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
0-1 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Sicilian Defense: Closed The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Main Line The Classical Era ½-½ Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Sicilian Defense: Closed The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Pillsbury Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Pawn Game: Krause Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1905 · Paris m2 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Bleijkmans vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Pawn Game: Krause Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Esser, Johannes vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Fianchetto Variation, Bg4 Line The Classical Era 1-0 Leonhardt, Paul Saladin vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Schliemann Defense Deferred The Classical Era 0-1 Loman, Rudolf vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Yerevan System The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Leussen, Benjamin 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Oskam, Gerard 1905 · Scheveningen · Tarrasch Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Duras, Oldrich 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Swiderski, Rudolf 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Te Kolste, Jan Willem 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Shories, George 1905 · Scheveningen · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Reggio, Arturo vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation, Yerevan System The Classical Era 0-1 Spielmann, Rudolf vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Petrov's Defense: Classical Attack The Classical Era 0-1 Trimborn, Cornelius vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Scheveningen · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense The Classical Era 0-1 Bernstein, Ossip vs Frank Marshall 1905 · Barmen-A · Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era