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 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense The Classical Era ½-½ Marco, Georg vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Burn, Amos 1905 · Ostende · Italian Game: Giuoco Piano, Cracow Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Tarrasch, Siegbert vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Alapin, Simon 1905 · Ostende · Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor, Lion's Cave The Classical Era 0-1 Leonhardt, Paul Saladin vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Schlechter, Carl 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined The Classical Era 1-0 Teichmann, Richard vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Wolf, Heinrich 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined The Classical Era 1-0 Maroczy, Geza vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Taubenhaus, Jean 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Chigorin, Mikhail vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Blackburne, Joseph Henry 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Symmetrical Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Marco, Georg 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Burn, Amos vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Tarrasch, Siegbert 1905 · Ostende · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Alapin, Simon vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Ostende · King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted The Classical Era 0-1 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Symmetrical Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense The Classical Era ½-½ Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense The Classical Era ½-½ Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · French Defense: Marshall Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Slav Defense The Classical Era