[Event "6th American Chess Congress"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1889.03.26"] [EventDate "1889.03.25"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Constant Ferdinand Burille"] [Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "111"] [Source "The Sun, 27 March 1889, p. 5"] 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 Ra4 38.Bd5 Rb4 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Re3 Rd4 41.Ba2 Ra4 42.Bb3 Rb4 43.Ke2 Kg6 44.Rf3 f6 45.Bc2+ Kf7 46.Rf5 Rb2 47.Kd3 a4 48.Bxa4 Ke6 49.Rf4 Ke5 50.Bd1 Ra2 51.Bg4 Ra3+ 52.Ke2 Ra2+ 53.Kf3 Ra3+ 54.Kg2 Ra6 55.Rf5+ Ke4 56.Rh5 1-0