David Janowski vs Frank Marshall (1912) The Marshall Plan

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David Janowski vs Frank Marshall
"The Marshall Plan" (game of the day Jan-11-2005)
Janowski - Marshall, 4th Match (1912), Biarritz FRA, rd 3, Sep-04
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Marshall Variation (C42) · 0-1

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Feb-13-16		SimplicityRichard: <JimmyVermeer: Marshall could have won faster: 19.Rc1 Rxc2 20.Re1?? 1. Why Re1 and not Rxc2? 2. 20...Rc6? How can Black play Rc6 when his rook is at a8? I feel your variation and assertion is incorrect. You missed something in your calculation. Conclusion: Marshall played brilliantly!#

Aug-22-17		jinkinson: <SimplicityRichard> After 19. Rc1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2, Black can win by playing 20...Re8 21. Rc1 (or Bc3) Re6 followed by either Rg6# or Re1#.

Aug-23-17		Ang Dalubhasa: I love this game.

Mar-29-18		ChessHigherCat: 20. Black to move would be the ultimate Wed. puzzle

Apr-08-18		Saniyat24: What a position reached after 20...R8e3..!!

Aug-04-18		pawnpro: dan should have 0-0 on move 7

Mar-06-21		NM JRousselle: 20 ... R8e3 looks nice, but Rxc2 is better.

Dec-20-21		Mathematicar: I absolutely love this fantastic game!

Dec-20-21		Messiah: <Mathematicar: I absolutely love this fantastic game!> Yes, not bad.

Dec-20-21		Messiah: <lemaire90: Greatest pun ever.> No.

Dec-20-21		faulty: Messiah> which (in Your opinion) is the greatest chessgames.com pun ever? [This is a sincere and serious question]

Dec-20-21		saffuna: The two greatest puns to date are: <Michael Rohde Boat Ashore> Rohde vs Seirawan, 1988 and <Indian's Queen Defense> Topalov vs Anand, 2005

Dec-21-21		Messiah: <faulty> A Widenmann vs L Tack, 1985 <Our Base Is Under A Tack>, or anything else from me (myself). I'm the funniest contributor ever.

Dec-21-21		Messiah: <faulty> If possible, V S Gujrathi vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2020 is even better, as the game itself is very good.

Aug-02-23		generror: After S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 (the "Gold Coin Game"), Janowski should have known that Marshall likes to put his pieces en prise in front of the king's pawns. But really, <8.Kf1> is such a bad idea... Stockfish doesn't think it's too bad, but I certainly do. What was he afraid of that he didn't play <8.Nbd2>? He usually was a strong player, but here he really helps Marshall out big-time, from start to finish. <saffuna>, I agree that <Michael Rohde Boat Ashore> is an all-time great xD

Aug-02-23		generror: Marshall would already been winning with <14...Bh3!> (D) (more gold coins!!), at the very least <15.Rg1 Nxb4 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Qd1 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bd7 19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Bb5> wins the exchange. click for larger view

Aug-02-23		generror: I just realized that Tartakower in his <500 Master Games of Chess> gives the move order <7...O-O 8.cxd5 Bb4+> (D) and here, <9.Kf1> is much, much more understandable. click for larger view I guess the score here is wrong, Tartakower is usually quite reliable. Strangely, some early comments also refer to <9.Kf1>, so apparently the Tartakower score was uploaded first but later changed. Can anyone of the semi-deities who can access the change log confirm this? And can anyone shed more light on the strange mystery of <Kf1>?

Nov-08-23		Ziryab: I don’t know how important the move order is, but intend to pursue this. This game captured my attention yesterday when I encountered it in Irving Chernev, <The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess> (1955).

Nov-08-23		Sally Simpson: Soltis in his book on Marshall has 7...Bb4+ adding because of this move players started to play 7.0-0 before playing c5. After 7...Bb4+ and 8.Nbd2 being played instead of 8.Kf1 see Tarrasch vs Marshall, 1914

Nov-08-23		stone free or die: The match page by <phony> gives <NY Sun 1912> as a source. Maybe on the way home I'll access Proquest at my local library and look for it. I tried <BDE> but it only had the R1-2,10 games. I found a 1946 French source with a different move order, one which I think makes more sense. Here's th PGN: < [Event "Marshall--Janowski match (1912)"] [Site "Biarritz FRA"] [Date "1912.09.??"] [Round ""] [White "Janowski, David"] [Black "Marshall, Frank James"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42q"] [EventDate "1912.09.??"] [Source "L'Aube 1946-11-01 p4"] [Source_url "https://www.retronews.fr/journal/l-aube/ 1-decembre-1946/721/2071311/4"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Bb4+ 9.Kf1 Qxd5 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qxf3 13.cxb4 Nc6 14.Bb2 Nxb4 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.gxf3 Nxc2 17.Bxc2 Bh3+ 18.Kg1 Re2 19.Rc1 Rae8 20.Bc3 R8e3 21.Bb4 Rxf3 22.Bd1 Rf6 0-1 > Please note I had to break up the Source_url to avoid all the <CG> auto-magic-crap of Daniel's. Here's the link: https://www.retronews.fr/journal/l-... So, according to this source, it's 9.Kf1

Nov-08-23		unferth: I've found the score via newspapers.com in both the Sept. 24, 1912 Birmingham Post and the Sept. 28, 1912 Newcastle Weekly Chronicle. Can't copy the text, & the links are behind a paywall, but both agree on 7 c4 O-O 8 cxd5 Bb4+ 9 Kf1.

Nov-08-23		unferth: The unsigned column ("Chess Notes") in the Post also gives the following note to 7...O-O: "Marshall's pet form of the Petroff, with which he has won a number of fine games."

Nov-09-23		stone free or die: Thanks for the better sourcing <unferth>, which seems to seal the deal.

Nov-09-23		perfidious: Biarritz could be a lovely place to die: T Emery vs Menchik, 1939

Jan-26-24		Messiah: <perfidious: Biarritz could be a lovely place to die> https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_R... And not even horribly expensive!

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