Frank Marshall

Trivia

• Marshall was best known for his great tactical skill.
• In 1915 Marshall opened the Marshall Chess Club in New York.
• In 1909, he agreed to play a match with a young Cuban named José Raúl Capablanca, and to most people's surprise, lost eight games, drew fourteen and won only one.
• In 1907 he played a match against World Chess Champion Emanuel Lasker for the title and lost eight games, winning none and drawing seven. They played their match in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Chicago, and Memphis from January 26 to April 8, 1907.
• In 1906 Pillsbury died and Marshall again refused the championship title until he won it in competition in 1909.
• He won the U.S. chess championship in 1904, but did not accept the title because the current U.S. champion, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, did not compete.
• He began playing chess at the age of 10 and by 1890 was one of the leading players in Montreal.
• Was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909-1936, and was one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.

Quotes

• "The hardest thing in chess is to win a won game".