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Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion
A Biography with 220 Games
Andy Soltis

ISBN 978-0-89950-887-0
photos, diagrams, bibliography, index
400pp. library binding 1993

Description
Frank Marshall (1877-1944) reigned as America’s chess champion from 1907 through 1936--the longest stint of anyone in history. A colorful character almost always decked out in an ascot and chewing a cigar, his career coincided with many evolutionary changes in competitive chess.

Marshall was a master gamesman. He took up the game of salta, akin to Chinese checkers, and was soon world champion. But more than anything, he loved chess. He claimed that after learning the game at the age of 10 he played every day for the next 57 years. Marshall’s life and playing style are fully examined here, including 220 of his games (some never before published) with 190 positional diagrams.

About the Author
Grandmaster Andy Soltis, eight times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City.

Other Book(s) by Andy Soltis Available from McFarland:

Soviet Chess 1917-1991

Chess Lists, 2d ed.

Los Voraces 2019

The United States Chess Championship, 1845-1996, 2d ed.

The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked



Award Winner
Book of the Year--English Chess Federation