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London 1885 (15 June - 3 July) 1st BCA Congress
Played at Simpson's Divan
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.15"
Round "1"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Henry Bird"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' pp.26-28" 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
d6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rad1
Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bg5 Rf7 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qa5
16. Bd2 Qb4 17. Rb1 Raf8 18. Nd1 Qa4 19. b3 Qxa2 20. Rc1
Qa3 21. f4 Nd7 22. Qg4 Nc5 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5
Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qd4 Ne6 29. Qh4 Qc5+
30. Kh1 Rf6 31. Qe4 d5 32. Qa4 Qf2 33. Qb4 c5 34. Qb8+ Rf8
35. Qe5 Qf5 36. Qe2 Rf7 37. Qa6 Ng5 38. Qxa7 d4 39. Qc7 Kg7
40. Ra1 e6 41. Qb8 Ne4 42. Ba5 e5 43. Bc7 Nf2+ 44. Kg1 e4
45. Be5+ Kh6 46. Kh2 e3 47. b4 Nxh3 48. gxh3 Qxc2+ 49. Kh1
Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Rf2 51. Bg7+ Kxg7 52. Ra7+ Kh6 53. Rxh7+ Kxh7 0-1 W Pollock vs Bird, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.15"
Round "2"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Alfred Rumboll"
Source "Chess Player's Chronicle (June 24, 1885)" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4
exd4 7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4
Bd7 12. e5 Ba5 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Re1+ Kf8
16. Bd2 h5 17. Nh4 Kg7 18. Qf3 Nce7 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Bb3
Nf5 21. Qg6 Ngh6 22. Nxf5 1-0
W Pollock vs A Rumboll, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.16"
Round "3"
Result "1-0"
White "Isidor Gunsberg"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chess Player's Chronicle (July 1, 1885)" 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Bd2 d6 6. Nc3
Be6 7. O-O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qg3 Bd6 10. Qxg7 Be5
11. Qh6 Qd6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5
Nb4 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bc4 Qd7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd8 Qc6
20. Nc3 Nd5 21. Bf6 Nd7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bg5 Qc4 24. Qe6 1-0 Gunsberg vs W Pollock, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.16"
Round "4"
Result "1-0"
White "Wordsworth Donisthorpe"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "The Field (June 20, 1885)"
1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Be7 5. Bh5+ Nxh5
6. Qxh5+ Kf8 7. Nh3 Bf6 8. d4 Nc6 9. Nf4 g5 10. Nd3 d6
11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Nd2 Be8 13. g4 Bg6 14. gxf5 exf5 15. h4
gxh4 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. O-O-O Qf7 18. Kb1 Kg7 19. Nf3 Rhe8
20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Rxh4 d5 22. Rdh1 Rh8 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. Qg2
Ng8 25. Ba3 Nf6 26. Qg5 Rhg8 27. Rh6 a5 28. Rxg6+ Qxg6
29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Be7 Ne4 31. Qf4 1-0
W Donisthorpe vs W Pollock, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.17"
Round "5"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "George MacDonnell"
Source "Chess Monthly (Nov, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O Bxc3
6. dxc3 Qe7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bd3 d6 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Be6 11. a4
Qd7 12. Nd2 g5 13. f3 Nh5 14. Qf2 Ne7 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4
exf4 17. Qd4 Ng6 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Kg2 Ke7 20. Nc4 Nc6
21. Qf2 f6 22. b3 h5 23. Rh1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Qe2
Bh3+ 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Rag1 Rag8 29. Bc4 Rg7
30. Qd1 Qc6 31. Qd2 Qc5+ 32. Ke1 Kf6 33. Bd5 c6 34. b4 Qb6
35. Bc4 Qc7 36. Bf1 Rgh7 37. Bxh3 Rxh3 38. Qg2 Rxh1
39. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 40. Qxh1 Kg6 41. Qh8 Qf7 42. Qb8 Qe7
43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Kf2 Qe6 45. Qh7 Qe7 46. Qg8 b5 47. a5 Qe6
48. Qa8 d5 49. Qxa6 dxe4 50. fxe4 Qd7 51. Qb6 Qd2+ 52. Kf1
Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qxc2+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Kf2 Qc2+ 56. Kf1 Qd3+
57. Kf2 Qd2+ 58. Kf1 Qd3+ 59. Kf2 g4 60. Qxc6+ Kg5 61. Qd5
g3+ 62. Ke1 Qxc3+ 63. Kd1 Kg4 64. a6 g2 65. Qd7+ Kg3
66. Qg7+ Kf2 67. a7 Qa1+ 0-1
W Pollock vs G MacDonnell, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.18"
Round "7"
Result "0-1"
White "Daniel Yarnton Mills"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chess Monthly (Nov, 1885) pp. 82-83"
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Qe4
Nb6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nc3 d5 11. exd6
Bxd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Qh4 Rfe8+ 15. Be2 Qb4
16. O-O Qxb2 17. Ng5 h5 18. Qg3 f6 19. Rb1 Qxc2 20. Rbc1
Qb2 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne5 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Nxb5 c6
25. Ne4 cxb5 26. Nxf6+ Kf7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Rfe1 Nbc4
29. a4 Nd3 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Rc3 Nf4 32. Rc2 Na3 33. Rc7 b4
34. Rxb7 a5 35. Kf1 Nd5 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Nxa4 38. f3
Kd8 39. h4 Kc8 40. Rg7 b3 41. Rg8+ Kd7 42. Rg7+ Ke8
43. Rxg6 Kf7 44. Ra6 b2 45. Ra7+ Ke6 46. Rb7 b1=Q 47. Rxb1
Nxb1+ 48. Kc2 Nac3 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 a4 51. Kb2 a3+
52. Ka1 a2 53. h5 Kf6 0-1
D Y Mills vs W Pollock, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.19"
Round "8"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "James Mortimer"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' p.28" 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6
6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. O-O h6 10. e5 d5
11. Ba3 Ne7 12. f4 g6 13. Qf3 c6 14. Rae1 Be6 15. g4 h5
16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Ng8 18. f5 gxf5 19. gxf5 Qh4 20. Rf2
Bc8 21. e6 f6 22. Ree2 Ne7 23. Rh2 Rg8+ 24. Reg2 Qe1+
25. Bf1 Bxe6 26. Rxg8+ Bxg8 27. Re2 Qh4 28. Rxe7+ Kd8
29. Qe2 Qg5+ 30. Bg2 Qxf5 31. Bd6 Qg6 1-0
W Pollock vs J Mortimer, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.20"
Round "9"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Thomas Hewitt"
Source "Knowledge (June 26, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 Bb6 5. d4 g5 6. Bc4
d6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nd5 Nd7 9. Nxb6 Nxb6 10. d5 Nxc4 11. dxe6
f6 12. Nxg5 Ne5 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Bxf4 Qe8 15. Qxe8+ Rxe8
16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 fxg5 18. Rf7+ Kxe6 19. Rxc7 Re7
20. Rc8 Kf7 21. Rdd8 Kg7 22. c4 h5 23. b4 Re6 24. c5 Re7
25. b5 Re6 26. c6 bxc6 27. bxc6 Ne7 28. Rxh8 Nxc8 29. Rxc8
Kf6 30. c7 Rc6 31. Rf8+ 1-0
W Pollock vs T Hewitt, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.20"
Round "10"
Result "0-1"
White "Rudolf Loman"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "The Field (June 27, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4
b5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bb7 9. Bb3 Nc5 10. Nc3 Nxb3
11. axb3 Bc5 12. Qg4 Qe7 13. Qxg7 O-O-O 14. Qf6 Rdg8 15. g3
Qe8 16. Be3 Be7 17. Qf4 h5 18. h3 h4 19. g4 Qd8 20. Ne4 Rg6
21. Rfd1 Rhg8 22. Rd2 Re6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qe8 25. Be3
Rxe5 26. Rad1 Re4 27. Qf5 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Rf2 Qxh3
30. Re2 Rxg4+ 31. Kf2 Qg3+ 0-1
R Loman vs W Pollock, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.23"
Round "12"
Result "0-1"
White "John De Soyres"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "The Field (June 27, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bc5 6. O-O
d6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Nxc4 11. Bxg7
f6 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Bxd7 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Kf7
16. Bxh8 Ne7 17. Bxf6 Kxf6 18. Nc4 Bc5 19. Rab1 b5 20. Nd2
a5 21. e5+ Kxe5 22. Rfe1+ Kf6 23. Ne4+ Kf7 24. Rb3 Nxd5
25. Rf3+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rg5 Re8 28. Rxd5 Bc6 29. Rxc5
dxc5 30. f3 c4 31. Kf2 b4 32. Ke3 Rd8 33. Nf6 Kg7 34. Ne4
Bxe4 35. fxe4 c3 36. Re2 c5 37. Rf2 c4 38. Rc2 Rd3+ 39. Ke2
a4 40. h4 a3 0-1
J de Soyres vs W Pollock, 1885 ---
Event "1st BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.27"
Round "13"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Richard Rabson"
Source "Morning Post (June 29, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d3
Be7 7. Ne1 Nd4 8. Bc4 c6 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4
12. Ne2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 c5 14. Ng3 Qc8 15. f4 Qb7 16. Nf3
exf4 17. Bxf4 O-O-O 18. Rc1 Bc6 19. Qe2 Kb8 20. Rxc5 Qb6
21. d4 Ka8 22. Rc2 d5 23. Nf5 dxe4 24. Ne5 Bb7 25. Nxe7
Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Rhe8 27. Qb5 Qa7 28. Rc7 Qa6 29. N5c6 Nd5
30. Qxa6+ Bxa6 31. Ra7# 1-0
W Pollock vs R Rabson, 1885 ===
London 1885 (22 June - 1 July) BCA Congress Tennyson Prize tournament Event "Tennyson Prize tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.25"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Wordsworth Donisthorpe"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' p.30" 1. b3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. Bb2
dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4g3 Nc6 10. c3 Ba5
♙reventing 11.d4. 11. Qc2 e4 12. O-O-O There seems no
available means of preventing the damaging entry of the
♔night at d3. Ne5 13. Nf4 Nd3+ 14. Nxd3 exd3 15. Qb1 f4
16. Ne4 Bf5 17. f3 b5 18. b4 ♖ather desperate, as it
obviously plays ♗lack's game. Bb6 19. a4 a5 This
practically settles matters, as White's stronghold on the
♕ueen side is destroyed, and he can never escape across the
invested centre of the board. 20. Qa2+ Kh8 21. bxa5 Rxa5
22. h4 Rxa4 23. Qb3 Qa8 24. Ng5 c5 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Nf7+
Kg8 27. Nd6 Bc7 28. Ba3 A dying thrust! If ♗lack took the
♗ishop instead of the ♕ueen, White would deliver mate in
six moves- the well known smothered mate. Rxb5 0-1 (bad chessgames.com link) ---
Event "Tennyson Prize tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "George MacDonnell"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' pp.29-30" 1. f4 f5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 Ne4
7. Qc2 Bh4+ The object is to open the entire diagonal for
the action of the ♕ueen ♗ishop. 8. g3 Bf6 9. d4 b6 10. Bg2
Bb7 11. Nc3 c5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhg1 a6 14. Qe2 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 b5 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Nb1 cxd4 18. exd4 bxc4 19. d5
Any other move with the ♔night loses a piece. Nd8 20. d6
Qf7 21. bxc4 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Nc6 23. Qd3 Rfb8 24. Rdd2 Nb4
25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Rc2 Rab8 27. Nc3 Qh5 28. Rgd2 e5 29. Rb2
e4 30. Qd5+ Kf8 31. Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Nxe4 Qe8 33. Nxf6 gxf6
34. Kc2 Qe1 35. Kc3 Ra4 This extraordinary double blunder
is accountable to both parties being much pressed by the
time limit. ♗lack's move is a blunder, and White could have
won the ♖ook simply by attacking it with his ♔ing. 36. Qg2
Qe3+ 37. Kc2 Rxa2+ 38. Kd1 Qb3+ 0-1
G MacDonnell vs W Pollock, 1885 ---
Event "Tennyson Prize tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Anton Hvistendahl"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Morning Post (Oct 5, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Nxb4 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4
7. O-O d6 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bb2 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Bd7
12. Qxc4 f6 13. a4 Ne7 14. a5 Bc5 15. e5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O
17. Nd3 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Rab1 Rb4 21. Qe2 Ng6
22. Ba1 Rg4 23. g3 Nf4 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. Ne2 Nh3+ 26. Kh1 Bf5
27. f3 Bxb1 28. gxh4 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Be4+ 31. Rg2
Rxg2 32. Nc3 Rxd2+ 0-1
A Hvistendahl vs W Pollock, 1885 ===
London 1885 (June) BCA Congress Consultation tournament Event "BCA Consultation tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.26"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Isidor Gunsberg / Andrew Hunter"
Black "George MacDonnell / William Pollock"
Source "Morning Post (Oct 5, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5
6. Qg3 Qf6 7. Bf4 d6 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bb5 Bb6 10. Nc4 g5
11. Be3 Qg6 12. O-O-O Qxe4 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. Qxd6 Bf5
15. Qe5+ Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxa2 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6+ Kf8
19. Nf3 Ne7 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. Rhe1 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Kg7 23. Re7
Rha8 24. Rxc7 Ra1+ 25. Kd2 R1a2 26. Ke3 Rxb2 27. Rd2 Rxd2
28. Kxd2 Ra1 29. Ne5 Rh1 30. g3 Rxh2 31. Ke3 h5 32. Nf3 Rh1
33. Nxg5 Rd1 34. Ne6+ Kf6 35. Nf4 Rd6 36. c4 Kg5 37. f3 h4
38. Nh3+ Kh5 39. Rc8 Bh7 40. Rh8 Kg6 41. gxh4 Kg7 42. Rb8
Bd3 43. Ng5 Bxc4 44. Ne4 Rd3+ 45. Kf4 b5 46. Rb6 Rd5
47. Nf6 Rd1 48. Ne8+ Kh7 49. Nd6 Rd4+ 50. Kg5 Be6 51. f4
Kg7 52. Ne8+ Kf8 53. Nf6 b4 54. h5 Ke7 55. h6 Rd1 56. Rb7+
Kd6 57. h7 Rg1+ 58. Kh6 Rh1+ 59. Kg7 Rg1+ 60. Kf8 Rh1
61. Rxb4 Bf5 62. Kxf7 Kc5 63. Rb8 Bxh7 64. Nxh7 Rxh7+
65. Kg6 Rd7 66. f5 Kd6 67. f6 Kc7 68. Re8 Rd1 69. f7 Rg1+
70. Kh5 1-0
Gunsberg / Hunter vs MacDonnell / Pollock, 1885 Gunsberg / Hunter Isidor Gunsberg Andrew Hunter George MacDonnell / William Pollock
MacDonnell / Pollock bad player ID ---
Event "BCA Consultation tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.06.30"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Henry Bird / Thomas Hewitt"
Black "George Macdonnell / William Pollock"
Source "Chess-Monthly (July 1885), pp.332-334" 1.f4 f5 2.e3 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 b6 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Bc4 c5 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nf3 Kh7 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.Be2
Nc7 14.Bf3 d5 15.a4 a6 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Nd1 Rb8 18.Nf2 Rg8 19.h4
Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nh3 Nd5 22.g4 fxg4 23.Ng5+ hxg5 24.hxg5
Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Rd8 26.Kg2 Rh8 27.Qxg4 Kg8 28.c4 Nb4 29.Bc3 Bc8
30.Rh1 Rxh1 31.Rxh1 Qg6 32.Rh5 Na2 33.Qh4 Kf7 34.Bxg7 Rxd2+
35.Kg3 Nc1 36.Rh7 Ne2+ 37.Kf2 Nxf4 38.Kg1 Nh3+ 39.Qxh3 Qxg5+
40.Kf1 Qf5+ 41.Qxf5+ exf5 42.Bc3 Kg6 43.Rg7+ Kh6 44.Rc7 Rd3
45.Be5 Bd7 46.Bf4+ Kh5 47.Rb7 Kg4 48.Ke2 Be8 49.Rxb6 Bh5
50.Rxa6 Kh3 51.Kf2 Rxb3 52.Rh6 Kg4 53.a5 Bf7 54.a6 Ra3 55.Rh7
Ra2+ 56.Ke1 Ra1+ 57.Kd2 Bxc4 58.a7 Bd5 59.Rd7 Ba8+ 60.Kc3 Kf3
61.Kc4 Ra5 62.Rf7 Bc6 63.Rxf5 Ke2 64.Rxc5 Ra6 65.Rxc6 Ra4+
66.Kd5 Rxa7 67.Kxe4 Ra4+ 68.Kf5 Kf3 69.e4 Ra3 70.Be5 1-0 Bird / Hewitt vs MacDonnell / Pollock, 1885 #########################
Hamburg 1885 (July) Hamburg Hauptturnier Event "Hamburg hauptturnier"
Site "Hamburg GER"
Date "1885.07.??"
Round "6"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Carl Doppler"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' (1899), pp.83-84" 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. b3 Bg4 8. c4 c5 9. dxc5 Be5 10. cxd5 Bxa1 11. d6 Nc6
12. Be2 Re8 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Na3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Bc3 16. Nb1
Ba5 17. a3 Qd7 18. b4 Bd8 19. Nc3 a6 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Rg1 g6
22. f4 Qc6+ 23. Rg2 Ned7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Qxg2+
26. Kxg2 Re6 27. Bc4 Re8 28. Nd5 Ne4 29. Qg4 f5 30. Ne7+
Kh8 31. Bd4+ Nef6 32. Qg5 Bxe7 33. dxe7 Kg7 34. Be6 h6
35. Qh4 g5 and White mates in 5 moves. 1-0
W Pollock vs C Doppler, 1885 ===
Event "Casual game"
Site "Hamburg GER"
Date "1885.07.18"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Arnold Schottlaender"
Source "Bristol Mercury (Dec 26 1891)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Be2
Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8
12. f3 Be6 13. g4 Nc4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxc4 Ba5 16. Qd4 d5
17. exd5 exd5+ 18. Be2 Qe7 19. O-O-O Qa3+ 20. Kd2 Bxc3+ 0-1 W Pollock vs A Schottlaender, 1885 ##################
Hereford 1885 (August) Counties Chess Association Congress, Masters division Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.04"
Round "1"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Arthur Skipworth"
Source "Hereford Times (Oct 17 1885)"
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. O-O
O-O 7. b3 Re8 8. Bb2 Bg4 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rc8
12. Rae1 Bb8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd1 Ne4 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bd3 Qf6
17. Kg2 h5 18. Ne3 Qf4 19. Bc1 Qd6 20. Rh1 Nxf2 21. Qxf2
Bxd3 22. gxh5 Be4 23. Ng4 f5 24. Ne3 Qf6 25. Bb2 Qg5+
26. Kf1 Bd3+ 27. Re2 Qxe3 0-1
W Pollock vs A B Skipworth, 1885 ===
Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.05"
Round "3"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "George Henry Mackenzie"
Source "St. John Globe (Jan 21 1898)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. b5 Na5 6. Bd3
d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Na4 Nh5 10. g3 g6 11. Nxb6 axb6
12. Nh4 Ng7 13. O-O Bh3 14. Ng2 Ne6 15. Bb2 Qe7 16. f4
O-O-O 17. Qf2 f6 18. Be2 Rhf8 19. Qe3 exf4 20. gxf4 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Nc5 22. d3 Kb8 23. Qd2 d5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Bf3
Rd7 26. Qb4 Qd6 27. Bc3 g5 28. d4 Ne6 29. Qxd6 cxd6
30. fxg5 Nf4+ 31. Kg3 fxg5 32. d5 Nc4 33. a4 h5 34. Rfe1
Rdf7 35. Re4 h4+ 36. Kg4 Nxd5 37. Rxc4 Ne3+ 38. Kxg5 Nxc4
39. Bh5 Rg8+ 40. Kxh4 Rf4+ 41. Kh3 Ne5 42. Re1 Rf5 43. Bd1
Nf3 0-1
W Pollock vs Mackenzie, 1885 ==================
Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.06"
Round "4"
Result "0-1"
White "Charles Edward Ranken"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "BCM (Feb 1886, pp.48-49)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O
Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. c3 f6 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Bc2
Nxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. f3 Ng5 14. Nc3 fxe5 15. dxe5 d4
16. Ne2 Bc5 17. Kh1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Qc2 Rxe5 20. Bxg5
Rxg5 21. Rad1 Bb6 22. Nf4 Qf6 23. g3 Re8 24. Rfe1 Rge5
25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Kg2 Re3 27. Rd3 Qe5 28. Rxe3 Qxe3 29. Qe2
Qxe2+ 30. Nxe2 g5 31. Nc1 Kg7 32. Kf1 c5 33. b3 Kf6 34. Ke2
Ke5 35. Nd3+ Kd5 36. Nb2 Bc7 37. a4 h5 38. Nc4 b5 39. axb5
axb5 40. Nd2 c4 41. bxc4+ bxc4 42. Ne4 d3+ 43. Ke3 Bb6+
44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Nxg5 c3+ 46. Kc1 Kd5 47. Ne4 Be3+ 0-1 C Ranken vs W Pollock, 1885 ===
Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.06"
Round "7"
Result "1-0"
White "Emil Schallopp"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "BCM (Oct 1885, pp.381-382)"
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. Bd2
Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O-O Be6 9. Qg3 Ne8 10. f4 f5 11. exf5
Bxf5 12. Nd5 Bh4 13. Qb3 Nd4 14. Qxb7 Be4 15. Bc3 Rb8
16. Ne7+ Qxe7 17. Qxb8 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Bxg2 19. Rhg1 Qxe2
20. Rd2 Qe3 21. Rgxg2 Be1 22. Qb3+ Rf7 23. Rge2 Bxd2+
24. Kd1 Qg1+ 25. Kxd2 Kf8 26. Qe6 1-0
E Schallopp vs W Pollock, 1885 ==================
Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.10"
EventDate "?"
Round "8"
Result "1-0"
White "William Henry Krause Pollock"
Black "James Mason"
ECO "A03"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "61"
1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 a6 4. b3 e6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Nc3 c5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O b5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. a4 c4 11. axb5 axb5
12. Be2 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Qb6 14. bxc4 dxc4 15. Rb1 Nxe5 16. fxe5
Nd7 17. Ba3 Nxe5 18. Rxb5 Qc6 19. e4 f6 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Qa7
Nd7 22. Rxb7 Qd6 23. Bxc4 Rd8 24. d4 Qf4 25. d5 Qc1+ 26. Bf1
e5 27. Qb6 Ke8 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. d6 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. Qe7+
1-0
W Pollock vs Mason, 1885 ===
Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.11"
Round "10"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Edmund Thorold"
Source "Tournament Book, pp.52-53)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Na4
f6 7. Nxc5 dxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Qd4+ 12. Kh2 O-O-O 13. d3 Rdf8 14. Qxf8+ Rxf8
15. Rxf8+ Kd7 16. c3 Qd6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Raf1 Qg6
20. R1f6 Qh5 21. Bc4 Nd8 22. Bf2 g4 23. Bxc5 a6 24. Be3
gxh3 25. Rxh6 Qe2 26. Rxh3 b5 27. Bb3 Qxb2 28. Bg5 Ndc6
29. Rh7 Qxc3 30. Bd5 Qxd3 31. Rf6 Kc8 32. Bxc6 Nxc6
33. Rxc6 Kb7 34. Rhxc7+ Kb8 35. Rg7 Qe2 36. Rh6 1-0 W Pollock vs E Thorold, 1885 ===================
Event "CCA Congress Masters"
Site "Hereford ENG"
Date "1885.08.11"
Round "10"
Result "1-0"
White "Isidor Gunsberg"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Leeds Mercury (Aug 22, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7
6. Nc3 Nb4 7. Qd2 d5 8. a3 d4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. Bd3 Qe7
11. f3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Bc5 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nd4 Bb6 15. Ba3 c5
16. Ne2 Rd8 17. c4 Be6 18. Qc3 Qc7 19. Bb2 a5 20. O-O a4
21. Qe1 Ba7 22. Qh4 b5 23. e5 Ne8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+
Ke7 26. Qh4+ Kd7 27. Be4 Rab8 28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. Bc3 Rdb8
30. Rxa4 Rb1 31. Nc1 c4+ 32. Kh1 Be3 33. Rd1+ Kc8 34. Ba5
Qd7 35. Qd8+ Qxd8 36. Rxd8# 1-0
Gunsberg vs W Pollock, 1885 ######################
Various Games (1884/1885) Event "Odds Match"
Site "London, ENG"
Date "1885.08.27"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Francis Lee"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Illus. Sporting and Dramatic News (Oct 3, 1885)"
SetUp "1"
FEN " 
click for larger view" 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6
6. O-O e6 7. c4 Be7 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qd3 Nf7
11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nf4 Bxf3 13. Nxe6 Qc8 14. Nxf8 Bh5 15. g4
Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qxg4+ 17. Kh2 Rxf8 18. Rg1 Qh4+ 19. Kg2 Ne5
20. Qe2 Ng4 21. f4 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke1 Bh4+ 24. Kd1
Nf2+ 25. Kc2 Re8 26. e5 Qf5+ 27. Kb3 Rb8+ 28. Ka3 Nd3
29. Qg4 Qf8 30. exd6 Qxd6+ 31. c5 Qxd4 32. Qxg7+ Qxg7
33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. b4 Rxb4 0-1
F J Lee vs W Pollock, 1885 ==================
Event "Casual Game"
Site "Purssell's, London ENG"
Date "1885.??.??"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Samuel Tinsley"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "The Field (Jan 16, 1885)"
1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 d4 11. e5 Bc7
12. exf6 dxc3 13. Bxc3 gxf6 14. Qe4 Rb8 15. Qg4+ Kh8
16. Qh4 e5 17. Rfe1 Rg8 18. Qh6 Bd6 19. Nh4 Bf8 20. Qe3 Qd5
21. f4 h6 22. Qf3 Rg4 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Nf3 d4 25. Ba5 Rxf4
26. Nxe5 Rb7 27. Nd3 Rf5 28. Re8 Bd7 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rd8
c4 31. Nb2 Rxa5 32. Nxc4 Rg5 33. Re1 Bc6 34. g3 Rd7
35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Re4 Rd5 37. Kf2 Bf5 38. Re7 Bxc2 39. Rxa7
Rf5+ 40. Ke2 d3+ 41. Ke3 Rf1 42. Kd4 Rf2 43. Kc3 Rxh2
44. Nd6 Rh1 45. b4 1-0
Tinsley vs W Pollock, 1885 ===
Event "Casual Game"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1885.??.??"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Alfred Rumboll"
Source "Hereford Times (Nov 7, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e5
Ng8 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 h6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe1 Bb4
12. Qg3 Bf8 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Nh4 g5 15. Nf3 g4 16. Nd2 Nf5
17. Qf2 Rg8 18. Nxd5 g3 19. Qxf5 gxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bxf5
21. Nf6+ Ke7 22. d5 Nxe5 23. Nde4 Nd7 24. Bc5+ Nxc5
25. Nxg8# 1-0
W Pollock vs A Rumboll, 1885 ===
Event "Casual Game"
Site "Athenaeum Club, Bath ENG"
Date "1885.??.??"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "John Burt"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Clifton Chronicle (Sept 30, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. c3 O-O 11. f4 f6
12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Qb3 a5 14. a4 Kh8 15. Rxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6
Re8 17. Qc4 Qd7 18. Kf2 Qf5 19. g3 Qc2+ 20. Nbd2 b5
21. axb5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 a4 23. Ne1 Qd1 24. Ndf3 a3 25. b4
Rab8 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27. Nxd3 1-0
J N Burt vs W Pollock, 1885 #################################
Dublin 1885 (October) 1st Irish CA Congress Event "1st Irish CA Congress"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1886.10.06"
Round "1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "William Wyllys Mackeson"
Result "1-0"
Source "BCM (Dec 1885), pp.425-426"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Na5 5. Be2 c5 6. d3
Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 h6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nh2 Nc6 11. c3 a6
12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 b5 14. Qe1 Ra7 15. Qg3 g5 16. Be3 Nh7
17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Rxc6 Qb7 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Rxh6 O-O 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rxf5 Rc8 25. Rg6+ Kh8
26. Qe5+ Bf6 27. Rfxf6 Rc1+ 28. Rf1+ Qg7 29. Rxc1 Qxe5
30. Rc8+ 1-0
W Pollock vs W Mackeson, 1885 ===
Event "1st Irish CA Congress"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.07"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "John Morphy"
Source "Urcan and Hilbert 'W.H.K. Pollock' (McFarland 2017), p.235" 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4
Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qe2 c5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 h6
12. Be3 Bc6 13. Bf4 Qb8 14. b3 Qb4 15. Bd2 Bxe4 16. Nd5 Qb7
17. Nxe7+ Kh7 18. Ne1 c6 19. f3 Qxe7 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nf3 d5
22. Bf4 Rae8 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Nd2 Nc3 25. Qd3+ Ne4 26. Nxe4
dxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Rd4+ 1-0
W Pollock vs J Morphy, 1885 ===================
Event "1st Irish CA Congress"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.10"
EventDate "?"
Round "3"
Result "0-1"
White "James Alexander Porterfield Rynd"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Dublin Evening Mail (15 Oct, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Qe4
Nb6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nc3 d5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qf3 O-O
12. Nge2 Bc5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. a3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Re8 16. Kf1
Bf5 17. Re1 d4 18. Nd1 Be6 19. Ng3 Bd5 20. Qg4 Rxe1+
21. Bxe1 Qe8 22. Nh5 Qf8 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Bh4 g6 25. Bg5
Qg7 26. Qh4 h5 27. Nxh5 Qh7 28. Nf6 Qxh4 29. Bxh4 Bb3
30. Ke2 Be7 31. Kd2 Rc8 32. Nc3 dxc3+ 33. bxc3 Rc6 34. Rb1
Ba4 35. Rxb6 Rxb6 36. Nd5 Rb2+ 0-1
Rynd vs W Pollock, 1885 ===
Event "1st Irish CA Congress"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.12"
Round "4"
Result "0-1"
White "John Morphy"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "BCM (Dec 1885), pp.423-424"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3
Bg4 7. Be3 Nd4 8. Kh1 h6 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3
h5 12. h3 h4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. Qd2 Rh5 16. Rae1
O-O-O 17. Ng5 d5 18. Bb3 Re8 19. c3 Qxf5 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nh2
exd3 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Bd1 Rg5 24. Bg4 Rxg4 25. Nxg4 Nd6
26. Ne3 Ne4 27. Nxf5 Nxd2 28. Kg1 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Kd7
30. Nxh4 d2 31. Ke2 Bxf2 32. Nf3 Be3 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Ng4
Bf4 35. Nf2 c5 36. Kf3 Bh6 37. Ke2 c4 38. Ng4 f5 39. Nxh6
gxh6 40. Kxd2 Ke5 41. Ke3 f4+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. g4 fxg3
44. Kxg3 Kf5 45. Kf3 b5 46. Ke3 Kg5 47. Kd4 Kh4 48. Kxd5
Kxh3 49. b3 Kg3 50. bxc4 bxc4 51. Kxc4 h4 52. Kb5 h3 53. c4
h2 54. c5 h1=Q 0-1
J Morphy vs W Pollock, 1885 ===
Event "1st Irish CA Congress"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.12"
Round "5"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Alfred Samuel Peake"
Source "Dublin Evening Mail (Oct 15, 1885)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O
Nge7 7. Ng5 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxf7 Kxf7
11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Bxd5 Qf6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Ba3+ Bb4 15. cxb4
b5 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Qf3 Rd8 18. Qxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxe8+ 1-0 W Pollock vs A S Peake, 1885 ===
Event "1st Irish CA Congress"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.13"
EventDate "?"
Round "6"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "James Alexander Porterfield Rynd"
Source "BCM (Dec 1885) pp.424-435"
1. f4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. Bd3 Nh6 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 g6
7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qe2 Rc8 10. Rae1 Nb4 11. Bxf5 Nxf5
12. a3 Nxc2 13. Rc1 d4 14. Rxc2 d3 15. Qd1 dxc2 16. Qxc2 c4
17. b4 a6 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rg1 Qd3 20. Qc1 Rfd8 21. g4 Bxc3
22. Bxc3 Qe4 23. gxf5 Qxf3+ 24. Rg2 Rd3 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Qa1
Kf8 27. Kg1 e6 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kh2 Ke8 30. Bf6 c3 31. Bxc3
Rcxc3 32. dxc3 Qxe3 33. a4 Qxf4+ 34. Kg1 Qxh4 35. axb5 Rh3
36. Kf1 Rh1+ 37. Rg1 Qh2 0-1
W Pollock vs Rynd, 1885 ##########################
Dublin 1885 (October) 1st Irish CA Congress handicap tournament Event "1st Irish CA Congress handicap t "
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.18"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "William Wyllys Mackeson"
Source "Urcan and Hilbert 'W.H.K. Pollock' (McFarland 2017), p.237" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Qd2 Bxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. e5 Qg6 10. f4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bf5
12. a3 Na5 13. Ra2 Bb1 14. g4 Bxa2 15. Nxa2 Qb1+ 16. Nc1 Nb3
17. Qc3 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Rfc8 20. Be3 a5 21. Bh3
b6 22. g5 Rd8 23. O-O c5 24. Rc1 c4 25. Bg4 g6 26. h4 b5
27. Kf2 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Bd2 Rdb8 30. Be1 b4 31. a4 Rc8
32. Ke2 Kg7 33. h5 h6 34. Kf3 Rh8 35. g6 fxg6 36. hxg6 Kxg6
37. Bh4 Kh7 38. Rh1 Rhg8 39. e6 Rg6 40. Re1 Re8 41. e7 Rg4
42. Bf6 Kg6 43. Re6 Kf7 44. Rd6 Rg6 45. Be5 Rxd6 0-1 W Mackeson vs W Pollock, 1885 ===
Event "1st Irish CA Congress handicap t"
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.??"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "James Alexander Porterfield Rynd"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Sheffield Independent (Oct 24, 1885)" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4 d5 9. e5 Qg6 10. Bd3 Qg4 11. O-O Nxd4
12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. Nc3 Qg6 15. Rf3 Bxd3
16. Rxd3 O-O 17. Rc1 f6 18. Na4 fxe5 19. dxe5 Rxf4 20. Qxf4
Qxd3 21. Nc5 Qb5 22. e6 Rf8 23. Qd4 b6 24. Nd7 Rf5 25. h3
Qe2 26. Rxc7 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Rf1 28. g4 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 Qf1+
30. Kg3 Rxh3# 0-1
Rynd vs W Pollock, 1885 ===================
Event "1st Irish CA Congress handicap t "
Site "Dublin IRL"
Date "1885.10.??"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Alfred Samuel Peake"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "BCM (Feb 1886), pp.51-52"
SetUp "1"
FEN "
click for larger view" 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bxd7+
Qxd7 7. Nge2 e6 8. dxe6 Qxe6 9. Nf4 Qf7 10. O-O c6 11. b3
Be7 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Ng4
16. Bf4 Bd4 17. fxg4 Bxc3 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8
20. Rb1 Qxe4 21. h3 Bd4 22. c4 h6 23. a3 Bf2 24. Bh2 Bh4
25. Bg1 Rd8 26. Qf1 Rd3 27. Kh2 Bg3+ 28. Kh1 Bf4 29. Re1
Rxh3+ 30. Bh2 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Qd4+ 32. Qf2 Rh1+ 0-1 A S Peake vs W Pollock, 1885 ######################
Casual game January 1886 White given the first two moves odds game: 1.e4 2.d4 c6 Event "Odds game"
Site "Purssell's CC, London ENG"
Date "1886.01.??"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "James Thomas Heppell"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chess Monthly (1886), pp.189-181"
#################################
London 1886 (17 February - 13 March) British Chess Club Master tournament Event "British CC Master tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.02.20"
Round "2
Result "1-0"
White "Isidor Gunsberg"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chess Monthly (May 1886) pp.274-275"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 h6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 Nxb3
12. axb3 g5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 d5 15. Qc3 Bb7 16. Nf5 d4
17. Qa5 Qd8 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Nf5 dxe3 20. fxe3 Nd7 21. h4
gxh4 22. Rxh4 Rc8 23. Ke2 Qf6 24. Rah1 c5 25. Rxh6 1-0 Gunsberg vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
Event "British CC Master tournament"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.02.27"
Round "4"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "George MacDonnell"
Source "Chess Monthly (May 1886) pp.275-276"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a6 6. c3 d6
7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Qe1 Be6 13. Na3 Qd6 14. Ng5 Nd8 15. Rd1 h6 16. Ne4 Qe7
17. Qg3 f6 18. d4 Nb6 19. Bd3 f5 20. Nc5 e4 21. Be2 Nd5
22. Rc1 c6 23. Nc4 b5 24. Ne5 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Nxc6
Nxe3 27. Nxd8 Rfxd8 28. Nxe6 Rd6 29. Nxg5 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Rc8
31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxf5 Rxc3 33. Rc5 Rxc5 34. dxc5 Rd2
35. Bxb5 e3 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. c6 Ke7 38. Ne4 Rc2 39. Ba4 Rc4
40. Bb5 Rxb4 41. Nc3 Rb3 42. Nd5+ Kd6 43. c7 Rb1+ 44. Ke2
Rc1 45. Ba6 Kxd5 46. c8=Q Rxc8 47. Bxc8 Ke4 48. h4 Kf4
49. g4 Kg3 50. Kxe3 Kxh4 51. Kf4 g6 52. Bd7 1-0
W Pollock vs G MacDonnell, 1886 ===
Event "British CC Master t "
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.02.17"
EventDate "?"
Round "6"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Henry Bird"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' pp.38-39" 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 g6 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qf4
Nd5 7. Qe4 e6 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d5 10. exd6 Bg7 11. Qd3
O-O 12. Be2 e5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd1 e4 15. Ne1 Bxc3 16. Rb1
Be5 17. Rxb7 Bxd6 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Rb3 Qe7 20. Qd2 Rbd8
21. Qh6 Be5 22. Ba3 Bd6 23. g4 Be6 24. Rh3 f6 25. Bb2 Rf7
26. Ng2 Ne5 27. Ne3 Qb7 28. Ba1 Rg7 29. c4 Nf7 30. Qh4 g5
31. Qh5 Be5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Qxd5
35. Ra3 e3+ 36. f3 Qd2 37. Rd1 Qxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kg2
Ng6 40. Ra4 e2 41. Re4 Nf4+ 42. Rxf4 e1=Q 43. Re4 Rd2+
44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kg3 Qg2# 0-1
W Pollock vs Bird, 1886 ########################
London 1886 (June) Spring Handicap Event "Spring Handicap"
Site "London CC, London ENG"
Date "1886.06.23"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Herbert Levi Jacobs"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Leeds Mercury (July 24, 1886)"
SetUp "1"
FEN "
click for larger view" 1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O
6. c4 Qh5 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nf6 9. Qa4 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4
11. Qxa7 Re8 12. Qa8+ Kd7 13. Qa4+ Kd8 14. Qa8+ Bc8
15. Nxd4 Bb4+ 16. Nc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Re8
19. O-O Rxe2 20. Rad1 Ne4 21. h3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rxf2
23. Kxf2 Qxd1 24. Qa3 Qd2+ 25. Kg1 Qf4 26. Qc5 Bd7 27. Qd4
Qxd4+ 28. cxd4 Bf5 29. Kf2 Bd3 30. c5 Bc4 31. a4 Bxd5
32. a5 Kd7 33. g3 Kc6 34. Ke3 Kb5 35. Kf4 Kxa5 36. Ke5 Bg2
37. h4 b5 38. cxb6 cxb6 39. d5 b5 40. d6 Bh3 41. Kf4 Bd7
42. Ke3 Kb4 43. Kd2 Kc5 44. Kc3 Kxd6 45. Kd4 Be6 46. h5 h6 0-1 H Jacobs vs W Pollock, 1886 #################
London 1886 (12 -29 July) 2nd BCA Congress Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.12"
Round "1"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Joseph Henry Blackburne"
Source "British Chess Magazine, Aug/Sept 1886, p.327" 1. e4 e6 2. e5 f6 3. d4 c5 4. Bd3 g6 5. h4 f5 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Na3 cxd4 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nd6 b6
12. Nf3 h6 13. c3 Qg7 14. cxd4 Nge7 15. O-O-O Kc7 16. Nb5+ Kb8
17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Bc4 a6 19. Nd6 Nc8 20. Nxb7 Kxb7 21. d5 exd5
22. Bxd5 Rh7 23. Bxc6+ dxc6 24. e6 Na7 25. Rhe1 Re8 26. Qf4
Qc7 27. Qd4 Qg7 28. Qc4 Qf6 29. Rd6 Rc7 30. Ne5 b5 31. Nd7 Qg7
32. Qc5 Nc8 33. Rc1 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Qxd7 35. Rxg6 Qd3+ 36. Qc2
Qd5 37. Rxh6 Nb6 38. Rf6 Nc4 39. Rxf5 Qxg2 40. Rh5 Qg7 41. Rg5
Qh8 42. h5 Rd7 43. Qc3 Qh6 44. f4 Nd2+ 45. Ka1 Ne4 46. Rg6
Qxg6 47. hxg6 Nxc3 48. bxc3 Kc7 49. f5 Kd8 50. f6 Ke8 51. Rh1
Rd2 52. f7+ Ke7 53. Re1+ 1-0
W Pollock vs Blackburne, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.13"
EventDate "?"
Round "2"
Result "1/2-1/2"
White "Isidor Gunsberg"
Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"
Source "'Chess Player's Chronicle' (July 28, 1886); 'Supplement to the Nottinghamshire Guardian' (July 23, 1886)" 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.O-O Ne7 6.c4 Ng6 7.Nc3
b6 8.Ne5 Bd6 9.Bf3 c6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g3 Bb7 12.e4 Nh5 13.e5
Bc7 14.Re1 Qe7 15.a3 Bd8 16.b4 Qf7 17.d5 Be7 18.dxc6 dxc6
19.b5 Rd8 20.Qc2 g5 21.bxc6 Ba8 22.Nb5 O-O 23.Nc7 g4 24.Bg2 f4
25.Nxa8 Bc5 26.Ra2 Rxa8 27.gxf4 Nxf4 28.Be3 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 Qf3+
30.Kg1 g3 31.hxg3 Rf5 32.Qe2 Qxe2 33.Raxe2 Bxa3 34.Ra1 Bc5
35.Bxc5 bxc5 36.Ra5 Rf7 37.Rxc5 Rc7 38.Ra2 Kf7 39.Rd2 Kg6
40.Rd7 Rac8 41.Rd6 Kf5 42.f3 a5 43.Kf2 a4 44.Ke3 a3 45.g4+ Kg5
46.Ra5 Rxc6 47.Rxc6 Rxc6 48.Kd4 Kf4 49.Rxa3 g5 50.c5 Rc8
51.Kc4 Kxe5 52.Kb5 Kd4 53.c6 Rb8+ 54.Ka5 Ra8+ 55.Kb4 Rb8+
56.Ka4 Kc4 57.Ka5 Ra8+ 58.Kb6 Rxa3 59.c7 Rb3+ 60.Ka7 1/2-1/2 Gunsberg vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.14"
Round "3"
Result "1-0"
White "Johannes Zukertort"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' p.34" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. O-O
Bd6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6
12. Nh4 Na5 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Nf5 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Qh4 16. Kg2
Nc6 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Nef5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Kh8
21. c3 Nc6 22. Bb5 g6 23. Qg4 Qf6 24. Kh2 Bc5 25. Rfd1 Rd8
26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. f4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bd6 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. f5
Qb6 31. Qe2 Be7 32. Rd3 Bg5 33. Kh1 Bf4 34. fxg6 Qxg6
35. Nf5 Rg8 36. Qf2 Qc6 37. Qe1 Qg6 38. Qf1 Qc6 39. Qe2 Qg6
40. Rd1 Qf6 41. Rd7 Qg6 42. Qg4 Qb6 43. Rg7 Qe6 44. b3 a5
45. c4 Bc1 46. a3 c6 47. c5 Bf4 48. b4 a4 49. Rxg8+ Qxg8
50. Qd1 Bg5 51. Qd7 Bf6 52. Qxb7 Bd8 53. Qxc6 Qf7 54. Qd5
Qf6 55. Qd7 h6 56. Qd6 Qg5 57. Qxh6+ Qxh6 58. Nxh6 Kg7
59. Ng4 Bc7 60. c6 1-0
Zukertort vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.15"
Round "4"
Result "0-1"
White "Samuel Lipschutz"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "BCM (Aug/Sept 1886), pp.319-320"
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bf4
Ne4 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qe8 11. Bxe4
fxe4 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Qd1 Qg6 15. Bg3 Nc6
16. Bd6 Rf7 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nxe4 b6 19. c5 Bb7 20. Qa4 Nd4
21. Ng3 b5 22. Qa5 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nf4 24. exf4 exf4 25. Qxb5
Bc6 26. Qc4 f3 27. Rfe1 Kh8 28. Rac1 Qf6 29. Kg1 fxg2
30. Qe2 h6 31. Qe3 Qh4 32. Rcd1 Qh3 33. Rd4 Rf6 34. Rf4 Re6
35. Qd2 Kg8 36. Nf5 Qd3 37. Qc1 Qc2 38. Ne7+ Kh8 39. Nxc6
Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1 dxc6 41. Rg4 a5 42. Kxg2 Qxa2 43. Qe7 Qd5+
44. f3 Qg8 45. Be5 Re8 46. Rxg7 A stunning error. Easily winning was 46.♗xg7+ ♔h7 47.♕c7 ♖c8 48.♕d7 ♖d8 49.♕f5 mate. Rxe7 0-1 Lipschutz vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.17"
Round "6"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "James Mortimer"
Source "Daily News (July 19, 1886)"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Bd6
6. dxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Ne2 d5 10. f4 Bd6
11. e5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Ng4 13. Qe1 c6 14. h3 h5 15. Nc3 a6
16. f5 Qe7 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. hxg4 hxg4+ 19. Bh2 O-O-O 20. f6
gxf6 21. g3 Rh3 22. Kg2 Rdh8 23. Bg1 fxe5 24. Nd1 Bxg1
25. Rxg1 Qf6 26. Nf2 Qf3+ 27. Kf1 Rh1 28. Qe2 Rxg1+
29. Kxg1 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 Rh2 31. Rd1 Rg2 32. Ke1 f5 33. Bxa6
Rg1+ 34. Kd2 Qf4+ 35. Kc3 Rg3+ 36. Nd3 bxa6 37. b3 e4
38. Rh1 exd3 39. cxd3 Qe3 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Qh2 Qxd3+
42. Kb4 Qc3+ 43. Ka3 f4 44. Qf2 Qc1+ 45. Kb4 a5+ 46. Kxa5 0-1 W Pollock vs J Mortimer, 1886 =============
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London, England"
Date "1886.07.19"
Round "7"
Result "1-0"
White "Jean Taubenhaus"
Black "William Henry Krause Pollock"
Source "Daily News (July 24, 1886); Chess-Monthly (Oct 1886), pp.48-49" 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O exd4 7.cxd4
Nxe4 8.Re1 d5 9.Ng5 Be7 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Rxe4 O-O 12.Nc3 f5
13.Re3 f4 14.Re4 Bd6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Nb5 f3 17.g3 Bf5 18.Nxd6
Qxd6 19.Rh4 Ne7 20.Qxf3 h6 21.Bf4 Qb6 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Qe3 Ng8
24.Bxg8 Kxg8 25.Rxh6 Rf6 26.Qg5+ Rg6 27.Rxg6+ Qxg6 28.Qf4 Re8
29.Qxc7 Qg4 30.Qc3 Be4 31.Re1 Bc6 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8 33.f3 Qe6
34.Qb3 Qxb3 35.axb3 a5 36.Kf2 b5 37.Ke3 b4 38.d5 Kg7 39.Kd4
Bg6 40.f4 Kf6 41.g4 Bc2 42.Kc4 Bd1 43.h3 Be2+ 44.Kc5 Bd1
45.g5+ Ke7 46.f5 Bxb3 47.d6+ Kd7 48.g6 Bc2 49.g7 Bb3 50.h4 Bg8
51.h5 a4 52.Kxb4 Kxd6 53.Kxa4 Ke5 54.b4 Kf6 55.h6 Bd5 56.b5
Kf7 57.b6 Kg8 58.Kb5 Kh7 59.Kc5 Ba8 60.Kd6 1-0
Taubenhaus vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London, England"
Date "1886.07.20"
Round "8"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "James Moore Hanham"
Source "Chess-Monthly (August 1886), p.376"
Partial score - Urcan and Hilbert, p.246
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Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.21"
Round "9"
Result "1-0"
White "Henry Bird"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' pp.34-35" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3
Nge7 7. Be2 Bxd4 8. cxd4 d5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. e5 Qg6 11. O-O
h5 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Na4 Nf5 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Rc1 h4 16. Bd3
h3 17. g3 b6 18. Nb3 Nb4 19. Bb1 Ba6 20. Qf3 Nd3 21. Rfd1
Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rd7 23. Nd2 f5 24. Rc3 Nxb2 25. Bxf5 O-O
26. Bxg6 Rxf3 27. Rb1 Rf2 28. Rxb2 Be2 29. e6 Re7 30. Bf7+
Kh7 31. Rc1 Bd3 32. Nc4 Rf3 33. Ne5 Rxe3 34. Nxd3 Rxd3
35. Rf2 Rxd4 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 d4 38. Rg1 c5 39. f5 c4
40. Rg4 Kh6 41. Rxd4 Rc7 42. Rd7 Rc5 43. e7 Rxf5 44. Rd1 1-0 Bird vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London, England"
Date "1886.07.23"
Round "11"
Result "1-0"
White "Emil Schallopp"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chess-Monthly (Aug 1886), pp.368-370"
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. fxe5 Ng4 6. Nxe4
Nxe5 7. d4 Ng6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nf3 f5 11. Ng3 Bh4
12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. O-O f4 14. Nh5 O-O 15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Nxf4 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Be4 19. Qxc6 Rxf4 20. Rxf4 Qe1+
21. Rf1 Qe2 22. Rf2 Qe1+ 23. Rf1 Qe2 24. Rf2 Qd1+ 25. Rf1
Qe2 26. Rf2 Qe1+ 27. Rf1 Qe2 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Bf4 Qb7
30. b3 Re8 31. Be5 Kg8 32. Rac1 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Rf1+
Ke7 35. Bxg7 Qe4 36. Bh6 Qc2 37. c4 Qxa2 38. Rf3 Qa1+
39. Kf2 Qxd4+ 40. Be3 Qb2+ 41. Kg3 a6 42. h4 Kd7 43. Bg5
Qe5+ 44. Kh3 a5 45. Rf6 Qc3+ 46. Rf3 Qc2 47. g4 Kc6 48. Bf6
Qd1 49. Kg2 Kc5 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 c6 52. Bg7 Qd2+
53. Kf1 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kf1 Qd1+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kf1
Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59. Kf1 Qc1+ 60. Kf2 Qd2+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+
62. Kf2 Kd6 63. h6 Ke6 64. Kg2 Qd2+ 65. Kg3 Qg5+ 66. Kf2
Qd2+ 67. Kg3 Qg5+ 68. Kf2 Qh4+ 69. Kg2 Qg4+ 70. Kf2 Qh4+
71. Kg2 Qe4 72. Kf2 Qh4+ 73. Kg2 c5 74. Rh3 Qe4+ 75. Kf2
Qc2+ 76. Kg1 Qd1+ 77. Kg2 Qg4+ 78. Kh2 Qf4+ 79. Kg2 Qd2+
80. Kg1 Qc1+ 81. Kh2 Qc2+ 82. Kg1 Qb1+ 83. Kh2 Qc2+ 84. Kg1
Qh7 85. Bc3 Kf5 86. Kg2 Qb7+ 87. Kf2 Qh7 88. Bxa5 Kg4
89. Rg3+ Kf4 90. Bd2+ Ke4 91. Ke2 Ke5 92. Rd3 Kf5 93. Be3
Kg4 94. Kd2 Qa7 95. h7 Qxh7 96. Bxc5 Qh2+ 97. Kc3 Qe5+
98. Bd4 Qe1+ 99. Kc2 Qe2+ 100. Rd2 Qe4+ 101. Kb2 Kf5
102. b4 Ke6 103. b5 Kd6 104. c5+ Kc7 105. Kc3 Qb1 106. Kc4
Qf1+ 107. Kb4 Qb1+ 108. Ka5 Qc1 109. Rd3 Qc4 110. Be5+ Kc8
111. Rd6 Qa2+ 112. Kb6 Qf7 113. Rc6+ Kd8 114. Bf6+ 1-0 E Schallopp vs W Pollock, 1886 ==============
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.26"
Round "12"
Result "0-1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "James Mason"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' p.34" 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5
Nd5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. exd6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6
11. Bd3 White has already a splendid game, with two
♗ishops and plenty of open spaces for the play of his
♖ooks. Qa5 12. O-O O-O If 12...♕xc3 White would probably
continue with 13.♖b1, Δ 14.♗b2, and ♗lack would
have no peace. 13. Re1 ♖ather an attacking than a
developing move, it also keeps the ♔night at c6, for if
♘e5, White might continue 14.♗xf7+ f5 14. Qh5 b6 15. Re3
g6 16. Rg3 Ne5 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Re1 Rf7 19. Qg5 Raf8 20. c4
Qc5 21. Bc3 Ng4 22. Re2 Nf6 23. h4 Qxd6 24. h5 If 24.♘xh5,
25.♗e5 Qe7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bb4 An altogether
unaccountable and crazy blunder. He had only to play ♗xf5
and the day was won. Qxb4 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Rh3+ Rh7
29. Ree3 Qe7 30. Bxf5 Rff7 31. Bd3 Rfg7 32. Rxh7+ Nxh7
33. Qh6 Qg5 34. Qxg5 Nxg5 35. f4 Nf7 36. g3 Nd6 37. Kf2 Kg8
38. Re1 Bc6 39. c5 bxc5 40. Bxa6 Ne4+ 41. Ke2 Rxg3 0-1 W Pollock vs Mason, 1886 ===
Event "2nd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1886.07.27"
Round "13"
Result "0-1"
White "George Henry Mackenzie"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chess-Monthly (Aug 1886), pp.374-375"
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2
Be7 7. Nbd2 exd4 8. cxd4 O-O 9. h3 Nb4 10. O-O c6 11. Ba4
Re8 12. a3 Na6 13. Bc2 Nc7 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Ne4
dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf5 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qxb2
21. g4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qb6 24. Nxf7 Bg5 25. Ne5
Rad8 26. Rab1 Qc7 27. Bb3 Kg7 28. Rf1 Re7 29. Bxe6 Rxe6
30. Qf3 Rf6 31. Qe2 Rdf8 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. Nf3 Be7 34. Kg2
Bxa3 35. Ra1 Qe7 36. e4 a5 37. e5 Bb4 38. Qe4 h6 39. Rd1
Qe6 40. d5 cxd5 41. Rxd5 b6 42. Rd1 Qa2+ 43. Kg3 Bc5
44. Rf1 a4 45. h4 a3 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kh8 48. e6 Rg8+
49. Kf4 Qg2 50. Qe5+ Rg7 51. Qa1 Qg4+ 52. Ke5 a2 53. Kd5
Qxh5+ 54. Ne5 Rg5 55. Re1 Be7 56. Qxa2 Bf6 57. Qa8+ Kh7
58. Qa7+ Bg7 59. Qa1 Qf3+ 60. Kd6 Qf8+ 61. e7 Qb8+ 62. Kd5
Kg8 63. Ke6 Bxe5 64. Qd1 Qc8+ 65. Kd5 Qc5+ 66. Ke6 Qc4+ 0-1 Mackenzie vs W Pollock, 1886 ##################
Nottingham 1886 (August) CCA Congress Masters International Event "CCA Congress Masters International"
Site "Nottingham ENG"
Date "1886.08.05"
Round "5"
Result "0-1"
White "James Alexander Porterfield Rynd"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "Chessbase 14; Chess Player's Chronicle (Nov 3, 1887)" 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6
6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Na4 f5 10. Nxb6 axb6
11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Be6 13. f4 Kh8 14. a3 Qe8 15. Nd2 Nd5
16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bh5 g6 19. Qxd5 gxh5 20. Bd2
Qg6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. c4 Kg7 23. Bc3+ Kh6 24. Rd1 Re2
25. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 26. Kh1 Be4 27. Qxf8+ Qg7 28. Rf3 Bxf3
29. Bxg7+ Rxg7# 0-1
Rynd vs W Pollock, 1886 ===
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Event "CCA Congress Masters International "
Site "Nottingham ENG"
Date "1886.08.06"
Round "8"
Result "1-0"
White "William Henry Krause Pollock"
Black "Edmund Thorold"
Source "Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Dec 8, 1886)" 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 h6 7.c3 Ne7
8.Na3 O-O 9.Bd2 c6 10.Qe2 Bg4 11.Rae1 Nd7 12.Bb3 Rc8 13.Kh1 b5
14.g3 Ng6 15.Qg2 fxg3 16.Qxg3 Bxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qe7 18.Nc2 Nf6
19.e5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Qg3 Nfd7 22.Nd4 c5 23.Nf5 Qf6
24.Bd5 Rce8 25.h4 g4 26.Nxh6+ Qxh6 27.Bxh6 Bxh6 28.Rf5 Bg7
29.h5 Kh7 30.h6 Bh8 31.Be4 Ng6 32.Qxg4 Nf6 33.Rxf6 Bxf6
34.Bxg6+ fxg6 35.Qd7+ 1-0
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