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  1. 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.

  2. Frank James Marshall (1877-1944) was a brilliant attacking player and the United States chess champion from 1909 to 1936. When he played for the world championship in 1907, he was soundly defeated by defending champion Emanuel Lasker.

  3. Aug 12, 2009 · He was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909-1936. Marshall was best known for his great tactical skill. One aspect of this was the "Marshall swindle," where a trick would turn a lost game around. Not so well known now, but appreciated in his day, was his endgame skill!

  4. Aug 24, 2023 · A Century of Chess: Frank Marshall (from 1910-19) Frank Marshall started the 1910s with a bracingly clear sense of what his ceiling as a player was. In match play against the super-elite players of his era — Lasker, Tarrasch, Rubinstein, Capablanca — he had a combined score of +4-27=33.

  5. (1877-1944) U.S. Chess. Hall of Fame. Inducted 1986. Frank Marshall enjoyed the longest and most untroubled reign of any U.S. Champion from the time he earned and accepted the title in 1909 until he resigned it in 1936. In 1909, he was defeated in a match by a young Jose Raul Capablanca.

  6. Jul 6, 2007 · Frank James Marshall was born on the west side of Manhattan on August 10, 1877. He was taken to Montreal when he was 8 years old and lived there for 11 years. He learned the game of chess at age 10 from his father, Alfred. In 1890 he joined the Montreal Chess Club and became a leading chess player there.

  7. Mar 15, 2018 · This man was U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936. He was a man who beat Emanuel Lasker once and Capablanca twice, a player who feared no one. He won many tournaments against world class competition. He was an American hero who dared dream of being world chess champion.

  8. Apr 21, 2018 · However, he didn’t completely step away from competitive chess! Instead, he still played in the Metropolitan Chess League and he was a serious factor in four chess Olympiads: Marshall was the only player on all four gold-medal winning U.S. teams of the 1930s (1931-1933-1935-1937) who had a lifetime score of 67 percent.

  9. www.sparkchess.com › chess-player › frank-marshallFrank Marshall - SparkChess

    Frank James Marshall (1877-1944) was U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936 and one of the strongest chess players in the world. He was known for his great tactical skills and liked to play trick moves to turn games to his advantage.

  10. Jan 27, 2023 · Frank Marshall, United States chess champion : a biography with 220 games. by. Soltis, Andy, 1947-. Publication date. 1994. Topics. Marshall, Frank James, 1877-1944, Chess players -- United States -- Biography. Publisher. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.

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