A new/old system of game classification

Along with the usual indices of games by opening and by player, the tournament book of the London 1883 event classified games by 'summary descriptive':

• Exceptionally fine
  
• Masterly play throughout
  
• Masterly play in parts and endings
  
• Original or enterprising, very good
  
• Original or enterprising, fairly good
  
• Very lively and brilliant
  
• Lively
  
• Remarkably well contested and excellent play
  
• Interesting but faulty in parts
  
• Of average interest
  
• Dull
  
• Exceedingly dull, nearly devoid of interest
  
• Indifferent
  
• Drawn game which admitted of further play
  
• False move
  

The 'Exceptionally fine' games were Zukertort - Blackburne and Steinitz - Rosenthal.