 The two winning lines for Black are sufficiently difficult that Staunton, annotating the game 16 years later in his "Chess Player's Companion", gave neither of them, instead recommending a line leading to a probable draw by perpetual check.This stunning reversal had a major impact on the match.Staunton had won seven and drawn one of the first eight games, and believed that St. Amant would have resigned the match if he had lost.