Saturday, April 14, 2018

Frank James Marshall


Frank James Marshall
(August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944)
was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.



















Famous Game

A game that I liked (ChessBase 14)
[Event "DSB Kongress-18 Meisterturnier-17"] [Site "Breslau"] [Date "1912.07.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Levitsky, Stepan Mikhailovich"] [Black "Marshall, Frank James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1912.07.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source ""] [SourceDate ""] [SourceVersion ""] [SourceVersionDate ""] [SourceQuality ""] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O {LiveBook: 5 Games} Be7 8. Bg5 {White has an edge.} O-O 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 { aiming for Nxd5!} Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 {[#]} (18... Na5 $17) 19. Rxd5 $1 $11 { [%mdl 512]} Nd4 (19... exd5 20. Qxe8+) 20. Qh5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (20. Qe4 $1 $11 {and White has nothing to worry.} Rf4 21. Qe5) 20... Ref8 $1 $19 {...Rxf2 is the strong threat.} ({Not} 20... exd5 21. Qxe8+ Rf8 22. Be6+ Nxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qd6 $11) 21. Re5 Rh6 ({But not} 21... Qxc2 22. f3 $19) 22. Qg5 Rxh3 ( 22... Qxc2 23. Bg4 $17) 23. Rc5 {[#]} Qg3 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 56%.} 0-1

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