W.H.K. Pollock: A Chess Biography with 523 Games

Product Description

Honorable Mention, Book of the Year Award–
Chess Journalists of America
During his first years in America, William Henry Krause Pollock participated in some of the most important American chess events of the 19th century. Pollock played matches against strong players like Charles Moehle, John L. McCutcheon, Jackson W. Showalter and Eugene Delmar. This biography analyzes in great detail Pollock’s chess play, as well as his career and life in England, Ireland and America. His American years unveil even more about the American chess landscape during the first half of 1890s, one of the most interesting periods in American chess history. Offered here are an unprecedented collection of annotated games played by Pollock (around 500), historical photographs and line drawings. Sources include historical chess journals and magazines with chess columns from America, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Review

“Wonderful…superb” —
Chessbook Reviews

“A perfect marriage of subject, author and publisher. Open at random and be entertained.” –Jonathan Manley, editor,
Kingpin Chess Magazine

“The Pollock book is one of the finest in the entire McFarland catalogue.”–Edward Winter,
Chess Notes; “Een prachtband, honderden pagina’s mooi papier en wat de inhoud betreft: geen partij wordt vergeten…die zo’n monument…dankzij de heren Urcan en Hilbert.” –Bab Wilders,
Nederlands Dagblad

About the Author

Olimpiu G. Urcan is a Singapore-based chess historian. He contributes regularly to Edward Winter’s
Chess Notes and is the author of several chess biographies published by McFarland.
John S. Hilbert is the author of over a dozen books and more than 100 articles on chess history. He lives in Buffalo, New York. William H.K. Pollock is his fifth McFarland title.