[Event "Continental Corr (prelim-4)"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1894.01.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ludwig Otto Hesse"]
[Black "John Lindsay McCutcheon"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Quart. for Chess History 8/2002, p.432-433"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 {The proper move here was
4.dxc5 as pointed out by the German master Tarrasch.} cxd4
5. cxd4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 {White's Queen
pawn will be difficult to protect.} Nge7 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Bd2
O-O 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Be3 b6 15. Ne2 Nb4
16. Bb1 Bb7 17. Ng3 Nbd5 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qa8
21. Nh5 Rc8 {Black dare not capture the Knight, or Qh7 mate.}
22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Bd2 Bd6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Ne5 Qc7 26. f3
Kf8 {Black dare not play 26...Bxe5 for 27.dxe5 Qxe5 and white
mates in two moves.} 27. a3 Nd5 28. f4 Nf6 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Bd3
Qb7 31. f5 exf5 32. Bxf5 b5 33. Bb4 Bxb4 34. axb4 Be4 35. Bxe4
Nxe4 36. Nd7+ {This move costs white the game, it is poor, as
it not only exchanges the Knights but also the Queens.} Qxd7
37. Qxe4 Qe7 38. Qa8+ Qe8 39. Qxe8+ Kxe8 40. Kf2 Ke7 41. Ke3
Ke6 42. h4 g5 {With this move Black announced mate in 30
moves. -Notes by Ludwig Otto Hesse} 0-1