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Frank Marshall (chess player)

Frank Marshall, American chess player and author (died 1944)

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Born
August 10, 1877
Died
November 9, 1944
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1877

About Frank Marshall (chess player)

Frank James Marshall 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. He won the 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress (scoring 13/15, ahead of World Champion Emanuel Lasker) and the U.S. In 1906 Pillsbury died and Marshall again refused the championship title until he won it in competition in 1909. In 1909, he agreed to play a match with then young Cuban chess player José Capablanca and, to most people's surprise, lost eight games, drew fourteen, and won only one. Despite much protest at his inclusion, Capablanca won the tournament.

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Frank Marshall (chess player) timeline

  1. He won the 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress (scoring 13/15, ahead of World Champion Emanuel Lasker) and the U.S.
  2. In 1906 Pillsbury died and Marshall again refused the championship title until he won it in competition in 1909.
  3. In 1909, he agreed to play a match with then young Cuban chess player José Capablanca and, to most people's surprise, lost eight games, drew fourteen, and won only one.

The world when Frank Marshall (chess player) was born

Frank Marshall (chess player) was born in 1877. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineReconstruction ends — federal troops leave the South
  • Technology milestoneThomas Edison invents the phonograph
  • Notable inventionPhonograph — talking machine
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRutherford B. Hayes
  • U.S. population44.2M

1877 versus 2026

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Measure18772026
Population44.2M341 million

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