William Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson (1893) Chess School of Pollock

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William Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson
"Chess School of Pollock" (game of the day Mar-21-2025)
Consultation simul, 5b (1893) (exhibition), 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		GrahamClayton: The line clearing sacrifices 15.♕d7+ & 18.♖e8+ are fantastic.

Aug-08-14		morfishine: The Chess "School of Pollock" *****

Dec-03-18		scutigera: Pollock was definitely no fish.

Oct-06-22		Ziryab: According to Irving Chernev, Pollock announced a mate in five after 14…f6.

Mar-21-25		FSR: Wow, a pun by <morfishine>, last seen in these waters over three years ago, and who hated everyone else's puns. Nice game!

Mar-21-25		goodevans: Beautiful finish. Playing through the game, you can really feel the fear in the Black partnership’s minds as they essayed their 11th, 12th and 13th moves. A fear that was wholly justified.

Mar-21-25		Teyss: "This pun can safely be brushed into the gutter of history, flowing into the sewer of chess knowledge", or something like that. Black painted themselves in a corner. 11...h6?! is the only game in the Db. 12...a6? and 13...a5?!? are interesting TNs. "Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do. When you don't know, just push your side Pawns." (Tartakower. The last part of the quote is less well-known.) Colourful finish.

Mar-21-25		MissScarlett: The streamlined <School of Fish> was called for.

Mar-21-25		VerySeriousExpert: It is interesting, what was Mr. Pollock's plan after the possible 11...Be7, which is easy to find? And it isn't Scotch gambit, it is Two knights defence.

Mar-21-25		Andrew Chapman: Black is still OK after 12..Rd8.

Mar-21-25		FSR: <VerySeriousExpert: It is interesting, what was Mr. Pollock's plan after the possible 11...Be7, which is easy to find?> My guess is that Colson considered and rejected 11...Be7 because of 12.Qxg7. But that move would give Black sufficient compensation after 12...O-O-O. Much stronger, per Stockfish 17, is the surprising 12.Bg5! Bxg5 13.Qxg7 O-O-O 14.Qxg5, when Black has no compensation for the lost pawn.

Mar-23-25		VerySeriousExpert: @FSR Dear Mr. Rhine, thank you, it maybe, just this variation has been Mr. Pollock's plan. It is interesting, what was his plan after the possible 12.Bg5 f6, which is also easy to find?

Mar-23-25		VerySeriousExpert: @FSR Of course, after 12.Bg5 f6 13.Ng3 White gets a serious advantage, but these subvariations are not easy to calculate during simultaneous exhibition.

Mar-24-25		FSR: <VerySeriousExpert> Pollock was a strong player by the standards of the day, but I can't guarantee he would have found 12.Bg5! in a simul. I certainly wouldn't have, and probably not in a tournament game either.

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