He Is Pollock But Not The Famous Abstract Expressionist! Who Are You?

November 12, 2022 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenSat, November 12, 2022 3:45pmURL:
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English chess master and surgeon William Pollock plays a brilliant attacking game where he sacrifices his Queen and starts a King hunt!
In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Max Weiss vs William Pollock
6th American Chess Congress (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 35, May-11
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation (C77)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d5
8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Qe4 Be6 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Nb4
13.O-O Nxd3 14.Qh5 Bxb3 15.axb3 Re8 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.b4 Bxf2+
18.Kh1 Qe1 19.h3 Nxc1 20.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21.Kh2 Bg1+ 22.Kg3 Re3+
23.Kg4 Ne2 24.Nf1 g6 25.Qd5 h5+ 26.Kg5 Kg7 27.Nxe3 f6+ 28.Kh4
Bf2+ 29.g3 Bxg3#
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WilliamPollock.jpg
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