 Nyora kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Pakutanga kwa 1895, akaita mutsimba muMontreal naGeorge H. D. Gossip, mutambi mumwe nomumwe achikunda mitambo mitanhatu ine zvishanu zvakafanana. Mhedzisiro iyi ingangove yaigutsa Gossip kupfuura Pollock, zvichipiwa chinzvimbo chaGossip semunhu anogara ari munzvimbo yekupedzisira mumakwikwi makuru. Gare gare gore iroro, Pollock akamiririra Canada pamutambo wakakurumbira wechess weHastings 1895, rakakundwa naHarry Nelson Pillsbury. Pollock akatora 19th kunze kwe22, kusanganisira kukunda pamusoro pe4th uye 5th-place finishers Siegbert Tarrasch naWilhelm Steinitz. 