Frank James Marshall
1877–1944 United States
US champion for 27 years and chess's great romantic swindler. He saved his most famous weapon — the Marshall Attack in the Ruy Lopez — for nearly a decade, unveiling it against Capablanca in 1918. He lost the game; the attack is main-line theory a century later.
1,024games
405won · 40%
351drawn · 34%
268lost · 26%
1899–1941span
Games in the Archive
1,024 games
½-½
Frank Marshall vs Mieses, Jacques
The Classical Era
1-0
Frank Marshall vs Jones, E.
The Classical Era
½-½
Marco, Georg vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
1-0
Frank Marshall vs Esser, Johannes
The Classical Era
0-1
Jackson, E. vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
1-0
Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker
The Classical Era
0-1
Frank Marshall vs Lipschuetz, Samuel
The Classical Era
½-½
Showalter, Jackson Whipps vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
1-0
Frank Marshall vs Hymes, Edward
The Classical Era
1-0
Frank Marshall vs Baird, David Graham
The Classical Era
1-0
Hodges, Albert Beauregard vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
1-0
Lipschuetz, Samuel vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
0-1
Frank Marshall vs Showalter, Jackson Whipps
The Classical Era
1-0
Hymes, Edward vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
1-0
Baird, David Graham vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
0-1
Frank Marshall vs Hodges, Albert Beauregard
The Classical Era
0-1
Brody, Miklos vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
½-½
Chigorin, Mikhail vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
½-½
Schlechter, Carl vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
½-½
Frank Marshall vs Schlechter, Carl
The Classical Era
½-½
Frank Marshall vs Chigorin, Mikhail
The Classical Era
½-½
Frank Marshall vs Brody, Miklos
The Classical Era
0-1
Mortimer, James vs Frank Marshall
The Classical Era
0-1
Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz
The Classical Era