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (23-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (23-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Graham Baird"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Nc5 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3
d5 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Qc6+ Bd7 14.Re1+ Be7 15.Qe4 Be6
16.Nc3 O-O 17.Bf4 Bc5 18.Red1 Qc8 19.Qc6 Bb6 20.b4 {Nd5 was
superior.} Re8 21.Rd2 Rb8 22.h3 Re7 23.Rad1 Qe8 24.Qxe8+ Rbxe8
25.Kh2 f6 26.Ra1 Bc8 27.Rad1 Kf7 28.Nd5 Rd7 29.Be3 Bxe3
30.Nxe3 Red8 31.Rxd7+ Rxd7 32.Rxd7+ Bxd7 {the game is
simplified to a dry position which allows no initiative on
either side, and a draw is the natural result.} 33.Kg3 Ke6
34.Kf3 Kd6 35.Ke4 c5 36.bxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (30-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (30-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 e6 4.Ne2 g6 5.O-O
Bg7 6.Be3 Ne7 7.c4 O-O 8.Nbc3 Na6 9.a3 f5 10.e5 {? Supporting
the center by f3 is generally best in similar positions.} d6
11.exd6 Qxd6 12.f3 Rad8 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Nxa7 c6 15.Qb3 f4 16.Bf2
Ra8 17.Qxb6 Rfb8 18.d5 Bc8 19.Qa5 Rxa7 20.Nxf4 Raa8 {? It was
better to get rid of the hostile attack by exd5.} 21.dxe6 Qd6
22.Qg5 h6 23.Qg4 g5 24.Ng6 Nxg6 25.Bxg6 Bxe6 26.Rad1 {!} Qe5
27.Qh5 Rd8 28.Rde1 Qf6 29.f4 Bxc4 30.fxg5 Qxg5 31.Bh4 Qxh5
32.Bxh5 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Bxf1 34.Bxd8 Rxd8 35.Rxf1 Bxb2 36.Re1 Bxa3
37.Ra1 Rb8 38.Bf3 Rb6 39.g4 Be7 40.Be4 Nb4 41.Rb1 c5 42.Bf5 c4
{? This spoils a good game.Kf7 should have been played first.}
43.Rc1 Rc6 44.Rxc4 {!} Rxc4 45.Be6+ Kg7 46.Bxc4 Kf6 47.h4 Ke5
48.g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2
{5.fxe5 dxc3 6.exf6 Qxf6 6.bxc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Rb1, is
preferable.} Bd6 {Not as good as 5...Nc6 and if 6.fxe5 Ng4,
etc.} 6.fxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c3 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bd6 10.Ng3
{10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Bg5, with the view of forcing on the d-pawn and
forming a strong center, was better.} O-O 11.Be2 h6 12.Rb1 Re8
13.O-O b6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Bd2 Bd7 16.Qb3 Rad8 17.Rbe1 g5 18.Nxg5
{A great blunder which costs at least one piece, and as his
error consisted in overlooking the force of Black,s 20th move,
he loses another piece, after which Black has no trouble to
win.} Bxg3 19.hxg3 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Qc5+ 21.d4 Qxg5 22.e5 Be6
23.Qb5 Qe3+ 24.Kh2 Ne4 25.Bf3 Qxc3 26.Rxe4 Nxd4 27.Qb1 Bf5
28.Bg4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 Qc2 30.Qf4 Qh7+ 31.Kg1 Qg7 32.Bh5 Rd7
33.Re1 c5 34.Re4 Rde7 35.Qd2 Kf8 36.Rg4 Qh7 37.Rh4 Rxe5 38.Qf4
Qxh5 39.Rxh5 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 {This
loss of time contributes greatly to his early disaster.} 5.Bc4
Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 {In consequence of
Black's dilatory 4th move this venture is now, we believe,
sound. He sacrifices no more than the exchange virtually, as
the adverse Knight that gains the Rook will remained
inprisoned and ultimately lost.} Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Nxa1 11.fxe5
dxe5 12.Rf1 {An excellent move that nuch increases the
difficulties of the defence.} Nf6 13.Qxg7 Kd7 14.Rxf6 Kc8
15.Rxf7 Bd6 16.Bg5 Qe8 {If 16...Qg8 17.Rxc7+ and wins.} 17.Nd5
Rg8 {Kb8 might have given him time for some further
resistance, but his game was past recovery.} 18.Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Black "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6
5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 {We do not approve of this pinning.} Be6 {By h6
Black could either drive back the Bishop or affect an exchange
favorable to his position.} 7.Nd5 Na5 8.Bb3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Bxd5
{Inferior to 9...c6, for if 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ne3 d5, and we
prefer Black.} 10.exd5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Nd2 Qg6
14.Kh1 Rae8 15.b4 Bb6 16.Nc4 e4 {Of questionable value, for it
relieves White of one of his doubled Pawns.} 17.Ra3 {This fine
move brings the Rook into communication with the center and
the K wing.} Qf5 18.dxe4 Qxe4 19.Rc3 Bd4 20.Nd2 Qe7 21.Rf3 Qe2
22.c3 Bb6 23.b3 Re7 24.g3 {White cautiouly makes provision to
bring the King to the succor for the ending.} Rfe8 25.Kg2 Re3
26.Qxe2 Rxe2 27.Nc4 Ra2 28.Nxb6 axb6 29.c4 Ree2 30.Rc1 Red2
31.b5 Kf8 32.Re1 Re2 {There is no weak point on either side
and no chance of breaking through for either party.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (34-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.c3
Bg4 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 Bh5 {?} 8.Be3 Bb6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Bb3 Qe7
11.Nc4 Rad8 {?} 12.Bxb6 {!} axb6 13.Ne3 Nd7 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nd5
Qe8 16.Nxc7 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qe8 {Hardly just to White's superiority
of position, besides his being a clear pawn ahead.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (34-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (34-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Chigorin"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 {We notice in all
the games of this opening in which Mr Chigorin is the first
player that the Russian master prefers the old line of
continuation for White.} exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Be7 {New, but
hardly as good as the commonly played 5...Bd6.} 6.Ne5 Nc6
7.Nxc6 {This allows Black to form a good center later
on. after 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Nxd7 Qxd7 9.O-O, we slightly prefer
White, on account of the two Bishops.} bxc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3
Bg4 {We do not see any use in this, and would have much
preferred to dissolve the doubled Pawns by ...c5.} 10.f3 Bh5
11.Bf4 {Our suggestion is probably not congenial to Mr
Chigorin's style, but we have no doubt according to our
principles that Na4 followed by Be3, was his correct play; and
if he only stopped the advance of the adverse c-pawn, he was
bound to obtain the superiority in the end, on account of the
opponent's doubled c-pawn and isolated a-pawn.} c5 12.Be5 cxd4
13.Bxd4 c5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Kh1 Bg6 17.b3 Rfe8
18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.Re1 {The game resolves itself into a position
which by rights ought to lead to a draw.} Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Re8
21.Qd2 d4 22.Na4 Nd5 23.Re1 {Much better was 23.c3 Ne3 24.Re1
followed by cxd4.} Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Nb4 25.Qe2 Nxa2 26.Qc4 Qe5
27.h3 {The natural and usual move in similar positions, but a
blunder in this exceptional and curious instance. g3 was the
only move to save the game, and though Black would keep a
Pawnahead even in that case, the game would most likely have
ended in a draw.} Qe1+ 28.Kh2 Nc1 {Black shrewdly grasps his
advantage. He now wins the game by force, as he threatens Ne2,
to which his opponent has no defence.} 0-1

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (20-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (20-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4
5.O-O h5 6.d3 Bc5 7.Bf4 g5 {?} 8.Bd2 c6 9.Bc4 d5 {? This error
cost a pawn at least and quite unsettles his position
besides.} 10.exd5 cxd5 11.Qe2+ Kf8 12.Qe5 Qf6 {Black plays
desperately and tries on sacrificing tactics. f6 was his best
under bad circumstances.} 13.Qxd5 Be7 14.Bxg5 {!} Qg6 15.Bxe7+
Nxe7 16.Qd8+ Kg7 17.Qxe7 Rf8 18.Qe5+ Kh7 19.Nd2 Rg8 20.g3 Bh3
21.Ne4 Rg7 22.Nf6+ Kh6 23.Qf4+ Qg5 24.Qxg5+ {White's play has
been very clever from the point where the opponent left the
winning opportunity open.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (32-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (32-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4
5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Ne2 Bc5 9.c3 Bb6 10.Ng3 h6 {?}
11.Ne1 Ng4 {?} 12.h3 Qh4 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 g6
16.Qf3 Kg7 17.Be3 Nh7 18.Bxb6 cxb6 {We would have considerably
preffered Black's game if he had retaken with the h-pawn.}
19.Nc2 Ng5 20.Qe3 Ne6 21.Qf3 Qf4 {An even position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (25-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (25-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "John Washington Baird"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.dxe5 {?} dxe5
5.Bc4 c6 6.Qd3 {?} Qc7 7.Ng5 Nh6 8.O-O Nc5 9.Qe2 b5 {!} 10.Bb3
a5 11.c3 a4 {? Not as good as Nxb3} 12.Bc2 f6 13.Nf3 Nf7
14.Re1 Be6 15.Nbd2 g5 16.Kh1 h5 17.Ng1 g4 18.f3 Nd7 19.Nf1 Bc5
20.Be3 Qa7 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Ne3 Rg8 23.Qf2 Qf8 24.f4 {The
isolation of his e pawn greatly weakens his game.} exf4
25.Qxf4 Qd6 26.Qf1 h4 27.Ne2 g3 {After h3 followed by a3 and
Qe5, Black had the better winning prospects.} 28.h3 Bxh3 {?}
29.gxh3 Qd2 30.Qf4 g2 31.Nxg2 {If 31.Kg1 Ng5, and wins. On
31.Kh2 g1=Q+, with a strong attack.} Qxc2 32.Rad1 Qxb2 33.Rd2
{With a little more patience White ought now to have obtained
an excellent attack, his position being altogether much
preferable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (29-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (29-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3
Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.Qe2 {exd5 is the usual move here, but
this also seems to be good.} dxe4 9.dxe4 h6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3
Be6 12.b3 {This and the last are not to our taste or
principles. Nf1 with the view of entering with the Knight at
e3, was much better.} b4 {A fine answer which gives Black
possesion of the center with his minor pieces.} 13.c4 Nd4
14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Rb1 Rad8 16.O-O Qd7 17.Nf3 Bd4 18.Nxd4 Qxd4
19.Rd1 Qc5 20.Be3 Qc6 21.Qf3 Bc8 22.Rxd8 {Which practically
means playing for a draw, but neither side had anything
better.} Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rd6 24.Rxd6 Qxd6 25.Qe2 Bb7 26.f3 Nd7
27.Qf2 c5 28.Kf1 Kf8 29.Qd2 Qe7 30.Qf2 Ke8 31.Qg3 Kf8 32.Qf2
Ke8 33.Qg3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg4
11.Be3 Nc6 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Qa4 Qf5 {?
...Nd5 would have given him a good attack, whereas this
compromises his game.} 16.Ne5 {!} Qh5 {A desperate answer, but
16...Bxe2 (0r 16...Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxe2 18.exf6) 17.Nxc6 was also
very disadvantageous.} 17.Nxg4 Nxg4 18.h3 f5 19.hxg4 fxg4
20.Ne4 {!} Qg6 21.Bd3 Nb4 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Bb1 Nd5 24.Ng3 Qf7
25.Rxc7 {!} h5 26.Rxb7 h4 27.Nf5 h3 28.Nxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7
30.Qd3 Nf6 31.gxh3 gxh3 32.Bd2 Qd7 33.Qf5 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (23-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (23-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3
Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 d6 8.c3 Nf6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 {!} Qc8
11.Nbd2 {?} Qg4 12.h3 Qh5 {?} 13.Nf1 Qg6 14.Ng3 h6 15.Nh4 Qh7
16.Nhf5 Rae8 17.d5 Nb8 18.a4 {!} bxa4 19.Bxa4 Nbd7 20.Bxd7
Nxd7 21.Nxh6+ Kh8 {Evidently if gxh6, White recovers the piece
by Qg4+,with a splendid game.} 22.Nhf5 Bf6 23.Ne3 Bg5 24.Nc2
{? Much better was Qc4.} Bf4 25.Nh5 Bxc1 26.Raxc1 f5 27.exf5
Rxf5 28.Ng3 Rf4 29.Nb4 Ref8 {Black has gained ground and could
have much inproved his postition here by e4.} 30.f3 Qg6 31.Kh2
Nf6 32.Nd3 Rh4 33.c4 Bc8 34.Nf2 Qh7 35.Kg1 Qg6 36.Ng4 {!} Nxg4
37.hxg4 {!} Rf4 38.Qc2 Qh6 39.Re1 Bxg4 {A desperate
sacrafice.} 40.fxg4 Rfxg4 41.Qc3 Rxc4 42.Qxc4 {!} Rxc4 43.Rxc4
Qd2 44.Rh4+ Kg8 45.Rf1 Qxd5 46.Nf5 Qc5+ 47.Kh2 d5 48.Rg4 Kf7
49.Nd6+ {! Very beautiful.} Kg8 {If 49...Ke6 50. Rg6+ Ke7
51.Rxg7+ Ke6! 52.Rg6+ Ke7 53.Rf7+,and mates next move.} 50.Ne8
{White threatens Rxg7+,followed by Rf6 or f7 accordingly.} 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (21-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (21-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by Steinitz.} d5 2.c4 e6 3.e3 c5 {?} 4.dxc5 Bxc5
5.cxd5 {? Nf3 was much stronger, as Black could not well
exchange without subjecting his King to harrasment.} exd5
6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc3 b6 {?} 10.a3 Bb7 11.b4 Bd6
12.Nb5 Bb8 13.Bb2 a6 14.Nbd4 Ne7 15.Rc1 Qd7 16.Ne2 {? Nh4
threatening Nf5 made it more unpleasant for the opponent.} Bd6
17.Bxf6 {?} gxf6 18.Ng3 Qg4 {!} 19.Bb1 Bxg3 {?} 20.hxg3 Rfc8
21.Qd3 {Here and on the next move Qd2 were better.} Qe4 22.Qd2
Qg4 23.Nd4 f5 24.Ne2 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Nf4 Qg7
{! An ingenious move for drawing purposes.} 28.Nxd5 Nxd5
29.Qxd5 Qa1 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qxc8 Qxb1+ 32.Kh2 Qd3 33.Qc1 b5
34.Kg1 f6 35.Kh2 Kf7 36.Kh3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bc4
c6 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Na4 {?} Bb4+ 8.c3 Ba5 9.b4 Bc7 10.fxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 {? He could well retreat Bb3 and if 11...Bg4 12.d4
Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 with the better game.} dxe5 12.Bb3 O-O 13.Bg5
Qd6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Qd2 Nd7 16.Nb2 Rae8 17.Nc4 Qg6 18.Bh4 Be6
19.Ne3 Bb6 20.Kh1 Qh6 21.Bf2 Nf6 22.Qe1 Rd8 23.Rd1 Bc8 {?}
24.Nf5 Bxf5 25.Bxb6 Ng4 26.Bg1 Bc8 27.Rf3 b6 28.Rh3 Qg5 29.Qh4
Qxh4 30.Rxh4 Rd6 31.Rh3 Rfd8 32.Rf3 Nf6 {!} 33.h3 Ba6 34.c4
Nxe4 35.c5 bxc5 36.Bxf7+ Kh8 37.bxc5 Rxd3 38.Rfxd3 Rxd3 39.Re1
Ng3+ 40.Kh2 Rc3 41.Rxe5 Nf1+ 42.Kh1 Ng3+ {There was no more
than a draw in the game and Black rightly decides it that
way.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (35-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Burille"]
[Black "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 {?} 4.Bb5 {d4
folloed soon by Bd3 was stronger.} Nf6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Bg5 Be7
7.Nbd2 O-O 8.h3 exd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 {? 9...Re8 (threatening Nxe4
followed by Bxg5, etc.) 10. O-O d5 11. Bxf6 (or 11.e5 Ne4)
Bxf6 12. e5 Be7, gave Black slightly the better game.} 10.Be2
h6 11.Be3 d5 12.e5 Nh7 13.a3 Nc6 14.Bd3 f5 {?} 15.g3 {? exf6
in passing, followed accordingly by Ne5 or Bc2 would have
given White an excellent attack.} Be6 {?} 16.h4 a6 17.Rc1 Rf7
18.Qc2 Nf8 19.Ke2 Bd7 20.Rcg1 Ne6 21.Rh2 Kh8 22.Ke1 Qf8 {It
was safe and very strong to break through by ...f4} 23.Rhg2
Ncd8 24.Rh2 Kg8 25.Ng5 {?} hxg5 26.hxg5 g6 27.Rgh1 Qg7 28.f4
c5 29.Nf3 cxd4 30.Rh6 Nf8 {? ...dxe3 followed by ...Rf8 in
reply to Qh2, would have won with ease.} 31.Qh2 Nh7 32.e6 Nxe6
33.Ne5 Nef8 34.Bxd4 Bd6 35.Kd2 Re7 36.Nxg6 {The wisest course,
for he could hardly play for more than a draw which soon
results from this.} Qxd4 37.Nxe7+ Bxe7 38.Rxh7 Qxb2+ 39.Bc2
Qd4+ 40.Bd3 Qb2+ 41.Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6
5.Nf3 {A remarkable novelty.} Bc5 6.Nc3 Bb4 {As he cannot well
afterward exchange, this Bishop is still worse placed now. Nd4
was his best play.} 7.Bd2 Nge7 8.a3 Ba5 9.Bd3 d6 10.h3 Ne5
11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.O-O a6 {Much inferior to c6 with the view of
playing Bc7.} 13.Kh1 Bxc3 14.f4 Qf6 15.Bxc3 Qh6 16.f5 Nc6
17.Qe1 Bd7 18.Qg3 Rg8 19.Bc4 Kf8 20.Rad1 Re8 21.Rf4 Ne5 22.Rh4
Qxh4 {The result justifies his speculating on making a better
fight with two pieces for the Queen then with a pawn behind
and a very bad game after 22...Qf6 23.Rxh7.} 23.Qxh4 Nxc4
24.e5 {Of course, an error. Re1 was the right play.} Ne3
25.Re1 Nxf5 26.Qb4 Bc6 27.Kh2 h5 28.exd6 cxd6 29.Re5 Rxe5
30.Bxe5 Ke7 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kd7 33.Bf4 g5 34.gxf5 gxf4
35.Qxf4 Rg2+ 36.Kh3 Rxc2 37.Qd4 Rc5 38.Qf6 Bd5 39.Qd4 Bb3
40.Qb4 Rb5 {Black has guarded all points, and the adverse King
cannot gain any effective entrance into his game. His defence
with two pieces against the Queen is a very fine specimen of
play in a position of that character.} 41.Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Weiss"]
[Black "James Mason"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4
c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 {A good idea and much superior to 6...Bxc5, to
which White would reply 7.Qg4 as in a game between the editor
and Senor Vasquez.} 7.a3 {We think the best plan to maintain a
slight advantage is 7.Be3 Bxc5 8.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Nf3 etc.} Bxc5
8.Qg4 O-O 9.Bd3 {Nf3 was, we believe, preferable.} f5 10.Qh3
Bxg1 11.Rxg1 Nc5 {This and the preceeding exchange are well
played. Black now secures either another exchange of an
important hostile attacking piece, or else, should White
retreat Be2, Black obtains a strong entrance with the Knight
at b4.} 12.Bd2 Nxd3+ 13.Qxd3 a6 {A necessary precaution now,
for he cannot afford to let the adverse Knight in at b4.}
14.O-O-O b5 15.Ne2 Bd7 16.g4 fxg4 17.Rxg4 Be8 {With this well
conceived retreat Black soon secures himself on the K side
against any kind of assault.} 18.Qg3 Bg6 19.Be3 Ne7 20.Nd4
{Clearly playing at once for a draw, and for fair reasons. If
Mr Weiss had lost this game, he would not have been sure even
of the second prize, for he would have tied for second and
third with Mr Gunsberg. By drawing this game he secured the
tie for first and second prizes, and as the position gave
hardly any promise for more than a draw. Mr Weiss was clearly
justified in forcing that result as early as possible.} Nf5
21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Rd2 Rc8 23.Rg5 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (38-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "W Pollock"]
[Black "David Graham Baird"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.c3
Nf6 6.Qd3 O-O 7.d5 Nb8 8.Bb3 a5 {We disapprove on general
principles of White's early advance on the seventh
move. Black's retort at this juncture is all the more feeble,
as he could have obtained the superiority of position at once
by 8...Nfd7 9.Bc2 (or 9.Be3 Na6) Nc5 10.Qe2 f5, etc.} 9.h3 h6
10.Be3 Nh7 11.g4 c5 12.c4 a4 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Nc3 Na6 15.a3 Nc7
16.Bxc5 dxc5 17.Nxe5 {He might have been well satisfied with
recovering the piece and getting the superior game by d6, but
the plan adopted is of doubtful value.} Bh4 {He shoul not have
allowed his adversary to free at once his e-pawn for
action. 17...Be8 18.Nf3 Bh4 19.e5 g6, made it more difficult
for the opponent to proceed with his attack.} 18.Nxd7 Qxd7
19.e5 g6 20.O-O-O {It was hardly advisable to give up a pawn,
and he could well adopt Ke2, with the view of playing f4
soon.} Bxf2 21.d6 Ne6 22.Nd5 Nd4 {Qd8 was the simplest
defence, but if he intended to give up the exchange, it was
only justifiable in this position if he had played Bd4,
instead of the text move.} 23.Nb6 Qd8 24.Nxa8 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 Rxa8
26.Rhf1 Bh4 27.Qe4 Nxc2 {He abandons his stronghold in the
adverse center without cause, Qd8, which made room for Nhg5,
was by far better.} 28.Kxc2 Rf8 29.Rd5 Qd8 30.Rxc5 Ng5 31.Qxb7
Ne6 32.Rd5 Qc8 33.Qb5 {Qxc8 followed by Kc3, would have worked
quicker toward the winning end.} Qa8 34.Qa5 Qc6 35.Kc3 Rb8
36.Rb5 Rc8 37.Qxa4 Qe4 38.Rd1 Be1+ 39.Kb3 Nd4+ 40.Ka2 Nxb5
41.Qxb5 Bh4 42.d7 Rd8 43.Qd5 Qf4 44.c5 Qf2 45.c6 Rb8 46.d8=Q+
{One of Mr. Pollock's bright surprises. Black cannot afterward
stop the adverse c-pawn from queening.} Bxd8 47.Qxd8+ Rxd8
48.Rxd8+ Kh7 49.c7 1-0

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (32-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (32-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz} e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4
O-O 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Be3 {? Ne2 was much
preferable.} Bxe3 10.Qxe3 Nh5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bb3 Qh4+ 13.Kd2
Ng3 14.Rhe1 Kh8 15.Ne2 Nxe2 16.Rxe2 f5 17.Rae1 f4 18.Qf2 Qh6
19.Rf1 f3 {? The f-pawn formed his main strength, and he
should not have subjected it to an exchange.} 20.Re3 Rf6 21.d4
Nc6 22.c3 fxg2 23.Qxg2 Raf8 24.Rxf6 Qxf6 25.Ke2 Qf4 26.Rg3 g6
27.Qf3 Qh6 28.Qe3 Qh5+ 29.Rf3 Kg7 30.Kf2 Qh4+ 31.Kg2 Rxf3
32.Qxf3 Qg5+ 33.Kh2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (28-2)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (28-2)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.d3 f5{?} 3.Be2 {? White was a
strong move ahead for any variation of the King's Gambit and
should have not hesitated to accept it.} Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2
d6 6.Bf3 Nc6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O f4 9.a3 Bxc3 {? Ba5 was
decidedly better.} 10.Nxc3 Be6 11.Re1 Nd4 12.Kh1 g5 13.Ne2
Nxf3 14.gxf3 g4 15.Rg1 {A strange termination at such an early
stage, especially considering that Black had much the best of
the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (21-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (21-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Burille"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2
Bd6 6.fxe5 Bxe5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nxe5 {? c3 would have given White
the better game.} Nxe5 9.Ng3 Nfg4 10.Bf4 {10.c3 with the
likely continuation ...Qh4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 (or ...Nc6 12.Bf4)
12.Qxd4 Nxh2 13.Qf2 Neg4 14.Qf4, was much stronger.} Ng6
11.Qd2 Nxf4 12.Qxf4 Ne3 13.Qe5+ Kf8 14.Qc5+ Kg8 15.Kd2 b6
16.Qe5 f6 17.Qf4 Qe7 18.a3 Kf7 19.Rg1 Qc5 20.Rc1 Re8 21.Be2
Re7 22.Nf1 Qa5+ 23.c3 Nxf1+ 24.Rgxf1 Bb7 25.Qf5 dxc3 26.Rxc3
Qxf5 27.Rxf5 Rd8 28.Rf4 {?} Bxe4 29.g3 c5 30.Bf3 Bg6 31.g4
Red7 32.Be2 Rd4 {? Premature ...Ke7 was much superior.}
33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.b4 {!} cxb4 35.Rc7+ Kf8 36.axb4 Rxb4 37.Rxa7
Rd4 38.Ra8+ Be8 39.Kc3 Rd6 40.d4 Ke7 41.Ra7+ Rd7 42.Ra6 Rc7+
43.Kd2 Rb7 44.Bf3 Rd7 45.Ke3 Rd6 46.Ra7+ Bd7 47.d5 {A fair
draw, though Black is a pawn ahead. He cannot make use of his
passed b-pawn or the f-pawn after advancing ...g6, as White's
King would come in accordingly at e5 or c5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (24-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (24-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "George Hatfeild Gossip"]
[Black "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4
5.d4 Be7 6.Re1 Nd6 7.dxe5 Nxb5 8.a4 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Nd6 10.Bg5 Nf5
{10...Bxg5 is, of course, out of the question on account of
the rejoinder Nc6+, and if 10...f6 11.Qh5+ Kf8 (or 11...g6
12.Nxg6, etc.) 12.Ng6+, and should win.} 11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.Qd5+
Kg6 13.g4 Bxg5 14.Qxf5+ Kh6 15.h4 d5 {Black has defended
himself remarkably well against the opponent's highly
ingenious onslaught, and he is sure to remain with a pawn
ahead, with a good position, but he could have secured a still
greater advantage by advancing this Pawn only one step.}
16.hxg5 Qxg5 17.Qxg5+ Kxg5 18.Re5+ Kxg4 {Kf6, followed by Bxg4
would have given him less trouble in the end.} 19.a5 Bd7
20.Rxd5 Bc6 21.Rc5 Rhd8 22.Nc3 Rd6 23.Nd1 Rad8 24.Ne3+ Kf3
25.Ra3 Ke2 26.Re5 Rg6+ 27.Ng2 Kd2 28.Rg3 Rxg3 29.fxg3 Kxc2
30.b4 Rd1+ {In excellent style Black has made fine use of his
King and has arrived at an ending which he ought to have won
without difficulty if he had only simplified matters here by
Bxg2, followed by Rd2.} 31.Ne1+ Kc3 32.b5 Rd5 33.Re7 Rd7
34.Re3+ {White proves great powers of ingenious resource in
this game which seemed to be several times almost hopeless.}
Kb4 {34...Kd2 or d4 35.bxc6, thratening cxd7, was still worse
for Black, and he selects the right course in giving up the
piece at once.} 35.bxc6 bxc6 36.Re5 c5 37.Nc2+ Kxa5 38.Rxc5+
Kb6 39.Re5 a5 40.Ne3 c5 41.Nc4+ Kb5 42.Nxa5 {It was no use
playing for more than a draw with a Knight against three
Pawns, and White properly simplifies matters for that
purpose.} Kxa5 43.Rxc5+ Kb4 44.Rc8 Kb5 45.Kg2 Kb6 46.Kh3 Rc7
47.Rh8 h6 48.Kh4 Kb7 49.Rg8 Re7 50.g4 Kc7 51.g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (25-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (25-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "James Moore Hanham"]
[Black "John Washington Baird"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3
d6 6.b4 {?} Bb6 7.a4 a6 {? a4 is superior.} 8.O-O h6 {?} 9.Be3
Bxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.Na3 Qe7 12.Qe1 Kh7 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.Bc2 Nd8
15.d4 Ng8 16.Qg3 Re8 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nc4 f6 19.Nh4 Qf7 20.Bb3
Qh5 21.Rad1 Be6 22.Rd2 Nf7 23.Nf5 Qg6 24.Qe1 Ng5 25.Nh4 Qh5
26.Bd1 Bg4 27.Bc2 Red8 28.Nf5 Qe8 29.h3 Bh5 30.h4 Ne6 31.Rdf2
{Black had much the better game and would have been fully
justified in trying to win.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (36-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (36-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Dionisio M Martinez"]
[Black "Max Weiss"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6
5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Bb6 7.Qe2 Be6 8.h3 {More likely to do harm then
good in the opening. Bb3 was better.} Bxc4 9.dxc4 Ba5 {Ne7
followed by c6 or Ng6 was more adapted to give Black a good
gamethan this aim at a mere exchange of another piece.} 10.Bd2
Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qe7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Rd2 Nd7 14.Rhd1 Rhf8 15.g4
g6 16.b4 {RAther bold, considering the position of his King.}
Qe6 17.Kb2 Nb6 {This was tempting, but it is the source of
Black's coming troubles. It was absolutely necessary to keep
his Knight at d7 so as to prevent any eventual advance of the
adverse c-pawn, which would strike at the root of Black's
position, while the advance of White's b-pawn would do no
harm. He should have played f5 at once.} 18.Kb3 f5 19.exf5
gxf5 20.b5 fxg4 21.Ng5 Qf5 22.Qxg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rg8 24.Nxh7
Ne7 25.Nf6 {White has excellently taken advantage of the
opponent's slight error, pointed in our last note, and he has
come out with a Pawn ahead. However, he hesitates now and
loses the fruit of his fine play, which ought to have secured
the victory if he had only played here c5 at once. Obviously,
if Black allowed his two Rooks to be exchanged, White would
afterward gain the e-pawn, and the latters two passed Pawns
would win without much difficulty. And if 25...Nd7 26.cxd6
cxd6 27.Rxd6, with two Pawns ahead, for Black dare not answer
by 27...Rxg4 on account of the rejoinder Rxd7, followed
ultimately by Nf6+.} Rg6 26.c5 Rxf6 27.cxb6 axb6 28.Bxe5 Rf3+
29.c3 Rg8 30.Bg3 Rxg4 31.Rd3 Rxd3 32.Rxd3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-06.Congress New York (28-1)"]
[Site "USA-06.Congress New York (28-1)"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jean Taubenhaus"]
[Black "James Moore Hanham"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3
Bb6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Ne2 h6 8.Be3 Bc7 9.h3 Qe7 10.Ng3 d5 11.exd5 {?}
cxd5 12.Bb3 Nc6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.O-O-O {?} a5 16.c3 a4
17.Bc2 d4 {!} 18.cxd4 Bxa2 19.dxe5 Ndxe5 {Much stronger was
Nc5} 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Bd4 O-O 22.f4 Nc6 23.Qxe7 Nxe7 24.Be5
Rfc8 25.Ne3 b5 26.Bxc7 Rxc7 27.Kd2 Nc6 28.Bb1 Bb3 {? Bxb1
followed by Nd4 , would have secured possesion of the open
file, with an excellent game.} 29.Rc1 Rac8 30.Nf5 {!} Kf8
31.Nd6 Rb8 32.Rc5 b4 33.Rhc1 Rb6 34.d4 Rd7 35.Nc8 Rxd4+ 36.Ke3
Rb8 37.Rxc6 Rd8 38.Be4 {? Nb6 with the view of playing Bc2
would have gained valuable time.} a3 39.bxa3 bxa3 40.Nd6 a2
41.Ra6 g6 42.f5 gxf5 43.Nxf5 Re8 44.Kf3 Rb4 45.Nd6 Re6 46.Ra8+
Ke7 47.Nf5+ Kf6 48.Ng3 Bc4 49.Ra7 Ba6 50.Bd5 Ra4 {!} 51.Bxe6
fxe6 52.Ra1 Be2+ 53.Nxe2 Rxa7 54.Nc1 {White overlooks an
ingenious scheme of the adversary. Ke3 followed by Nc3 would
have won without trouble.} Rc7 55.Nxa2 Ra7 56.Ke3 Kg5 57.g3
Ra3+ 58.Kf2 e5 59.Kg2 e4 60.Kh2 h5 61.Kg2 h4 62.g4 Rg3+ 63.Kh2
Ra3 64.Kg2 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Congress"]
[Site "New York Congress"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas MacLeod"]
[Black "Henry Edward Bird"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 {Notes by Steinitz.} e5 2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Nf6
5.Qa4+ Bd7 {An error which costs the exchange.} 6.Qb3 Be6
7.Qxb7 Bd6 8.Qxa8 Bxe5 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bxc6+ Nxc6 11.Qxc6+ Bd7
12.Qc4 Qb8 13.d4 exd3 14.Qxd3 O-O 15.Be3 {Black had a lost
game but for this stroke of fortune which delivers a clear
Rook into his hands.} Qxb2 16.O-O Qxa1 17.Qc2 Be6 18.f4 Bb8
19.c4 Ng4 20.Bc5 Qf6 21.Bxf8 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 Kxf8 23.Qb3 Bd6
24.Qf3 g6 25.h3 Ne3 26.Rf2 Nxc4 27.Nc3 Bc5 28.Nd1 Bd5 29.Re2
Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings, England"]
[Date "1895.08.28"]
[EventDate "1895.08.05"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 {Notes by W. Steinitz} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 {White's game has been modelled
chiefly after Steinitz's favourite attack. Here, however 7
cxd5 is preferable for if ...exd5 8 Bb5 Bb7 9 Ne5, with a
strong attack.} Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Bb1
{As often shown in my annotations in similar positions, it is
absolutely injurious to White's game to allow three
well-supportable Pawns against two to be established on the
Queen's side. The prospect of a King's side attack on which
White speculates is quite unreliable in comparison to the
disadvantage on the Queen's side to which he is subjected. At
any rate, Pawns ought to be exchanged first, and thus Black’s
centre weakened.} Ne4 {It was better to make sure of his
superiority on the Queen's side by c4 at once.} 12. Bf4 Nxc3
13. Rxc3 c4 14. Ne5 f5 {He had sufficient force on the King's
side to ignore any hostile attack in that direction, and
systematic operations on the other wing, commencing with b5,
were most in order.} 15. Kh1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. f4 Bc8 {The
combination of this with the next five moves, more especially
with the two closely following, is full of high ingenuity,
which, however, is wasted on an imaginary danger. For all
purposes of defence it was only necessary to advance g6 at the
right time, and then to play Rf7, followed by Bf8
eventually. The Queen's wing was still the proper point of
attack to which he should have directed his attention more
promptly.} 18. Qh5 a6 19. Rf3 Ra7 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qh6 Bxe5
22. fxe5 Rg7 23. Rf3 b5 24. Rc1 Qe7 {For aggressive purposes
on the Queen's side, the Queen was better placed at c7.}
25. Rcf1 Rff7 26. h4 Be6 27. g4 {This rash attack and Black's
timid reply were only to be accounted for as results of time
pressure on both sides.} Qd7 {There was not the slightest
danger in capturing the Pawn with a Pawn ahead, while this
loses one.} 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 Rg6 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31. Rxf5
Rxf5 32. Rxf5 b4 33. Qf3 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rb8
Qe7 37. Qf4 h5 38. e6 {A fatal miscalculaiion. Rc8 led to a
most probable draw, for if 38....Rg4 39 Qf6+, etc.} Rxe6
39. Rc8 Re4 {Black seizes his opportunity with scientific
exactitude.} 40. Rc7 Rxf4 41. Rxe7+ Rf7 42. Re5 c2 43. Rg5+
Kh6 44. Rg1 Rb7 0-1

