Frank Marshall
Notable Games

Frank Marshall

20 celebrated games · 517 in the full archive
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Notable Games

  • 1904 Marshall, Frank James vsPillsbury, Harry Nelson 1-0 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack 23 moves Cambridge Springs 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.
  • 1904.02.29 Marshall, Frank James vsVon Scheve, Theodor 1-0 King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit 31 moves Monte Carlo Rice Gambit Cambridge Springs 1904. A King's Gambit attack overwhelms Theodor von Scheve. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1905.06.20 Marshall, Frank James vsChigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich 1-0 Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation 30 moves Ostend Masters Ostend 1905. An attacking win over the veteran Mikhail Chigorin in a Staunton Gambit. On his chessgames notable list.
  • 1907.06.03 Marshall, Frank James vsBurn, Amos 1-0 Indian Defense: Wade-Tartakower Defense 20 moves Ostend Champion 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.
  • 1908.08.10 Marshall, Frank James vsSpielmann, Rudolf 1-0 Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation 22 moves DSB Kongress-16 Meisterturnier-15 1908. A 22-move Staunton-Gambit attack sinks the great attacker Rudolf Spielmann — 21.Rxh7 and 22.Qh3+.
  • 1909.05.01 Marshall, Frank James vsCapablanca, Jose Raul 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense 25 moves Match Capablanca-Marshall +8-1=14 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.
  • 1911.08.31 Marshall, Frank James vsRubinstein, Akiba 1-0 Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation, Main Line 20 moves Karlsbad-02 International Masters Karlsbad 1911. A 20-move win over the great Akiba Rubinstein, Marshall's pieces swarming (16.Nxd5, 20.Bxd5).
  • 1911.02.28 Marshall, Frank James vsVidmar, Milan Sr 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Normal Line 30 moves San Sebastian Int Masters-01 San Sebastián 1911. A Greek-gift attack — 26.Bxh7+ — beats Milan Vidmar.
  • 1912.02.24 Marshall, Frank James vsSchlechter, Carl 1-0 Slav Defense: Exchange Variation 33 moves San Sebastian Int Masters-02 San Sebastián 1912. A win over the positional master Carl Schlechter, who a year earlier had drawn Lasker's World Championship match.
  • 1912.07.20 Levitsky, Stepan Mikhailovich vsMarshall, Frank James 0-1 French Defense: Marshall Gambit 23 moves DSB Kongress-18 Meisterturnier-17 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.
  • 1912 Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz vsMarshall, Frank James 0-1 Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack, Marshall Variation 22 moves Match Marshall-Janowski +6-2=2 From his 1912 match with lifelong rival Dawid Janowski — a 22-move Black win in the Petroff.
  • 1914.07.28 Marshall, Frank James vsReti, Richard 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Neo-Orthodox Variation 32 moves DSB Kongress-19 Meisterturnier-18 DSB Congress 1914. A win over the young hypermodern Richard Réti.
  • 1924.04.11 Marshall, Frank James vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Torre Attack: Classical Defense 42 moves New York International Masters-01 New York 1924. A king hunt mates Efim Bogoljubov on the board — the king chased from c5 to a4, 42.Qc2#.
  • 1926.09.01 Marshall, Frank James vsMaroczy, Geza 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line 44 moves Western CA-27 Masters 1926. A win over the veteran Hungarian grandmaster Géza Maróczy.
  • 1930.08.26 Marshall, Frank James vsNimzowitsch, Aron 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense, with e3 25 moves Liege Exposition Tournament Liège 1930. A late-career win over the hypermodern theorist Aron Nimzowitsch.
  • 1940.05.18 Marshall, Frank James vsLasker, Emanuel 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line 34 moves Match Marshall-Lasker,Em +1-0=1 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.
  • 1904 Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz vsMarshall, Frank James 0-1 Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation 76 moves Cambridge Springs Cambridge Springs 1904 — a 76-move win with Black against Dawid Markelowicz Janowski. Selected in Savielly Tartakower and Julius du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, game 393 (PDF page 268).
  • 1908.04.11 Mieses, Jacques vsMarshall, Frank James 0-1 French Defense: Marshall Gambit 29 moves Wien Internationales Schachturnier Vienna 1908 — a 29-move win with Black against Jacques Mieses. Selected in Savielly Tartakower and Julius du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, game 273 (PDF page 188).
  • 1910 Marshall, Frank James vsTarrasch, Siegbert 1-0 Italian Game: Scotch Gambit, Max Lange Attack, Long Variation 29 moves DSB Kongress-17 Meisterturnier-16 Hamburg 1910 — a 29-move win with White against Siegbert Tarrasch. Selected in Savielly Tartakower and Julius du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, PDF page 47.
  • 1928.08.18 Nimzowitsch, Aron vsMarshall, Frank James 0-1 Queen's Indian Accelerated 25 moves Bad Kissingen International Masters Bad Kissingen 1928 — a 25-move win with Black against Aron Nimzowitsch. Selected in Savielly Tartakower and Julius du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, game 460 (PDF page 316).
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