[Event "Brooklyn CC Championship 1897/98"]
[Site "Brooklyn, NY USA (Brooklyn CC)"]
[Date "1897.12.11"]
[EventDate "1897.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "John Duryea Elwell"]
[Black "Richard Platt Messiter"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1897.12.12, p9"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Rc1 a6 8.Bd3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.Bb1 Nfd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.O-O f5 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Ne2
Nbd5 16.Rc5 Rf6 17.Qd2 Qe8 18.f4 Ng6 19.Rf3 Nh4 20.Rg3 Rc8 21.e4 Ne7 22.d5
exd5 23.exd5 Rd6 24.Rd3 Qd8 25.a3 Kh8 26.Ba2 Rf6 27.Qe3 Qd6 28.Rc6 Nxc6
29.dxc6 Qxd3 30.Qxd3 Bxc6 31.Nxc6 Rxc6 32.Qd7 1-0