Tarrasch–Marshall Match 1905

Tarrasch controls a seventeen-game Nuremberg match
18 September – 14 October 1905 · Nuremberg, Germany
Tarrasch won 12–5

Siegbert Tarrasch defeated Frank Marshall 12–5 in Nuremberg. Tarrasch won eight games, Marshall one, and eight games were drawn.

A seven-point margin

The match ran from 18 September to 14 October 1905. Tarrasch’s eight wins against one loss gave him a decisive lead; eight draws completed the seventeen-game record.

Edo’s event table records the same 12–5 points score and exact date span.

Seventeen complete games

All seventeen games survive, with their round numbers.

Its computed +8 −1 =8 headline and 12–5 points total require no correction.

Cross table

12–5
Tarrasch won · official result +8-1=8
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts
Tarrasch 1½½½1½1101½½½1½11 12
Marshall 0½½½0½0010½½½0½00 5

1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.