Harry Pillsbury vs Frank Marshall (1904)

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Harry Pillsbury vs Frank Marshall
Manhattan CC - Franklin CC (1904), Manhattan CC, New York, NY USA, rd 1, May-30
Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation (D02) · 1-0

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Nov-06-06		Kenkaku: One of Pillsbury's final triumps. Very smooth sacrifical attack which nets a queen, quickly followed by the finishing mate.

Apr-12-15		thegoodanarchist: And yet the Marshall Club lives on and the Franklin Club does not, or at least, I've never heard of that club before today :)

Nov-02-16		MissScarlett: The back story is that Pillsbury resigned from the Manhattan CC in 1896 because another member 'borrowed' his umbrella and <Hazza> wasn't happy when the club failed to discipline the offender. Later, he moved to Philadelphia and hadn't set foot in the club again until this game. Nice way to bury the hatchet.

Nov-02-16		TheFocus: <MissScarlett> <Nice way to bury the hatchet.> Better than shoving his umbrella...

Nov-03-16		offramp: Philadelphia has less rainfall than New York City.

Nov-03-16		capafischer1: Beautiful attack. Most people don't know Pillsbury's lifetime score vs Lasker was 5 wins each with 4 draws.

Nov-03-16		keypusher: <capafischer1: Beautiful attack. Most people don't know Pillsbury's lifetime score vs Lasker was 5 wins each with 4 draws.> Good, because it isn't. One of Pillsbury's wins is an exhibition.

Nov-04-16		MissScarlett: I like to think that at the point of Pillsbury's victory, the Manhattan members broke into a chorus of <For he's a brolly good fellow!>

Nov-04-16		TheFocus: <MissScarlett: I like to think that at the point of Pillsbury's victory, the Manhattan members broke into a chorus of <For he's a brolly good fellow!> Yikes! For a remark like that, you should be bumbershot.

Jan-30-17		andrea volponi: 20...Rh7(...Cc4 =)- Chf5 Axf5 = +. 24...Tfb8??(...Tfd8 =).

Aug-16-17		jerseybob: <thegoodanarchist: And yet the Marshall Club lives on and the Franklin Club does not, or at least, I've never heard of that club before today :)> I don't think it does exist anymore, unfortunately, but in its day it was a biggie. I belonged to the Merc in the late-60's, during which time it had 3 locations, a problem with many clubs that have to rent. The Marshall owns its own building.

Aug-16-17		stoy: The Franklin Mercantile CC is the second oldest CC in the USA. It is located at 2012 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA.

Aug-17-17		jerseybob: <stoy: The Franklin Mercantile CC is the second oldest CC in the USA. It is located at 2012 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA> Thanks for the news and I'm happy to stand corrected. It had seemed from my recent readings that the club was no more.

Aug-17-17		MissScarlett: <The Franklin Mercantile CC is the second oldest CC in the USA. It is located at 2012 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA> The Franklin and Mercantile were separate chess clubs. I believe the Franklin club was founded in 1885, and the Mercantile (Library Chess Association) dates from around 1892. I don't know whether there was a formal merger, or whether the existing club is directly descended from the original club(s).

Dec-27-23		chrisowen: Ruby its we jazz its fifth its Nf6+ aka aeh its oh its bag its bug q ceo its Nf6+ dub :)

Dec-27-23		King.Arthur.Brazil: When reading Edward Lasker's Chess History (1950, in Portuguese!), he called Pillsbury as a "tower of power" (in my language was "torre de força"). This game show it, 25.Nf6+ for which the B hopes goes with 25... Qxf6?! 26. Qxf6 Rb6 27. Qg5 Kf8 28. f4 (or Nxg6+). However, I guess that Marshall continued with a ♔ move, which directs to B receive a check-mate: 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Bh7 28. Qg7# (or Qxh7#). In case of 25... Kf8 26. Nd7+ Kg7 27. Nf5+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Qh6#. For 26... Kg8, then 27. Nf5 and B cannot avoid the mate.

Dec-27-23		alshatranji: Any particular reason Pillsbury did not play 26.Nd7+ to capture the queen earlier?

Dec-27-23		Honza Cervenka: <alshatranji: Any particular reason Pillsbury did not play 26.Nd7+ to capture the queen earlier?> Maybe he wanted to take the Queen with check or he was hoping in 26...Ke6 or 26...Kd6 27.Nxg6, eventually 26...Ke8 27.Nxb6 Rxb6 (27...Nxb6 28.Nxg6 is worse) 28.Qh8+ and 29.Qxa8 but of course, 26.Nd7+ was winning too.

Dec-27-23		mel gibson: The first ply is obvious - Black cannot save his Queen. Stockfish 16 says: 25. Nf6+ (25. Nf6+ (1.Nf6+ Qxf6 2.Qxf6 Bxe4 3.Qg5+ Kf8 4.Nf5 Bxf5 5.Qxf5 Rxa3 6.h4 Ra6 7.Qh7 Ke7 8.h5 Ke6 9.Re1 Nd6 10.f4 Ra5 11.Qg7 e4 12.h6 Rd5 13.h7 e3 14.h8Q Rxh8 15.Qxh8 Kf5 16.Qh5+ Ke6 17.Qh3+ Kf6 18.c3 dxc3 19.Qxe3 Ne4 20.Qxe4 Rf5 21.Qc4 Kg7 22.Re8) +5.77/40 184) score for White +5.77 depth 40.

Dec-28-23		Retireborn: Megabase describes this match as Cable. Does anyone know if that's true, or were the Franklinites literally in Manhattan?

Dec-28-23		sfm: Pillsbury has just moved 24. Nh5. click for larger view The Black king needs breathing space, and the only reasonable way to do it is to move the rook on f8, which 'of course' should go to...? My oh my, mighty Marshall makes major mistake. 24.-,Rfb8?? and we have seen how it ended. The right move was 24.-,Rfd8 click for larger view Now there is no 25.Nf6+,Kf8 26.Nd7+ to win the queen. According to SF the game is now =0.00

Dec-28-23		Korora: <<<MissScarlett: I like to think that at the point of Pillsbury's victory, the Manhattan members broke into a chorus of <For he's a brolly good fellow!>> Yikes! For a remark like that, you should be bumbershot.> LOL!

Jan-04-24		Korora: <The back story is that Pillsbury resigned from the Manhattan CC in 1896 because another member 'borrowed' his umbrella...> I didn't know Adelard Took was a chess player!

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