The Marshall Gambit/Marshall Counterattack

The Marshall Gambit/Marshall Counterattack
Compiled by suenteus po 147

I first came across this opening idea from a recent article by GM Andrew Soltis in Chess Life on the potential usefulness of a seldom seen (let alone played) variation from the early 20th century. The purpose of this collection is to assemble games played according to the gambit/counterattack system Marshall devised for play in either the French or the Sicilian. Though the position arose in both openings well before Marshall got to it, he was the first to systematically apply it and develop it into a useful weapon that remains a dubious and unexamined opening variation for potential use.

The Marshall Gambit French (C10)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5!?

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The Marshall Counterattack Sicilian (B40)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 d5!?

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This collection was inspired by <refutor>'s Game Collection: D44!

4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7
H Wolf vs Marshall, 1905
(C10) French, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.dxc5!? d4
Janowski vs Marshall, 1905
(C10) French, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2
F Treybal vs Marshall, 1908
(C10) French, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.exd5 exd5 5.Be3
E Cohn vs Marshall, 1908
(C10) French, 35 moves, 0-1
4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 (Four Knights)
Mieses vs Marshall, 1908
(C10) French, 29 moves, 0-1
The Most Famous Marshall Gambit Ever
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6
A Hodges vs Marshall, 1915
(C10) French, 31 moves, 0-1
Delayed counterattack (transposed after 7.d4)
Lasker vs Marshall, 1904
(B40) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.dxc5!? Bxc5
A W Fox vs Marshall, 1904
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
3.Nc3 d5!? 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be2 Nf6 (Four Knights)
S Mlotkowski vs Marshall, 1904
(B40) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.exd5 exd5 5.dxc5!?
Taubenhaus vs Marshall, 1905
(B40) Sicilian, 84 moves, 0-1
4.exd5 exd5 5.c3!
Schlechter vs Marshall, 1908
(B40) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+
M Smith vs Marshall, 1911
(B40) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1
4.exd5 exd5 5.Nc3
Ed Lasker vs Marshall, 1915
(B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nf6 (Four Knights)
E S Jackson vs Marshall, 1920
(B40) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1

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