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(1859-96)
2000 Canadian Chess Hall of Fame
1895 Represented Canada at prestigious Hastings International Congress
1894 Arrived Canada to report on World Championship Match in Montreal; stayed until trip to England in 1895, but returned briefly in 1896
1892 2nd place, U.S. Championship
1892 Brooklyn, New York Champion
1891 Tied first place, U.S. Championship (lost play-off match to Showalter)
1890 2nd place, U.S. Championship
1889 Travelled to America to play in the New York tournament which was to select a challenger to World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz; won Brilliancy Prize
1889 Second place, Irish Chess Association's 3rd Masters Tournament, scoring 6.5/8 ahead of Mason
1886 First place, Irish Chess Associationís 2nd Principal Tournament, scoring 8/8 ahead of Blackburne and Burn
1885 First place, Irish Chess Associationís 1st Principal Tournament at Dublin, Ireland, scoring 9/10
Credited with inventing the opening moves 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2
Co-author of booklet on St. Petersburg 1895-6 tournament
Medical student at Trinity College, Dublin
Born in England of Irish descent
Here are three of William Pollock's games, against former World Champion Steinitz, and two World Championship challengers:
Wilhelm Steinitz - William H. K. Pollock, Hastings, Round 6, 1895.08.12
William H.K. Pollock - Siegbert Tarrasch, Hastings, Round 13, 1895.08.21
Isidor Gunsberg - William H.K. Pollock, Hastings, Round 14, 1895.08.23
Source: Pollock Memories by Mrs. Frideswide F. Rowland, 1899.
Copyright 2011. David Cohen.
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