Marshall attacks

the attack Marshall (also called Gambit Marshall sometimes) is a opening Jeu of failures. It belongs to the Spanish Partie. Its Code ECO is C89.

The Marshall attack is characterized by the sequence of blows: 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.0-0 Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 .

History

Birth of the attack

In 1909, Jose Raúl Capablanca had severely beaten Frank Marshall in match (+8 -1 =14), and the following meetings were not happier for the player states-unien. With the tournament of New York, Capablanca and Marshall were at the head tournament, when they had to clash directly the October 23rd 1918. Marshall, which secretly prepared this attack (considered faulty at the time) since years, decided to use it for the first time against Capablanca. But, vis-a-vis this theoretical innovation, the world champion succeeds in defending himself and gained in 36 blows:

Jose Raúl Capablanca - Frank Marshall, New York 1918, C89

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.0-0 Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.ed5 Cxd5 10.Cxe5 Cxe5 11.Txe5 Cf6 12.Te1 Fd6 13.h3 Cg4 14.Df3 Dh4 15.d4 Cxf2 16.Te2 Fg4 17.hg4 Fh2+ 18.Rf1 Fg3 19.Txf2 Dh1+ 20.Re2 Fxf2 21.Fd2 Fh4 22.Dh3 Tae8+ 23.Rd3 Df1+ 24.Rc2 Ff2 25.Df3 Dg1 26.Fd5 c5 27.dc5 Fxc5 28.b4 Fd6 29.a4 a5 30.ab5 ab4 31.Ta6 bc3 32.Cxc3 Fb4 33.b6 Fxc3 34.Fc3 h6 35.b7 Te3 36.Fxf7+ 1-0

In spite of this defeat, Marshall re-used its alternative against another adversary in the same tournament. With more success this time.

Morrison - Marshall, New York 1918 C89

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.0-0 Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.ed5 Cxd5 10.d4 ed4 11.cd4 Fb4 12.Fd2 Fg4 13.Cc3 Cf6 14.Fe3 Fxf3 15.gf3 Dd7 16.d5 Ce7 17.Fg5 Dh3 18.Fxf6 gf6 19.Dd4 Fd6 20.Dg4+ Dxg4+ 21.fg4 Cg6 22.Ce4 Fe5 23 Tab1 Cf4 24.g5 fg5 26. Tae8 0-1 (after a long final).

The part was published in the American Chess Bulletin . Some time after, a Russian emigrant of the name of Soldatenkov wrote a letter with the drafting to announce that he had already played a very similar part in 1901 with the coffee Regency with Paris (left published in the periodical the Strategy ).

Sittenfeld - Soldatenkov, Paris, 1901

1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Fb5 a6 4.Fa4 Cf6 5.0-0 Fe7 6.Te1 b5 7.Fb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.ed5 Cxd5 10.d4 ed4 11.cd4 Fb4 12.Fd2 Fg4 13.Cc3 Cf6 14.Fe3 Fxf3 15.gf3 Dd7 16.d5 Ce7 17.Fg5 Dh3 18.Fxf6 Fd6 19.f4 Fxf4 20.f3 Dxh2+ 21.Rf1 Cf5 22.Ce4 gf6 23.Dd3 Rh8 24.Dc3 Tg8 25.Dxf6+ Tg7 0-1.

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