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 Frank Marshall vs Chigorin, Mikhail 1906 · Ostend · Old Indian Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz 1906 · Ostend · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Spielmann, Rudolf 1906 · Ostend · Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Perlis, Julius vs Frank Marshall 1906 · Ostend · Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line The Classical Era 1-0 Schlechter, Carl vs Frank Marshall 1906 · Ostend · Three Knights Opening The Classical Era 0-1 Swiderski, Rudolf vs Frank Marshall 1906 · Ostend · Queen's Pawn Game: Krause Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Tarrasch, Siegbert vs Frank Marshall 1906 · DSB-15.Kongress · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Przepiorka, Dawid vs Frank Marshall 1906 · DSB-15.Kongress · Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio de Janeiro Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 1-0 Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 1-0 Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Exchange Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 1-0 Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 1-0 Emanuel Lasker vs Frank Marshall 1907 · World Championship 7th · French Defense: Classical Variation, Swiss Variation ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Emanuel Lasker 1907 · World Championship 7th · Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Akiba Rubinstein 1907 · Karlsbad · Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Savielly Tartakower vs Frank Marshall 1907 · Karlsbad · Scandinavian Defense: Kiel Variation The Classical Era