According to Chessmetrics the unheralded S. Lipschitz (1863-1905) had a high rating of 2742 on the January, 1901 list which placed him at #4 in the world behind Emanuel Lasker (2659), Harry Pillsbury (2811) and Geza Maroczy (2768).
Lipschutz played Emanuel Lasker twice and drew both games. He was the US champion from 1892 to 1894 after defeating Jackson W. Showalter in a match.
Lipschitz was born in the part of the Austria-Hungary Empire that is now in the Ukraine. He emigrated to New York City in 1880 at the age of seventeen and soon became well known in New York chess circles.
The English Master and writer William Ewart Napier wrote that Lipschutz was a "frail little man, with a gentlemanly mien and manners and an extravagantly long, pointed nose—the Cyrano of Chess". According to Andrew Soltis, "He was a methodical attacker with some strikingly good positional ideas—and some terrible ones."
[Event "American Congress, New York"]
[Site ""]
[Date "1889.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "S. Lipschutz"]
[Black "W.H.K. Pollock"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1889.03.25"]
{C29: Vienna Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 {This is the sharp line Falkbeer
Variation} d5 {If black wants to try and play it safe he can continue with the
timid 3...d6, but he will get better results by counterattackingin the center
with the text.} (3... exf4 {This is simply too risky.} 4. e5 Ng8 (4... Qe7 5.
Qe2 Ng8 6. d4 {strongly favors white as black will have problems completing
his development/}) 5. Nf3 {White is better.}) 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Be6 7. d4 c5 8. Rb1 Qc7 {Black should ignore the attack on his b-Pawn and
concentrate on development with 8...Nc6} (8... Nc6 9. Bb5 (9. Rxb7 cxd4 {
completely equalizes.}) 9... Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. O-O {is equal, but from
white's perspective the position is more dynamic than after the capture of the
b-Pawn.}) 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 h5 {Black is hoping to
launch a K-side attack with this move to be followed by ...g5. That said,
black's plan is probably as good as any as white has an excellent position.}
13. Nf4 Bg5 (13... g5 {cannot be played because of} 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qf7 Qd7
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rb2 {followed by doubling Rs on the b-file with a
devastatong effect.}) 14. Nxe6 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 fxe6 16. Bxc6 {This is a subtle
positiona; error that allows black equalizing counterplay on the c-file. The
correct plam was 16.Qh3 and attacking the K-side Ps.} Qxc6 $14 17. Rf7 Rd7 18.
Rbf1 Rhd8 19. Qg5 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Qxc2 {[%mdl 4096] This is the
obvious move, but it's one P capture too many!} (21... Qc3 {This is the
equalizer; it threatens ...Qe1# and attacks the more important d-Pawn.} 22. h3
Qxd4+ 23. Kh2 Qe4 24. Qxg7 d4 {with equal chances.}) 22. Rf1 {Threatening 23.
Rc1} Qh7 {This is a horribly passive defense that leaves white's Q and R in a
dominating position plus white's control of the c-file will prove fatal.} (
22... Kd7 {getting the off the c-file was better. Neverthelessm after} 23.
Qxg7+ Kc8 24. Qf7 Kb8 25. Qxe6 Qe4 26. Rd1 Qe2 27. Rf1 Qe4 28. Kh1 {White
holds all the cards.}) 23. Qe7 {[%mdl 128]} (23. Rc1+ {immediately is not
effective because after} Kd7 {black can defend himself.}) 23... Qh6 24. h3 {
This gives the K an escape square and threaens Rf7} h4 25. Kh2 Qe3 {This
covers c1, but the R has an equally effective square as will be seen.} 26.
Qxe6+ Rd7 27. Rf3 Qe1 {Covering c3 so now white has to find another way.} 28.
Qf5 {Threatens to win with 29.e6} Kc7 29. Qc2+ (29. e6 Re7 30. Qxd5 Rxe6 31.
Qc5+ {is winng, but it will take a bit more effort.}) 29... Kd8 30. Qc5 {
Black resigned. The threat of Rf8# cannot be answered.} 1-0
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