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Frank James Marshall

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I just found this quote about Marshall which seems appropriate having read Greenpawn's excellent blog:

"Some of Marshall’s most sparkling moves look at first like typographical errors."
William Napier

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Alas sometimes a whole Marshall game seems like a typographical error.
(although all the great players appear to a have at least one simul disaster on their CV.)

Shoup - Marshall Sioux City Simltaneous 1906

Marshall is giving the simul and it is him that soon ends up in the soup.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Alas sometimes a whole Marshall game seems like a typographical error.
(although all the great players appear to a have at least one simul disaster on their CV.)

[b]Shoup - Marshall
Sioux City Simltaneous 1906

Marshall is giving the simul and it is him that soon ends up in the soup.

[pgn]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 ...[text shortened]... en.} 14... Bxd8 15. Re8 {Apparently the onlookers showered the board with gold pieces.}[/pgn][/b]
You mean the Shoup🙂

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Originally posted by sonhouse
You mean the Shoup🙂
He must have had a few too many brandies!

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Alas sometimes a whole Marshall game seems like a typographical error.
(although all the great players appear to a have at least one simul disaster on their CV.)

[b]Shoup - Marshall
Sioux City Simltaneous 1906

Marshall is giving the simul and it is him that soon ends up in the soup.

[pgn]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 ...[text shortened]... en.} 14... Bxd8 15. Re8 {Apparently the onlookers showered the board with gold pieces.}[/pgn][/b]
Hi GP.

See if you can identify this one:

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nd4
4.d3 Nf6
5.Ng5 d5
6.Bxg5 Nxd5
7.exd5 Qxd5
8.c3 Qxg2
9.Rf1 Bg4
10.f3 Nc2+ and white resigns.

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That should be 6. Bxd5.

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I don't recognise it michael, a few games on here come close, but not exact.

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
I don't recognise it michael, a few games on here come close, but not exact.
Ok.

I should have explained this a bit better. I was just wondering, with your expansive knowledge of games on here, whether there were in fact, many similar games to this one. It is actually a 5 minute game I played (as black) on another site. It turned out ok, considering I was at work and and had a few distractions.

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