[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1888.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Showalter"]
[Black "Wendel,Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1888.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 Qe5 {10...Qf6 would have been better, perhaps,
as in a game of Morphy's against Lowenthal. Morphy continued 11.Qh5+. Analysis
will show that this move can be successfully met. 11.Nc3, though slower, is
very strong, and we think at least equalizes the game.} 11. Bxf4 Qf5 12. g4 Qf6
13. Nc3 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qc6 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Be5 Re8 17. Qb3+ {#} Re6 {
There is nothing better. If} (17... Kg7 18. Bxf6+ Kg6 19. Rf4 Bd6 (19... d5 20.
Qh3 {!}) 20. Be5 Rf8 21. Qf3 {and wins.}) 18. Rxf6+ Ke8 19. Qf3 d5 {Again the o
nly resource. A continuation worthy of notice, however, would have been} (19...
Be7 20. g5 Bxf6 21. gxf6 Rxe5 22. f7+ Kf8 23. Rg1 Qg6 {(best)} 24. Rxg6 hxg6
25. Qf6 Rf5 $1 (25... Re6 26. Qd8+ Kxf7 27. Ng5+) 26. Qxg6 Rxf7 27. Ng5 {
and the rook cannot escape, for if} Rf2 28. Kg1 Rf4 29. Nh7+ Ke7 30. Qg5+) 20.
Rf1 dxe4 {From this point the game is forced. But there is no alternative. 20..
.Rxf6 is bad; 20...Nd7 loses immediately, as does 20...Be7.} 21. Rf8+ Kd7 22.
Qf7+ Re7 23. Rd1+ Bd6 {If} (23... Qd6 {
24.Rxd6+ would probably win; but we should prefer} 24. Bxd6 Rxf7 25. Rxf7+ Kc6
(25... Ke8 {(or 25...Kd8)} 26. Rf8+ Kd7 27. Bxc5+ Kc6 28. Rxc8 Kxc5 29. Rdd8 $1
) 26. Rxc7+ Kb6 27. Rxc8 {winning.}) 24. Qf5+ Re6 25. Rf7+ Ke8 26. Rxc7 e3+ 27.
Kg1 {The Record of the Times, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Feb. 10, 1888; The Record of
the Times was a weekly, released on Fridays. Annotations by Showalter; "Played
between Mr. J.W. Showalter, Georgetown, Ky., and Mr. Fred Wendel, of
Wilkes-Barre, Pa." Wendel was then editor of the chess column. [Nick Pope's
source: Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Jan. 28, 1888]} 1-0

[Event "Correspondence Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Showalter"]
[Black "Logan, Prof."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1890.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

{A new Showalter brilliant played by correspondence between Mr. J. Showalter
and Prof. J.E. Logan. Score from the Kansas City Journal} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Na5 10.
Bg5 f6 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Bh4 Bg4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxd4 16. Re4
Qd7 17. Rd1 Qf7 18. Qg4 h5 19. Qf5 Nc4 20. Rxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Qe6+ Kf8 {
#} 23. Bxf6 Re8 {And White announced mate in seven as follows:} (23... Re8 24.
Ne7 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxf6 26. Ng6+ Qxg6 27. Rf1+ Bf2 28. Rxf2+ Qf6 29. Rxf6+ gxf6
30. Qxf6# {Republic (St. Louis), Oct. 12, 1890}) 1-0

[Event "New York Match Game No. 19"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1897.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury"]
[Black "Showalter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1897.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 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. Nf5 {10. Nc3, as played in the seventh game of the
series, or 10. b3, followed by Bb2, as adopted by Showalter in the ninth game
of his match with Kemeny, is much superior. The text move enables Black to
exchange his Queen bishop for a well-developed piece.} d5 11. Qg4 Bxf5 12. Qxf5
Qc8 {An exchange of Queens would seem dangerous for Black on account of his
double c-pawn.} 13. Qxc8 Raxc8 14. Be3 c5 15. Nd2 a5 {To play 15. ...d4 or 15.
...c4 would have been bad. The former move would have given White a chance to
bring his knight into action, while ...c4 would have been answered with b3 or
c3.} 16. f4 f5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. b3 Kf7 19. Kf1 Ke6 20. Nf3 h6 21. c3 Rg8 22.
h4 {#} Nd8 {A complicated position, both sides striving for the attack. White
intends to advance the b-pawn in order to follow up with Nd4, while Black has
the ...g5 move in view, which would result in the winning of White's e-pawn.
Both plays seem to be very promising, but White, by moving h5, can easily
prevent Black's continuation, while Black apparently has no means to stop the
advance of White's b-pawn, especially since White can make the a3 preparatory
move. The move selected by Black, 22. ...Nd8, is probably the best for the
attack as well as for the defense, for he can continue ...Nf7 as well as ...
Nc6, yet it is hardly satisfactory. It should be mentioned that Black could
not play ...g5 at once, for the game would proceed as follows:} (22... g5 23.
hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 f4 25. Bxf4 Rcf8 26. g3 Bxg5 27. Nxg5+ Rxg5 28. Ke2 {
and White remains a pawn ahead.}) 23. b4 {As pointed out above, White should
have played 23. h5 first; he also might have made the preparatory move 23. a3.
The continuation White selected is quite ingenious, yet it would have been
much better to delay it for a few moves.} axb4 24. cxb4 cxb4 25. Nd4+ Kd7 26.
Nxf5 c6 27. Nxe7 {White evidently had the Bc5+ and Bxb4 continuation in view,
and he abandoned the capture of Black's b-pawn on account of Black's probably
reply, ...c5. Black's passed d-pawn and c-pawn would become very threatening
indeed. White, however, should have taken this in consideration before he
captured the bishop. He should have played 27. Rac1 instead of 27. Nxe7. White
then threatens Rxd5+, followed by Rxc8 and Nxe7+, etc. Black apparently had no
better reply than 27. ...Nb7, which would enable White to continue with  Rc2
and Rdc1; it would seem quite difficult for Black to stand the pressure the
doubled rooks would exert on the c-pawn, which cannot be advanced easily on
account of Nxe7, followed by Bxc5+. It seems that White at this stage of the
game did not display the best position judgment. He should have made the
c-pawn the target of his attack and not the b-pawn, which was of comparatively
little value anyhow. Even should White succeed in winning it, Black still
remains with two passed pawns.} Kxe7 28. Bc5+ Ke6 29. Kf2 g5 {White exhausted
his attack without making much headway. The advance of Black's g-pawn becomes
now very threatening. White cannot maintain the f-pawn, even should he move g3.
Black would continue ...gxf4, followed by ...Rg4 and ...Kf5, [and] eventually .
..Ne6 winning the f-pawn.} 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rh1 {Probably as good a move as
he had at his disposal. Black in nearly every variation will win the e-pawn
and f-pawn, and he will obtain the superior endgame on account of his strength
on the queenside.} gxf4 32. Rh6+ Kf5 33. Re1 Rg6 34. Rh8 {34. Rxg6, followed
by e6, was much superior. Black then had hardly a better play than ...Nb7.
White then can continue Bxb4, followed by Bd2. It seems it would not have been
difficult for White to draw the game, even should he be obliged to sacrifice
the bishop in order to stop the advanced pawns.} Ra8 35. Re2 {#} Ne6 {
Brilliant and sound play, though it must be admitted that Black was forced to
it. The sacrifice of the exchange leaves Black with strong pawns on the
queenside, and it rests with White to fight for a draw.} 36. Rxa8 Nxc5 37. Rf8+
Ke6 38. Kf3 Nd3 39. Rf6+ {He could not play 38. Re8+ in order to save the pawn.
Black would have replied ...Kd7, attacking the rook and threatening ...Rg3
mate.} Rxf6 40. exf6+ Kxf6 41. Rd2 Ne5+ 42. Kxf4 Ng6+ 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Rf2 c5
45. g4 d4+ 46. Kd2 c4 47. g5 {A disastrous error. White should have played 47.
Rf5+, followed by Rb5, and it seems he could have drawn the game. The game was
likely to proceed:} (47. Rf5+ Ke4 48. Rb5 c3+ 49. Kd1 {(or Kc1)} Kd3 50. Rxb4
Nf4 51. Rb3 Kc4 52. Rb8 {followed eventually by Rc8. White certainly had no
time for a slow move like g5.}) 47... c3+ 48. Kc2 Ke4 49. Re2+ Kd5 50. Re8 Ne5
51. Kb3 d3 52. Rd8+ Ke4 53. Rb8 d2 54. Kc2 Nc6 55. Re8+ Kf5 {#} 56. Rf8+ {
In this almost hopeless looking position White could have drawn the game with
56. g6. Black then answers ...Nd4+, for if ...Kxg6 then 57. Re6+ wins. The
game then would have proceeded:} (56. g6 Nd4+ 57. Kd1 Kxg6 58. Rd8 Nf5 59. Rxd2
Ne3+ 60. Kc1 cxd2+ 61. Kxd2 {knight moves. White then plays Kd3, Kc4, Kb3 and
he will be enabled to exchange the remaining pawn. A similar continuation
results if Black in reply to 56. g6 plays ...Kf6. White then continues Rf8+,
leading to the following play:}) (56. g6 Kf6 57. Rf8+ Kxg6 58. Rf2 Nd4+ 59. Kd1
Nf5 60. Rxd2 Ne3+ 61. Kc1 cxd2+ 62. Kxd2 {
knight must move, and White again is enabled to force the exchange of pawns.})
56... Kxg5 57. Rf2 Nd4+ 58. Kd1 Nf5 59. Rxd2 Ne3+ 60. Kc1 cxd2+ 61. Kxd2 Kf4 {
It is this move which gives Black a win. White cannot well play Kd3, for ...
Kf3 would follow; if, then, Kd4 Black answers ...Ke2, and if Kc5, then ...Nc2,
winning easily. Should White select Kd3, and, on Black's continuation ...Kf3,
he answers Kd2, then Black wins with ...Ke4, followed by ...Kd4. It will be
seen that the result of the game depended on Black's ...Kf4 move, which
enabled him to hold the knight in the important position it occupied. Had
White, on his fifty-sixth turn, moved g6, then Black's King would have been
too far off and a drawn game would have resulted.} 62. Kc1 Nc4 63. Kc2 Na5 64.
Kd3 {64. Kb2 was not any better, for, if he continues a3, Black answers ...b3.}
Ke5 65. Ke3 Kd5 66. Kd3 Kc5 67. Kd2 Kd4 68. Kc2 Kc4 69. Kb2 Kd3 70. Kb1 Kc3 71.
Kc1 Nc4 72. Kb1 Kd2 {Causes White's surrender. If he plays Ka1, then Black
answers ...Kc2, forcing a mate in four additional moves, and if a3, then ...
bxa3 or ...b3, followed by ...Kc3, wins easily. Philadelphia Public Ledger,
April 9, 1897, p.14 (Friday morning); Notes by Emil Kemeny; Introduction: "The
nineteenth game of the Pillsbury - Showalter match, which was finished at New
York on Saturday, was decidedly the most interesting and complicated contest
in the series, and by winning it Showalter once more evened up things with
Pillsbury. The game was a Ruy Lopez, the Kentuckian selecting the Berlin
Defense. In the middle game Pillsbury started a queenside attack, while
Showalter had similar designs on the kingside. Pillsbury, it seems, had the
better game. He could have easily stopped his opponent's attack, while it was
more difficult for Showalter to neutralize that of Pillsbury. The latter, it
seems, did not play conservatively enough. However, the continuation he
selected seemed good enough. On his twenty-seventh turn, however, he failed to
secure the proper move. At that stage of the game he exchanged minor pieces in
order to gain a pawn, which play he was obliged to abandon. The ended his
aggressive tactics, and it was now Showalter's turn to start the attack. He
was more successful than his adversary, especially when he was enabled to
sacrifice the exchange on his thirty-fifth move. The end game that resulted
was an intricate and highly instructive one. Showalter had the better end of
it, but his opponent could have drawn the game. Pillsbury, however, missed his
chances. On his forty-seventh turn he failed to see a quite obvious play
leading to a draw, and his game grew worse and worse. Another chance of an
escape is shown in the subjoined analysis, when, on his fifty-sixth turn, he
could have forced a draw. But this play was altogether too difficult to fathom
in actual play."} 0-1

[Event "International Correspondence Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Showalter, J.W.."]
[Black "Barry, J.E.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

{International Correspondence Tourney; The first game won.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxe4
10. Qd5 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. Qf3 Na4 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bf6 {
This variation of the Evans has been so thoroughly analyzed that it is well
nigh impossible to find promising lines of play, for either attack or defense,
not already laid down in the books. The most approved continuation at this
point is 15.Rae1. The move in the text is of an experimental nature, but the
sacrifice, we think, is sound.} gxf6 16. exf6 Rg8 17. Rae1 Qd8 {
Of course if 17...Rxg3, White mates in five.} 18. Qh4 Nc5 {
The only move, preventing Bd3, which would have been fatal.} 19. Bxf7 Ne6 20.
Re3 {Threatening mate in two by Qxh7+, etc. Obviously, too, 19...Ne6 was
forced, as 20.Re7 would have rendered the attacking overwhelming.} Qf8 21. Bxg8
Qxg8 22. f4 b6 23. f5 {#} Bb7 {If, instead,} (23... Ng5 {White wins by} 24.
Qxg5 Qxg5 25. Re8+ Qg8 26. f7 {and if}) (23... Nf8 24. Qh6 Bb7 25. Rg3 Qf7 26.
Rg7 Qd5 27. Rxh7+ {and Queen mates.}) 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. fxe6 Qxe6 {And White mate
s in five moves, beginning 26.f7. The Western Advertiser (London, Ontario),
May 3, 1889; annotations by Showalter} 1-0

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1887.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wendel"]
[Black "Showalter,JW"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1887.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O dxc3 8.
Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 {
Perhaps 9...Qf5 is a better move, but both are recognized by authorities.} 10.
Nxc3 Nge7 11. Ne2 b5 {Anderssen's move. Why should not 11...Nd8 be a good move?
} 12. Bd3 Qe6 13. Qb2 Ng6 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 h6 16. Bxb5 {Better, we think,
than 16.Rac1, which is the regular book move. The latter gives Black more time.
} Rb8 17. Qe2 g5 18. Bg3 g4 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nh4 Rb4 21. Rfc1 Qe6 22. Rab1 Rd4
23. Qc2 d5 {A splendid move.} 24. exd6 O-O 25. dxc7 Re8 26. Qc6 {A very interes
ting position, White, offering exchanges, wishes to win another pawn.} Qe2 27.
Qxh6 {#} Bd2 {A surprise for White and a very brilliant stroke.} 28. Qc6 Bxc1
29. Qxc1 Rd2 30. h3 gxh3 31. Qc3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxb1 33. Qf6 hxg2 34. Qg5+ Kh7
35. Nxg2 Qg4 {Baltimore Sunday News, July 30, 1887; We publish this week a
game played by correspondence between President Wendel, of the Wilkesbarre
Club, and J.W. Showalter, the rising young player of New York. (Game
attributed to the Wilkesbarre Record)} 0-1

[Event "Elmira Telegraph CC Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barwick, William"]
[Black "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator ",U"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxc5 d5 10. exd5 Re8+ 11. Kd1 Re5 12. c4 Qh4 {#} 13. f4 Qg4+ 14.
Kc2 Qxg2+ 15. Kb3 Qf3+ 16. Ka4 Bd7 {Elmira Telegraph, December 10, 1884} 0-1

[Event "Elmira Telegraph CC Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Black "Crystal, D. S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator ",U"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 g5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 Ne7 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. h4 h6 10. e5 Be6 11. Bxb7 Bc4+ 12. Ne2 c6 13. Kg1 Nd5 {#} 14. hxg5
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qg6 16. Bxa8 Nb4 17. Bxf4 Nxc2 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Qc4 Nd5 20. Rh4
Ke7 21. Qc5+ {Elmira Telegraph, September 10, 1884} 1-0

[Event "Elmira Telegraph CC Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1884.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McFarlane, C."]
[Black "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[Annotator ",U"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qb3
Qf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Re1 Bb6 {According to the books I believe Black has adopted
a very weak line of defense and is now involved in difficulties and dangers
which must prove insurmountable. For my part I don't see anything wrong about
it, save that the attack is a trifle warm; but there is always an expedient.}
11. Bg5 Qf5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 f6 14. Bxg8 Kf8 15. fxe5 Rxg8 16. exf6 Rh8 17.
Bh4 d3+ 18. Kh1 g5 {This is a very bad move, losing very valuable time.} 19.
Bg3 Bd7 20. Nd2 Qb5 21. Re7 Qxb3 22. axb3 Bc6 23. Bxc7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 Re8 25.
Kg1 h5 26. Nc4 {
The advance of this Knight is very troublesome, and cannot be prevented.} Rh6
27. Nd6 Rb8 28. Rf7+ Kg8 29. Rg7+ Kf8 {#} 30. Rxg5 {
Isn't satisfied with a draw.} Rd8 31. Nf5 Rd5 32. Nxh6 ({It seems to me} 32. c4
{followed by Nxh6 would have improved White's chances.}) 32... Rxg5 33. Rxa7
Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 d2 35. Ra8+ Be8 36. Rd8 Rxh2 37. Nf5 h4 38. Ne3 h3 39. Ng4 {
This loses a piece, but White cannot do much better. Any move at this point
loses.} d1=Q+ 40. Rxd1 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rxd1 42. Kxd1 Bh5 {
Elmira Telegraph, September 17, 1884} 0-1

[Event "Correspondence"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1892.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Showalter, Jackson"]
[Black "Gorham/Lester"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator ",U"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.03.23"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 {Introduced by the editor against the
late Mr. Wisker in the London handicap tournament of 1868, and since
substantiated in theory and practice.} 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. O-O Bd7 ({
We disagree with this authorized move.} 6... Be6 {is much stronger.}) 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. Qe4 {
New, we believe, and involving considerable difficulties for the defense.} Nce7
({We like better} 8... Nb6 9. d4 f5 10. Qe2 e4 {, etc.}) 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 (
{The pawn gained thereby for a time was, we believe, not worth the trouble and
the delay in development that could have been taken in hand at once by} 10. d4)
10... Nb6 11. Qxb7 Nc6 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Qe4 Naxc4 14. d4 f5 15. Qe2 e4 16. Ng5
Qxd4 ({In view of the attack which the opponent gains after this capture,} 
16... Be7 {
might have been move advisable. Black had nothing to fear from the continuation
} 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 {, etc.}) 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. f4 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe7 20. Nd5
Nxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 {#} 22. Qxc4 {The idea of this spirited sacrifice of the
exchange no doubt from the ground work of White's attack from the 10th move.
The play in the interval was the most reasonable on both sides.} cxd5 23. Qb5+
Kf8 24. Qc6 Re8 25. Qxd5 g6 26. b4 h6 ({
More adapted for simplification; with advantage was} 26... Bd6 27. Bb2 Bxf4)
27. Bb2 hxg5 28. bxc5 Rh5 ({Unwieldy in appearence and effect;} 28... Rd8 29.
Qc6 Rg8 30. Be5 ({or} 30. Bf6 Qd7) 30... Kf7 {would have broken the attack}) (
28... Rh7 {, which is pointed out by the Nevada player, was also superior.})
29. Be5 Qe6 30. Qb7 Qf7 ({After the ill-judged defense the advance of White's
c pawn becomes irresistable.} 30... Re7 31. Qa8+ ({or} 31. Bd6 Qxd6 32. Qa8+
Re8 {and should win}) 31... Kf7 32. c6 gxf4 33. Bxf4 $1 Qf6 {
should have been held in view as continuation.}) 31. c6 Rh7 32. c7 Qd7 33. Rc1
Qc8 34. Qc6 {Destructive to the defense. It threatens Qd6+ as well as Qxg6.}
Rxe5 ({If} 34... Re6 35. Qxe6 {, etc.}) 35. fxe5 Kg7 36. Qf6+ Kh6 37. h4 {
New York Tribune, December 1892} (37. h4 {Well-planned against} Rxc7 ({
Steinitz suggests Black avoided} 37... gxh4 {
"since White could obviously captured that pawn with a check", missing that}
38. Rc6 {mates in six. - NB}) {whereupon would follow} 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Qh8+
Qh7 40. hxg5+ Kxg5+ 41. Qxh7) ({More expiditious was} 37. Qd8 Rh8 38. Qxh8+ {
. But of course Black's game is also lost, as matters stand, by careful play
on the other side.}) 1-0

