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Belfast 1886 (September) 2nd Irish CA Congress

Event "2nd Irish CA Congress"
Site "Belfast IRL"
Date "1886.09.21"
Round "1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "E L Harvey"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. O-O-O c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Rhe1 c4 13. Qf4 h6 14. h4 a5 15. a4 Qb4 16. Re3 Rc8 17. Kd2 Nb6 18. Ra1 Rh7 19. Ke1 g5 20. Qg3 Kd7 21. h5 Rg8 22. Nd2 Na8 23. b3 cxb3 24. Nxb3 Qb6 25. Rb1 Bb4 26. Nc5+ Kc6 27. Kf1 Nc7 28. Na2 Na6 29. Rc3 Nxc5 30. Rxc5+ Kd7 31. c3 Qa6+ 32. Rb5 Qc6 33. Qd3 Qc4 34. Qxc4 dxc4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. R1xb4 Kc6 37. Rxb7 Kd5 38. Rd7+ Kc6 1-0

W Pollock vs E L Harvey, 1886

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Bath 1887

Event "Odds game"
Site "Bath GBR"
Date "1887.??.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "A Rumboll"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' (1899), pp.79-80" SetUp "1"
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Qh5 Ne5 7. Ne6 Bb4+ 8. c3 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 dxc3 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Bxh6 cxb2+ 12. Ke2 bxa1Q 13. Rxa1 Qf6 14. Ne6+ Kg8 15. e5 Qxe6 And White mated in three moves. 1-0

W Pollock vs A Rumboll, 1882

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London 1887 3rd BCA Congress

Event "3rd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1887.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Henry Bird"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. b4 Bb6 6. a4 a5 7. b5 Nd8 8. O-O d6 9. d4 f6 10. Ba3 Bg4 11. Be2 Ne6 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 exd4 14. Nf5 Qd7 15. Rd1 g6 16. Nxd4 Nf4 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxb7 Rd8 21. Qc6+ Rd7 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Qc4 Qd5 24. Qe4 Qf7 25. Rf1 g5 26. Nc4 Qd5 27. Qe2 Ng6 28. Rfd1 Qb7 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Bc1 Nf4 31. Bxf4 gxf4 32. Rd5 O-O 33. Rad1 Rg7 34. Qf3 Qb8 35. Kh1 Qe8 36. Qe4 Qh5 37. f3 Rf6 38. Qe1 Rh6 39. Qg1 Qh4 40. b6 cxb6 41. Rxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Rg6 43. Rxg6+ hxg6 44. Qd1 Qf2 45. h3 Kh7 46. Qb1 Kh6 47. Qe4 Qc5 48. Qe1 Kg5 49. h4+ Kf6 50. Qd2 Ke7 51. Qd3 Kf6 52. Kh2 Qc6 53. Qe4 Qc5 54. Qd3 Qc6 55. Qc2 Ke7 56. Kh3 Qe6+ 57. g4 Qc4 58. Kg2 b5 59. axb5 Qxb5 60. c4 Qc5 61. g5 Qe3 62. Qb2 a4 63. Qb7+ Kd8 64. Qb8+ Kd7 65. Qb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

Bird vs W Pollock, 1887

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Event "3rd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1887.??.??"
Round "?"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Francis Lee"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb4 11. Nde2 d4 12. a3 Qb6 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. O-O f5 16. Qe1 Qxb2 17. Qh4+ Kf8 18. Rfb1 1-0

W Pollock vs F J Lee, 1887

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Event "3rd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1887.??.??"
Round "?"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Johannes Zukertort"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. O-O Bd7 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4 a6 9. Qb3 axb5 10. Qxd5 exd4 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Kf7 14. Qh4 Ne5 15. Rxe5 fxe5 16. Nxe5+ Ke8 17. Qxd4 Bf6 18. Bg5 Rf8 19. Bh6 Rh8 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Re1 Qxe5 23. Qxe5+ Bxe5 24. Rxe5+ Kd7 25. g4 Be6 26. Ne4 Rxa2 27. Nc5+ Kd6 28. Bf4 Bd5 29. Nb3 Rha8 30. Rh5+ Kc6 31. Nd4+ Kc5 32. Nb3+ Kc6 33. Nd4+ Kc5 34. Nb3+ Kc4 35. Nd2+ Kc5 36. Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

W Pollock vs Zukertort, 1887

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Event "3rd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1887.??.??"
Round "?"
White "James Mason"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "0-1"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 Bd6 7. Bg5 c6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Bf4 Kh8 11. Bg3 b6 12. Qd2 a5 13. a3 Ba6 14. Ne2 c5 15. c3 a4 16. Ba2 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rae1 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rae8 21. Rf4 Qb5 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. g4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nxg4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qd2 e3 27. Qc2 Qa6 28. h3 Rf2 29. Bb1 g6 30. Qd3 Qc4 31. hxg4 Rxe2 0-1

Mason vs W Pollock, 1887

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Event "3rd BCA Congress"
Site "London ENG"
Date "1887.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Isidor Gunsberg"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 d6 4. d4 e4 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Ne5 c6 8. g4 Bb4 9. g5 O-O 10. gxf6 Qxf6 11. Bh3 c5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 g6 15. fxg6 Bxh3 16. Qh5 Qxg6 17. Qxh3 Rf3 18. Qf1 Qf6 19. Rg1+ Kf7 20. Qg2 Rb8 21. Qg4 Rf5 22. Qg3 Re8 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. a3 Ba5 25. Bf4 e3 26. fxe3 cxd4 27. Rxd4 c5 28. Ra4 Bb6 29. Nb5 Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rf6 31. Nd6+ Rxd6 32. Bxd6 Rxe3+ 33. Kd2 c4 34. Rf1+ Ke6 35. Bf4 Re4 36. Re1 Kf5 37. Rxe4 Kxe4 38. b3 h5 39. bxc4 d4 1-0

Gunsberg vs W Pollock, 1887

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Bradford 1888 4th BCA Congress

Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.06"
Round "1"
White "Max Weiss"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. dxe5 O-O 7. Qd5 Nc5 8. Be3 Ne6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bc4 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Ne4 Ngf4 15. Qd2 b5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Bxe6 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 fxe6 20. Rxd6 Bb7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rac8 23. c3 Bd5 24. a4 Rc4 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra1 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Ra8 28. Rb1 Ra2 29. h3 Kf7 30. Kh2 Kg6 31. g4 Ra8 32. Kg3 h5 33. gxh5+ Kxh5 34. f4 Rf8 35. h4 Rd8 36. Re1 Kh6 37. Re5 g6 38. Kg4 Rf8 39. Re1 Kh7 40. Be5 Kg8 41. Kg5 Kf7 42. Kh6 Ra8 43. Rg1 Rg8 44. Rd1 g5 45. Rxd5 exd5 46. fxg5 Re8 47. Bd4 Kg8 48. b4 Re6+ 49. g6 Re2 50. Kg5 Rg2+ 51. Kf5 Rh2 52. Bf6 Re2 53. Be5 Rf2+ 54. Bf4 Rc2 55. h5 Rxc3 56. h6 Rh3 57. h7+ Kf8 58. Be5 1-0

M Weiss vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.07"
Round "2"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Isidor Gunsberg"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Nf1 h6 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Ng3 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 g6 15. Qe2 c6 16. Nd2 h5 17. Qf2 a6 18. Rf1 Rf8 19. O-O-O h4 20. Ne2 f5 21. d4 O-O-O 22. Nc4 Ba7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qe1 b5 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. c4 Be6 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Qc3 Rxd6 29. Qxe5 Rf7 30. Nc3 Bc8 31. Rd5 Bxe3+ 32. Kb1 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Bd4 0-1

W Pollock vs Gunsberg, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.08"
Round "4"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Alfred Rumboll"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. d4 Bd7 8. O-O e4 9. Ne1 Nf5 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. Qc2 Nd6 12. b4 Qf5 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14. Be3 h5 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. c4 Nd3 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Qxd3 Bxe4 20. Qe2 h4 21. f3 Bf5 22. c5 Nf7 23. c6 Bd6 24. cxb7+ Kd7 25. Bxa7 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qg3+ 27. Kg1 h3 28. Ba4+ c6 29. Bxc6+ Kd6 30. Bc5+ Kc7 31. Qb5 Rxd5 1-0

W Pollock vs A Rumboll, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.09"
Round "5"
White "John Owen"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Qe8 11. Nd4 Qg6 12. f3 Qh5 13. b4 Na6 14. dxe6 Bd6 15. g3 dxe6 16. Nxe6 Rf7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Re8 19. Bb3 Nb8 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. f4 Qg6 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Nxc7 Re7 25. Ne6 Qg4 26. Rac1 Rh6 27. Rf2 Rh3 28. Ng5 Rh5 29. Bd1 1-0

J Owen vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.10"
Round "7"
White "Jean Taubenhaus"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nd5 Bc5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. c3 Rg8 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. Ne1 h5 15. Qxg4 hxg4 16. g3 f5 17. Kg2 fxe4 18. dxe4 Ke7 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. f4 f6 21. Nb4 a5 22. Nd3 Rgf8 23. Rac1 Kd7 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 Ke6 28. Nf2 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 c5 30. Ke3 d5 31. exd5+ Kxd5 32. Kd3 c4+ 33. Ke3 a4 34. a3 c6 35. Ke2 Ke4 36. Kf2 Kd3 37. Kg2 e4 38. h4 gxh3+ 39. Kxh3 e3 1-0

Taubenhaus vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.11"
Round "9"
White "George Henry Mackenzie"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. c4 e5 5. Nc3 f6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. Qb3 b6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qb5 Na5 10. b4 Nb7 11. Qc6 Qc8 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. Nd5 Kd8 14. e4 h6 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 g5 17. Nec3 Rh7 18. Be3 a5 19. h3 a4 20. Nxa4 Nb8 21. Qb5 Ra6 22. Naxb6 c6 23. Nxc8 Kxc8 24. Rfc1 Rf7 25. a4 Kd8 26. Qb6+ Rxb6 27. Bxb6+ Ke8 28. Ne3 Nd7 29. a5 d5 30. exd5 1-0

Mackenzie vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.13"
Round "10"
White "William Pollock"
Black "James Mason"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne7 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. h4 g4 13. h5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Nh4 c6 16. Qc2 d5 17. Bb3 a5 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. O-O-O Be6 20. d4 Rc8 21. e5 Nh7 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. Nd6 c5 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. c4 cxd4 26. Ba4 Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Rxc4 0-1

W Pollock vs Mason, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.14"
Round "11"
White "James Mortimer"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 Bd6 12. d4 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. c3 Bb7 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rad8 18. Qe1 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rf1 e3 22. Qg3 Qe7 23. b4 Nc6 24. Rf3 Rfe8 25. Qe1 Nxb4 26. cxb4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qf6 29. Nc3 Rd2 30. Rc1 Qd4 31. a3 Rc8 32. Na2 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Qb2 34. Kg1 Rc2 35. Qh4 Qxc1+ 36. Bf1 e2 37. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

J Mortimer vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.15"
Round "13"
White "Curt von Bardeleben"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Nd2 Nxc3 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Qe7 11. h4 Rg8 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd7 17. Qg5 Qf7 18. Rb1 Rf8 19. Qg3 Bc6 20. Bxc7 Qd7 21. h5 g5 22. Be5 Bb5 23. Qxg5 Ba6 24. Bf4 Rc8 25. Rb2 Qc6 26. Kd1 Bd3 27. Bd6 Qxd6 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 Rxf2 30. Rxb7 Rcxc2 31. Rb8+ Kd7 0-1

von Bardeleben vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.16"
Round "14"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Francis Lee"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qd2 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. O-O-O Nxc5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Ne2 h6 15. Ned4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc7 17. f4 g6 18. g4 Kd8 19. Qa5 Na4 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5 Qc5 22. Nb3 Qb6 23. Qd2 exf5 24. Qf4 Rc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rxd5 Qb7 27. Red1 Nb6 28. Rxd7+ 1-0

W Pollock vs F J Lee, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.17"
Round "15"
White "Edmund Thorold"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. Bf4 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8. O-O Nh5 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Na3 a6 11. g3 O-O 12. Qg5 g6 13. f4 Kg7 14. Rae1 Qd8 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qh3 Qd6 17. Nc2 Ne7 18. Re5 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qd8 21. g4 f5 22. exf6+ Rxf6 23. g5 Rf7 24. Qxe6 Qd6 25. Qxd6 cxd6 26. Bc2 Raf8 27. Bb3 Rf4 28. h3 h6 29. gxh6+ Kxh6 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 g5 32. f3 Rb8 33. Re1 Kg6 34. Re7 b5 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. Ra8 Rf6 37. Rg8+ Kf5 38. Kf2 a5 39. Kg3 Rh6 40. Rf8+ Kg6 41. Be4+ Kg7 42. Rf5 Rh5 43. Bd3 b4 44. c4 a4 45. Ra5 a3 46. b3 Kf6 47. Be4 Rb8 48. Ra6 Rbh8 49. Rxd6+ Ke7 50. c5 Rxh3+ 51. Kg4 Rh2 52. Ra6 Rd8 53. d5 Rxa2 54. Kf5 Rh2 55. d6+ Kf8 56. c6 Rh7 57. c7 Rf7+ 58. Kg4 Rc8 59. Ra8 1-0

E Thorold vs W Pollock, 1888

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Event "4th BCA Congress"
Site "Bradford ENG"
Date "1888.08.18"
Round "17"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Henry Bird"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Nf6 7. Nf7 Qe7 8. Nxh8 Bxe6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bh5+ Kd7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. O-O Kc8 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Qe2 g6 15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 gxf5 17. Rad1 Qg7 18. Nf7 Bxf7 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf5 Bxh5 21. Qxh5 Qe6 22. Qh3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. Rfxd5 Qxh3 25. gxh3 e3 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rd3 Bf4 28. Nd5 Bh6 29. Nxe3 Nb4 30. Rb3 c5 31. a3 Nc6 32. Kg2 b5 33. Rd3 Bf4 34. Kf2 Bxh2 35. Nf5 Rf8 36. Rf3 Kd7 37. Rd1+ Kc7 38. Ng7 Rxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Nd4+ 40. Ke4 Ne2 41. Ne6+ Kc6 42. Rd2 Ng3+ 43. Kf3 Nf1 44. Rf2 Be5 45. c3 Nh2+ 46. Kg2 h5 47. Ng5 Kd5 48. Rf5 b4 49. axb4 cxb4 50. cxb4 Kd4 51. Rxe5 Kxe5 52. Kxh2 Kd4 53. Ne6+ Kc4 54. Nd8 a6 55. Nc6 1-0

W Pollock vs Bird, 1888

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London 1888 Casual game

Event "Simpson's Divan"
Site "London GBR"
Date "1888.01.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "0-1"
White "Cyril Pearson"
Black "William Pollock"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' (1899), p.54"

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Bc5 7. Bg5 Bxf2+ 8. Kf1 Bb6 9. Nd5 Ng4 It is recorded that ♗lack had originally intended to play 9…♘xd5, realizing just after touching the knight that it would be fatal. 10. Bxd8 Kxd8 11. Qd2 d6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qg5+ Ne7 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Bd5 c6 18. Bxc6 Nc4 19. Qb4 Nge3+ 20. Kf2 Rxg2+ 21. Kf3 Bg4+ 22. Kf4 Bxe2 23. Rhg1 Rf2+ 24. Kg5 Ke7 25. Kh6 Rxh2+ 26. Kg7 bxc6 27. Qc3 Rf2 28. b3 f6 29. e5 Nf5+ 30. Kxh7 Nxe5 31. Qh3 Bd3 32. Rae1 Nh6+ 0-1

C Pearson vs W Pollock, 1888

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London 1889 Casual game

Event "Simpson's Divan"
Site "London GBR"
Date "1889.02.??"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Francis Lee"
Source "F.F. Rowland, 'Pollock Memories' (1899), pp.72-73"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Bd2 a6 12. b4 Be7 13. O-O Na7 14. Rae1 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nxa3 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. e6 fxe6 19. Bxg6+ hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kf8 21. f5 exf5 22. Re6 1-0

W Pollock vs F J Lee, 1889

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Skaneateles, New York 1891 Match vs Eugene Delmar

Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.20"
Round "1"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Eugene Delmar"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Bb5 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Ne2 Ng6 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Ng3 Nh4 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Qe4 Qf8 18. Ke2 Rd8 19. c3 Re8 20. Rf1 Kh8 21. Bd2 Qf7 22. Rae1 Rf8 23. b3 Bb6 24. Kd1 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 27. Rxe5 h6 28. d4 Rxh3 29. Ke2 g5 30. a4 a5 31. Be3 g4 32. c4 Rh2+ 33. Kd3 g3 34. c5 Ba7 35. Ke4 Kg7 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Kxg3 Rb2 38. Bxh6 Rxb3+ 39. Kf4 Rb4 40. Ke4 Rxa4 41. Bg5 Rb4 42. Bd8 a4 43. Bxc7 a3 44. Bd6 Kf6 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Re5+ Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Rh5 Ra4 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Ke5 a2 51. Rh7+ Kc8 52. Rc7+ Kd8 53. Ke6 a1=Q 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Rc7+ Kb8 56. Rxc6+ Kb7 57. Rc7+ Ka6 58. d5 Re4+ 59. Kd7 Qa4+ 60. c6 Re2 61. Be7 Qg4+ 62. Kd8 Qg8+ 63. Kd7 Qxd5+ 64. Bd6 Qe6+ 65. Kd8 Qe8# 0-1

W Pollock vs E Delmar, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.21"
Round "2"
White "Eugene Delmar"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Bd5 Bd6 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. a4 Nf4 15. Nf3 g5 16. c3 g4 17. Ne1 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. c4 c5 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. f4 f5 22. Qe2 bxc4 23. dxc4 e4 24. b3 a5 25. Bc1 Kg8 26. Bb2 Qh6 27. Qd2 Ng6 28. Ne2 Ra6 29. g3 Ne5 30. Nc3 Nf3+ 31. Nxf3 gxf3 32. Nb5 Be7 33. Rae1 Qh3 34. Rxf3 exf3 35. Rxe7 Rg6 36. Qf2 Qg4 37. Qe3 h5 38. Qe5 Rgf6 39. Re8 Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Rf8 41. Qe7 h4 42. Kf2 hxg3+ 43. hxg3 Rf7 44. Qe8+ Rf8 45. Qe7 Rf7 46. Qe8+ Rf8 47. Qe7 Rf7 48. Qe5 Qh5 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qxh5+ Kxh5 52. Nd6 Re7 53. Be5 Kg4 54. Nxb7 Rh7 55. Nxc5 Rh2+ 56. Ke3 Re2+ 57. Kd3 Re1 58. Bd4 Rd1+ 59. Ke3 Rxd4 60. Kxd4 f2 61. Nxd7 f1=Q 62. Ne5+ Kxg3 63. d6 Qxf4+ 64. Kd5 Qe4+ 65. Ke6 Kf4 0-1

E Delmar vs W Pollock, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.21"
Round "3"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Eugene Delmar"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. f4 e5 2. e4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Kh1 Bg4 11. Be3 d5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nf5 14. Bf2 Qd7 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Neg1 Re6 17. a4 Rh6 18. Qe1 a5 19. h3 Ne7 20. Ra3 Bf5 21. Nd2 Ng6 22. Rf3 Qe7 23. Qe3 Rd8 24. Rg3 c5 25. dxc5 d4 26. Qb3 Bxc5 27. Rg5 Be6 28. Qf3 Bd5 29. Qg4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Re1 Qg7 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re8+ Nf8 34. Qc8 Qd7 35. Qb8 Kf7 36. Rc8 Ne6 37. Ne4 Be7 38. Nf3 d3 39. Be1 Bd8 40. Bd2 Rhh5 41. Ng3 Rhf5 42. Nxf5 Rxf5 43. Qa8 Rd5 44. Rb8 Be7 45. b4 Bxb4 46. Bxb4 axb4 47. Rh8 Rh5 48. f5 Kg7 49. fxe6 Qe7 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qf7 1-0

W Pollock vs E Delmar, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.22"
Round "4"
White "Eugene Delmar"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5 6. dxc6 Bxf2+ 7. Ke2 bxc6 8. Qa4 f5 9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. Ng5 g6 13. Kd1 d5 14. Qh4 Qe7 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Rf1 Rad8 17. Nf3 Qe6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. g4 d4 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd8+ 1-0

E Delmar vs W Pollock, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.23"
Round "5"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Eugene Delmar"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 15. Bf4 c6 16. Rab1 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Bd6 Nb6 19. Ba6 Bd7 20. Kf2 Rxe1 21. Kxe1 Bc8 22. Bd3 f6 23. Rb4 Kf7 24. a4 g6 25. a5 Nd7 26. Rh4 Kg7 27. c4 Ne5 28. Kd2 Be6 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Rb4 Nxd3 31. Rb7+ Kh6 32. cxd3 a6 33. Ke3 Bxg2 34. Kf4 Bf1 35. Rf7 g5+ 36. Kf5 Bxd3+ 37. Kxf6 Kh5 38. h3 Re8 39. Rg7 Bg6 40. Rb7 Rd8 41. Be5 Rf8+ 42. Kg7 Re8 43. Bf6 Re3 44. Rb6 Rxg3 45. Rxa6 Rxh3 46. Rxc6 Rd3 47. a6 Rd7+ 48. Kf8 Be4 49. Rc5 h6 50. Ra5 Kg6 51. Be7 Ra7 52. Bc5 Ra8+ 53. Ke7 g4 54. Be3 Bc6 55. a7 Re8+ 56. Kd6 Bf3 57. Bf4 Rf8 58. Be5 h5 59. Ke6 h4 60. Rb5 Re8+ 61. Kd7 Rf8 62. Ke6 Re8+ 63. Kd7 Rg8 64. Ke7 Bc6 65. Rb6 Kf5 66. Bb8 Bg2 67. Rf6+ 1-0

W Pollock vs E Delmar, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.23"
Round "6"
White "Eugene Delmar"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Nc3 Ne6 12. Nf5 Bg5 13. Qg4 Nd4 14. Bxg5 Bxf5 15. Qh4 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Rad1 c5 19. Re3 Kh8 20. Rde1 Bg6 21. Qf4 Nxc2 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Kf1 Qd7 24. b4 b6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. h4 Qc6 27. f3 Nc2 28. Re2 c4 29. Ne4 Nb4 30. Qd2 Nd3 31. Qc3 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Ne5 33. Bf4 Qa4 34. Rd2 Nd7 35. Rxc4 Qb5 36. Kf2 Re8 37. Bxc7 Qb1 38. Qc1 Qf5 39. Bg3 Rg8 40. Bf4 Ne5 41. Bxe5 fxe5 42. Qc3 Rfg7 43. Kg1 Qb1+ 44. Qc1 Qb6+ 45. Kh1 Qe3 46. Re4 Qb6 47. Qb2 Qc6 48. Rxe5 Qc4 49. Re4 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 h6 51. Rg4 Qe1 52. Rd7 h5 53. Rdxg7 1-0

E Delmar vs W Pollock, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.24"
Round "7"
White "William Pollock"
Black "Eugene Delmar"
Result "0-1"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 f5 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. dxc5 e5 14. Bf5 e4 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. N3d2 Ne5 17. Nb3 Nd3 18. Rd1 Ng6 19. Be3 Be5 20. g3 Bb8 21. f4 Qd7 22. Rd2 Qh3 23. Rad1 Rc6 24. Nc1 Ngxf4 25. gxf4 Rg6+ 26. Rg2 Bxf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Rxg6 hxg6 29. Rd4 Qf3 30. h3 Re5 31. h4 Nh3+ 32. Kh2 Qxf1 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Nf4+ 35. Kg3 Ne6 36. Ra4 Nxc5 37. Rxa7 Rf5 38. Ne2 Rf3+ 39. Kg4 Kh7 40. Nd4 Rf2 41. b4 Nd3 42. Ne6 Kh6 43. Ra8 Ne5+ 44. Kg3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Kh5 46. Rd8 Nc4 47. Nd4 Ne3+ 48. Kh2 Rf4 49. Kg3 Rg4+ 50. Kf2 Nd1+ 51. Ke2 Nxc3+ 52. Kd2 Rg3 53. Ne6 Kxh4 54. Rd7 b5 55. Rxg7 Nxa2 56. Nf4 g5 57. Ne6 d4 58. Rh7+ Kg4 59. Rg7 Kh5 60. Ke2 d3+ 61. Kf2 Rf3+ 62. Kg2 d2 63. Rxg5+ Kh6 0-1

W Pollock vs E Delmar, 1891

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Event "Match Pollock-Delmar"
Site "Skaneateles NY USA"
Date "1891.07.25"
Round "8"
White "Eugene Delmar"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "1-0"
Source "ChessBase 14"

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. d4 a6 5. d5 Bb7 6. Bf4 Ne7 7. Be2 Ng6 8. Bg3 Qc8 9. h4 Ne7 10. Na4 Qd8 11. c4 Ng8 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Bh5+ g6 15. Nxh7 Bxe4 16. Qg4 Rxh7 17. Qxe4 Rxh5 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qxh5 Nc6 20. O-O-O b5 21. Nxc5 Qa5 22. Nxd7+ Kg7 23. Be5+ Nxe5 24. Qxe5+ Kh7 25. Qh5+ Kg7 26. Ne5 Rf8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qxa2 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Rh3 Qxc4+ 32. Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Rdd3 Nf6 34. Qg5+ Kf7 35. Rhe3 Qc4 36. h5 b4 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Rf3 Qh4 39. g3 Qh1+ 40. Ka2 1-0

E Delmar vs W Pollock, 1891

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Montreal 1894 Match vs Gossip

Event "Match Pollock-Gossip"
Site "Montreal CAN"
Date "1894.??.??"
Round "1"
White "George Hatfeild Gossip"
Black "William Pollock"
Result "0-1"
Source "365Chess"

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 a6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Be3 exf4 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. Qf2 O-O 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. a3 Rad8 15. Nc3 Rd6 16. Nd5 Qg5+ 17. Qg2 Qh4 18. Kh1 Rg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Bb3 Rd8 22. Rae1 c6 23. Nc3 g5 24. Ne2 g4 25. fxg4 Nxg4 0-1

Gossip vs W Pollock, 1894

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Event "Match Pollock-Gossip"
Site "Montreal CAN"
Date "1894.??.??"
Round "2"
White "William Pollock"
Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"
Souce "365Chess"
Result "1-0"

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Ne2 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Ng3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d3 Ng4 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bb3 d5 10. Bg5 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Be6 13. Bc2 Be7 14. Nd2 h6 15. Be3 g5 16. Kh2 Rad8 17. b3 a5 18. f3 b5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nd5 21. Nf1 Nxc3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ng3 Nb4 24. f6 Bf8 25. Bf5 Nbd5 26. Bd2 b4 27. a3 Nxf6 28. axb4 axb4 29. Bc1 Bc5 30. Bc2 Bd4 31. Ra6 e4 32. Nf5 Be5+ 33. g3 Ne2 34. Nxh6+ Kg7 35. Nf5+ Kf8 36. Bxg5 Bxg3+ 37. Nxg3 Nd4 38. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 39. Kh1 1-0

W Pollock vs Gossip, 1894

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Event "Match Pollock-Gossip"
Site "Montreal CAN"
Date "1894.??.??"
Round "8"
White "William Pollock"
Black "George Hatfeild Gossip"
Result "1-0"

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nxg5 Bxd4+ 8. Kh1 Qxg5 9. Rxf4 Qg6 10. Bxf7+ Qxf7 11. Rxf7 Kxf7 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ Bf6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rf1 Rf8 16. Bh4 Bxh4 17. Rxf8 Kxf8 18. Qxh4 Bf7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nce7 21. Qd4 Ng6 22. Qxa7 Nf6 23. Qxb7 Ne8 24. a4 Kg7 25. a5 Rf8 26. Kg1 Rf5 27. a6 Nf4 28. g3 Nxd5 29. a7 Ne3 30. h4 Rf1+ 31. Kh2 Rf2+ 32. Kh3 h5 33. a8=Q 1-0

W Pollock vs Gossip, 1895

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St. John 1895 Simultaneous Exhibition

A Hvistendahl vs W Pollock, 1885 (kibitz #1)

Mar-18-16 ljfyffe: Prof. WG Hanbury, having missed his train,in July of 1895 walked 18 miles from Musquash to Saint John NB to play Pollock in a simul: <1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3Bc4 Bc5 4 b4 Bb6 5 b5 Na5 6 Nxe5 Qf6 7Bxf7+ Kd8 8 d4 d6 9Bxg8 Rxg8 10 Bg5 Qxg5 11 Nf7+ Ke7 12 Nxg5>, and White wins

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