Hastings, 30 August 1895. Tinsley meets the Queen's Gambit in original but doubtful fashion; Steinitz obtains the freer game and wins the exchange and a Pawn after a series of Black errors. Notes by R. Teichmann.
2…c5An original way of meeting the Queen's Gambit, but certainly not a good one. The player who in a close game can push his Queen's Pawn to Q 5 and maintain it there has, as a rule, the better game.
6.Bd3Certainly P to K B 4, with a view of forcing P to K 5 sooner or later, was the right course here.
18.Nh3All this seems somewhat inconsistent and without a preconceived plan.
25…Nf4So far Black has done very well, and obtained the superior position, which he could have improved with Kt to B 2 (see diagram), preparing an advance of the Queen's side Pawns. The text move is an oversight which loses the exchange and a Pawn.
40…Rb5Concluding the game with another blunder. Rook or Bishop is lost.
Horace F. Cheshire, The Hastings Chess Tournament 1895 (1896) · Public domain · source