Hastings, Round X, 17 August 1895 (Queen's Gambit Declined). Mason declines the Gambit and, by omitting the freeing advance in the centre, is left with a fixed and irretrievably weak Pawn; Pillsbury fastens on it and wins a Piece with quiet, exact play. Notes by R. Teichmann.
7…dxc4If he intended to take this Pawn he might have waited till White had developed his B to Q 3, then gaining a move though White would most likely have exchanged himself next move.
14…c6But I do not understand why he did not now play P to Q B 4, which seems to give him at least an even game. After the text move the Pawn is fixed and irretrievably weak.
17.Ba6A little trap: if 17. R x P, R to Q B sq; 18. R to Q 6, Kt to Kt 5, winning a Piece, but White is not in a hurry.
35.a5It is evident that White Queen's Rook's Pawn will cost a Piece, and nothing in the way of disaster can happen to White's King except by the greatest kindness on White's part.
Horace F. Cheshire, The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 (1896) · Public domain · source