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William Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson
Consultation simul, 5b (1893), Buffalo, NY USA, Mar-15
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56)  ·  1-0

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Jan-26-06  MorphyMatt: beautiful game
Dec-12-07  battleaxe: Very well done
Jul-17-09  muwatalli: brilliant
May-25-10
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  GrahamClayton: The line clearing sacrifices 15.♕d7+ & 18.♖e8+ are fantastic.
Aug-08-14  morfishine: The Chess "School of Pollock"

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Dec-03-18
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  scutigera: Pollock was definitely no fish.
Oct-06-22
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  Ziryab: According to Irving Chernev, Pollock announced a mate in five after 14…f6.

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