[Event "Napier - Ruth"] [Site "Brooklyn, NY USA (Brooklyn CC)"] [Date "1896.05.09"] [EventDate "1896.04.11"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Stephen Griffith Gassaway Ruth"] [Black "William Ewart Napier"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1896.05.12, p12"] [PlyCount "144"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c5 Bc7 6.f4 Nh6 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9. Ng5 g6 10.h4 Nf6 11.Bd2 b6 12.b4 Kg7 13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Ng1 f6 15.g4 fxg5 16. gxh5 gxf4 17.hxg6 fxe3 18.Bxe3 Bg3+ 19.Kd2 hxg6 20.Bxh6+ Kxh6 21.Qg4 Bf4+ 22.Kc2 Qf6 23.Nf3 e5 24.Qg5+ Qxg5 25.hxg5+ Kg7 26.dxe5 Bg4 27.Rh6 Bh5 28. Rh1 bxc5 29.R1xh5 gxh5 30.Rh7+ Kg8 31.g6 c4 32.Bf1 Be3 33.Bh3 Rae8 34.Bd7 {Sealed move. Game resumed on 11-May-1896.} 34...Rxf3 35.Bxe8 Rf2+ 36.Kc3 Bd2+ 37.Kd4 Rf4+ 38.Kc5 c3 39.Bf7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41.Rh7+ Kf8 42.Be6 Rg4 43.Rf7+ Ke8 44.Bd7+ Kd8 45.Bf5 c2 46.Bxc2 Rc4+ 47.Kd6 Bxb4+ 48.Ke6 Rxc2 49.g7 Rg2 50.Rxa7 d4 51.Ra8+ Kc7 52.g8=Q Rxg8 53.Rxg8 d3 54.Rg7+ Kb6 55.Rd7 d2 56.Kf5 h4 57.Kg4 c5 58.e6 Kc6 59.a3 Bxa3 60.Rxd2 c4 61.Kf5 c3 62.Rc2 Bb4 63.Kf6 Kb5 64.Ke5 Kc4 65.Ke4 Bd6 66. Re2 h3 67.Rc2 h2 68.Rxh2 Kb3 69.Rh1 c2 70.Ke3 Kb2 71.Kd2 Bb4+ 72.Ke3 c1=Q+ 1/2-1/2