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 Chigorin, Mikhail 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Pillsbury, Harry Nelson 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack The Classical Era 0-1 Barry, JF. vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Schönemann Attack The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Mieses, Jacques 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Lawrence, Thomas Francis 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line The Classical Era 0-1 Schlechter, Carl vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Teichmann, Richard 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Queen's Gambit Declined: Cambridge Springs Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Showalter, Jackson Whipps 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit, Normal Line The Classical Era 0-1 Janowsky, Dawid Markelowicz vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Delmar, Eugene 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Marco, Georg vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Napier, William Ewart 1904 · Cambridge Springs · Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit The Classical Era ½-½ Schlechter, Carl vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Monte Carlo · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Classical Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Von Scheve, Theodor vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Monte Carlo Rice · King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Gunsberg, Isidor 1904 · Monte Carlo · Queen's Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Mieses, Jacques 1904 · Monte Carlo Rice · King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit The Classical Era 0-1 Marco, Georg vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Monte Carlo Rice · King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Marco, Georg 1904 · Monte Carlo · Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Forgacs, Leo 1904 · Monte Carlo Rice · King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit The Classical Era ½-½ Maroczy, Geza vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Monte Carlo · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation, Marshall Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Frank Marshall vs Schlechter, Carl 1904 · Monte Carlo · Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit The Classical Era 0-1 Frank Marshall vs Swiderski, Rudolf 1904 · Monte Carlo Rice · King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit The Classical Era ½-½ Gunsberg, Isidor vs Frank Marshall 1904 · Monte Carlo · Italian Game: Two Knights Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Frank Marshall vs Von Scheve, Theodor 1904 · Monte Carlo Rice · King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit The Classical Era