page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 403  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Lasker vs E Jones 0-1 24 1900 GBR tour sim D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 2. Marshall vs Maroczy   ½-½ 43 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 3. Maroczy vs H Suechting 1-0 48 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 4. Marshall vs Schlechter 1-0 21 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 5. Von Bardeleben vs H Wolf   ½-½ 59 1905 Barmen Masters A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 6. B Leussen vs A H Petterson   1-0 17 1905 Barmen Masters B, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 7. B Leussen vs A E Post   1-0 31 1905 Barmen Masters B, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 8. R K Kieseritsky vs Gajdos   1-0 53 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 9. F Benima vs Rubinstein 0-1 31 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 10. F Benima vs R K Kieseritsky 0-1 37 1905 Barmen Main A, GER D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 11. Marshall vs Tarrasch 0-1 62 1905 Ostend D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 12. Marshall vs George Shories   1-0 28 1905 Scheveningen D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 13. Marshall vs J W Te Kolste   1-0 29 1905 Scheveningen D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 14. Schlechter vs Burn 1-0 27 1906 Ostende D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 15. Marshall vs Rubinstein 0-1 43 1906 Ostend D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 16. Marshall vs Spielmann   1-0 55 1906 DSB Kongress XV D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 17. Marshall vs Leonhardt   1-0 49 1906 DSB Kongress XV D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 18. Schlechter vs Teichmann 0-1 33 1906 Ostend D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 19. Schlechter vs G Marco 1-0 25 1906 Stockholm D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 20. Schlechter vs S O Svensson 1-0 41 1906 Stockholm D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 21. L Forgacs vs RW Gattie   1-0 31 1906 Ostende, Tournament D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 22. Rubinstein vs Teichmann 1-0 23 1907 Carlsbad it, CZE D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 23. Marshall vs Janowski   0-1 58 1907 Carlsbad it, CZE D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 24. Dus Chotimirsky vs Rubinstein 0-1 55 1907 Lodz D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 25. Teichmann vs Rubinstein 1-0 70 1907 Ostende D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack  page 1 of 17; games 1-25 of 403    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jan-15-04    Whitehat1963: Marshall appears to be the first to employ this attack, and in fact, he uses it against Rubinstein himself before Rubinstein uses it as white (at least according to the database). Why isn't it called the "Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Marshall Attack" instead? (By the way, while this has lost popularity, it has enjoyed great superiority for white.) But what I really want to know is how did it get it's name? Marshall used it first and more often. Jan-15-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: The database is incomplete; maybe Rubinstein used it before Marshall or popularized it. I would say that this is seen less commonly because the Orthodox Defense is so rarely employed nowadays. Jan-26-04    Sneaky: I just played this game, I'm kind of proud of my attack. The moves came very naturally. [Event "ChessAnyTime/AjedrezOnline rated blitz game"] [Date "2004.01.27"] [Time "04:31:22"] [White "Sneaky"] [Black "poupou"] [WhiteElo "1704"] [BlackElo "1966"] [ECO "D53"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. h4 Nbd7 8. Nf3 c5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 cxd4 14. Rxd4 b5 15. Nce4 g6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 Rac8 18. Qd3 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf6 20. Nxf8 Bxd4 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Qd7+ Kf6 26. Qxd4+ Ke7 27. Qg7+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Ke7 29. Qxc8 Qd2 30. Rc1 Qd3+ 31. Qc2 <Black resigned 1-0> Jan-26-04    fred lennox: <sneaky> Wow! That's quite a crush. Looks like your rating will go up. Good going. Just wondering, do you have a favorite d4 player? Jan-27-04    Sneaky: Thanks, I like the 1.d4 as practiced by Kasparov (esp. in the 80's), Najdorf, Tal, and of course Rubinstein. Looking over that game again I think I was probably lost at some point, but oh well...it's just 5 minute chess. Feb-03-05    Open Defence: Per the database the last Black win against the Rubenstein came in 2001! J M Bellon Lopez vs Y Gonzalez is that correct ? Feb-03-05    InfinityCircuit: There's also A Shalamberidze vs T L Petrosian, 2001 but that might be later in 2001. Jan-26-06    EricCartman: I play this over, over and over again. There's just no way of losing to black if you play this opening. You get such an incredible attack and your pawnsturctre is so strong, the winning percentage with the white pieces is 48%. Enough said. Jul-27-06    siggemannen: i guess this is why ppl play the tartakower-makogonov-bondarevsky system. you can't get the same attacking momento there as black already played h6 protecting the weak h7-square. also the long-castle in tartakower is while being tricky can turn the tables against white even. Feb-04-07    refutor: are there any books out there on this line? Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: <refutor> Several books are out there, including one of mine which should be available at a low price. In fact, most QGD books cover it. Feb-04-07    refutor: Thanks Eric! I really enjoyed your book with Shamkovich on the Tarrasch Defense...what is the book called? Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: <refutor> Orthodox Variation, Queen's Gambit Declined. ISBN 0931462347. $6.50 list, probably cheaper online. May-18-07    Knight13: Holy crap Black barely wins and White's killing black like crazy.

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