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 Reggio, Arturo vs Frank Marshall 1902 · Monte Carlo · Center Game: Berger Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Wolf, Heinrich 1902 · Monte Carlo · Richter-Veresov Attack The Classical Era 1-0 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson vs Frank Marshall 1902 · Monte Carlo · French Defense: McCutcheon Variation, Bernstein Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Mieses, Jacques 1903 · Monte Carlo · Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Teichmann, Richard vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Dyckhoff Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Mason, James 1903 · Monte Carlo · Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack The Classical Era 1-0 Wolf, Heinrich vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Three Knights Opening The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Schlechter, Carl 1903 · Monte Carlo · Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Pillsbury, Harry Nelson vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Semi-Slav Defense: Stonewall Defense The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Marco, Georg 1903 · Monte Carlo · Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Tarrasch, Siegbert vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Albin, Adolf 1903 · Monte Carlo · Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Chigorin Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Reggio, Arturo 1903 · Monte Carlo · Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit The Classical Era 0-1 Maroczy, Geza vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Van't Kruijs Opening The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Taubenhaus, Jean 1903 · Monte Carlo · Queen's Gambit Declined The Classical Era 0-1 Moreau, C. vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Petrov's Defense: Three Knights Game The Classical Era 1-0 Mieses, Jacques vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Danish Gambit Accepted The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Teichmann, Richard 1903 · Monte Carlo · Queen's Gambit Declined The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Wolf, Heinrich 1903 · Monte Carlo · Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred The Classical Era 1-0 Schlechter, Carl vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Three Knights Opening The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 1903 · Monte Carlo · Scandinavian Defense: Valencian Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Marco, Georg vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Tarrasch, Siegbert 1903 · Monte Carlo · Tarrasch Defense The Classical Era 0-1 Taubenhaus, Jean vs Frank Marshall 1903 · Monte Carlo · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense The Classical Era