Notable Games
Frank Marshall
16 celebrated games · 427 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Marshall – Pillsbury · 1904 · 1–0
Cambridge Springs 1904. A 23-move mating attack against Harry Pillsbury (21.Nxg6, 23.Qe5#), from the great tournament Marshall won undefeated, ahead of Lasker. On his chessgames notable list.
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Marshall – Von Scheve · 1904 · 1–0
Cambridge Springs 1904. A King's Gambit attack overwhelms Theodor von Scheve. On his chessgames notable list.
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Marshall – Chigorin · 1905 · 1–0
Ostend 1905. An attacking win over the veteran Mikhail Chigorin in a Staunton Gambit. On his chessgames notable list.
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Marshall – Burn · 1907 · 1–0
Ostend 1907. A 20-move king hunt drags Amos Burn's king to e4 — 16.Nxg7+, 18.d5+ — and the quiet 20.O-O-O seals the mating net. On his chessgames notable list.
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Marshall – Spielmann · 1908 · 1–0
1908. A 22-move Staunton-Gambit attack sinks the great attacker Rudolf Spielmann — 21.Rxh7 and 22.Qh3+.
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Marshall – Capablanca · 1909 · 1–0
From his 1909 match with the young José Raúl Capablanca — the future World Champion who won the match 8–1 — Marshall's lone win, a Queen's Gambit Declined.
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Marshall – Rubinstein · 1911 · 1–0
Karlsbad 1911. A 20-move win over the great Akiba Rubinstein, Marshall's pieces swarming (16.Nxd5, 20.Bxd5).
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Marshall – Vidmar · 1911 · 1–0
San Sebastián 1911. A Greek-gift attack — 26.Bxh7+ — beats Milan Vidmar.
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Marshall – Schlechter · 1912 · 1–0
San Sebastián 1912. A win over the positional master Carl Schlechter, who a year earlier had drawn Lasker's World Championship match.
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Levitsky – Marshall · 1912 · 0–1
The Gold Coins Game, Breslau 1912. Marshall's immortal 23…Qg3!! — placing the queen en prise three different ways with no defence — a move so beautiful that, by legend, spectators showered the board with gold coins. On his chessgames notable list.
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Janowski – Marshall · 1912 · 0–1
From his 1912 match with lifelong rival Dawid Janowski — a 22-move Black win in the Petroff.
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Marshall – Reti · 1914 · 1–0
DSB Congress 1914. A win over the young hypermodern Richard Réti.
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Marshall – Bogoljubow · 1924 · 1–0
New York 1924. A king hunt mates Efim Bogoljubov on the board — the king chased from c5 to a4, 42.Qc2#.
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Marshall – Maroczy · 1926 · 1–0
1926. A win over the veteran Hungarian grandmaster Géza Maróczy.
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Marshall – Nimzowitsch · 1930 · 1–0
Liège 1930. A late-career win over the hypermodern theorist Aron Nimzowitsch.
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Marshall – Lasker · 1940 · 1–0
1940. A win over former World Champion Emanuel Lasker in an exhibition match — among Lasker's very last games, played in the New York where both spent their final years.
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