Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Frank J Marshall. White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
Marshall vs Otto Roething, Sylvan Beach, 1904
[ f3 ]
b)
Marshall vs Harry Pillsbury, Cambridge, 1904
[ Nxg6 ]
c)
White Mates in 6. Marshall vs Theodore Von Scheve, Monaco, 1904
[ Bh6 ]
d)
Marshall vs Amos Burn, Ostende, 1905
[ h5 ]
e)
Marshall vs Jean Taubenhaus, Ostende, 1905
[ Rf5 ]
Frank J Marshall Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Marshall vs Barnhardt, Indianapolis, 1907
[ Nh7 ]
b)
Marshall vs Jacques Mieses, Berlin, 1908
[ Rxc4 ]
c)
Marshall vs Jacques Mieses, Berlin, 1908
[ Nxf7 ]
d)
Marshall vs David Janowski, Suresne, 1908
[ Qh4 ]
e)
White Mates in 4. Marshall vs William Napier, Hanover, 1902
[ Rf8+ w/Qe5+ ]
Marshall Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Marshall vs Moreau, Monaco, 1903
[ Rxd6+ ]
b)
Marshall vs Geza Maroczy, Vienna, 1903
[ Nd5 ]
c)
Marshall vs Paul Leonhardt, Hamburg, 1910
[ Ne6 ]
d)
Marshall vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Hamburg, 1910
[ Rd4 ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Marshall vs Ilya Rabinovich, Baden-Baden, 1925
[ Rxe6 ]
f)
Marshall vs Akiba Rubinstein, Moscow, 1925
[ Nfd2 w/Nc3 ]
Marshall Puzzles, Part IV. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Black Mates in 3. Jackson vs Marshall, London, 1899
8/p1p5/2p3k1/2b1rpB1/7K/2P3PP/P1P2r2/3R3R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf4+ ]
b)
M Didier vs Marshall, Paris, 1900
3rr1k1/ppb2pp1/2p3b1/7q/2BP2Q1/2P2p1P/PP1B1P2/R4KR1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qd5 if b3 Qxc4+ mates ]
c)
Albert Hodges vs Marshall, Cambridge Springs, 1904
2k5/p1p3p1/1bp5/6N1/1P6/2P1r2P/P1KN1rn1/R6R b - - 0 1
[ ...Ree2 if Rd1 Ne3+ ]
d)
Leo Forgacs vs Marshall, Monte Carlo, 1904
6k1/p4p2/p5b1/2PP4/2BP3q/4rRp1/1P4Q1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf3 if Qxf3 Be4 ]
e)
Rudolf Swiderski vs Marshall, Dusseldorf, 1908
2krr3/ppp2p2/2b4p/6pN/2Pq4/3P4/P1P2QPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re2 ]
Marshall Puzzles, Part V. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
Abraham Seijer vs Marshall, Hamburg, 1910
6k1/2p4p/8/2p1rp2/4rB1b/P7/1PPRR2P/3K4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf4 if Rxe5 Rf1+ ]
b)
Black Mates in 4. Dawid Janowski vs Marshall, Biarritz, 1912
7k/ppp2pp1/8/8/1B1P4/5r1b/P3rP1P/2RB2KR b - - 0 1
[ ...Rf6 ]
c)
Stepan Levitsky vs Marshall, Breslau, 1912
5rk1/pp4pp/4p2r/4R1Q1/3n4/2q4B/P1P2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxh3! if Rc5 Qg3!! ]
d)
Paul Johner vs Marshall, Pistyan, 1912
1r1r3k/pB4pp/5q2/2p5/2RnQ3/7P/PP3PPK/5R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re8 Qd5 Re5 Qd7 Re7 ]
e)
Siegbert Tarrasch vs Marshall, San Sebastian, 1912
6k1/2p2pp1/7p/1N1P4/2qQb2P/2P5/1P4P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe2 ]
Marshall Puzzles, Part VI. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)
C Jaffe vs Marshall, Habana, 1913
4r1k1/pp3ppp/3q4/3Qn3/8/2P1B3/PP2rPPP/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Re1+ ]
b)
Blanco Estera vs Marshall, Habana, 1913
8/5ppk/2R4p/8/p1Br4/5P2/1Pb3PP/5K2 w - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc4 ]
c)
Michelsen vs Marshall, New York, 1915
r2qk2r/ppp3pp/3b4/3P1p2/3nn1b1/3BQN2/PP3PPP/RNB2RK1 b kq - 0 1
[ ...Nxf3+ gxf3 Qh4 if f4 Bc5 w/...Bf3 or if Re1 Qxh2+ w/...Bc5 ]
d)
Dawid Janowski vs Marshall, New York, 1916
2r2rk1/pp4pp/4p3/q2pP3/b2Pp3/6B1/PP2Q1PP/RK3B1R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxf1+ Rxf1 Bb5 Qd1 Bd3+ ]
e)
Black Mates in 3. Richard Black vs Marshall, New York, 1918
2r3k1/6pp/p2p4/1p6/1p2P3/1PNK1bQ1/1BP3qP/R7 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxc3+ ]
f)
Gosta Stoltz vs Marshall, Folkestone, 1933
1r2r1k1/pBp2ppp/1b3n2/4B3/1q3P2/3R1QPP/PPP5/2K4R b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxb7 ]
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