Marshall Chess Club
In July 1915, Frank Marshall (1877-1944) founded the Marshall Chess Club, then known as Marshall’s Chess Divan. It was first first established at Young’s Old Pier, Tennessee Avenue and Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ. Here, he provided playing quarters for the accommodation of traveling chess players. He also played chess and checkers against all comers. (sources: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 1, 1915, p. 35, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug 5, 1915, p. 21, and American Chess Bulletin, vol 12, 1915, p. 181)
The second month of Marshall’s Chess Divan showed a greatly increased interest in the novel enterprise. Among the present and prospective members included Hudson Maxim (inventor of smokeless gunpowder and author of Defenseless America), H. Snowden Marshall (U.S. District Attorney), Mischa Elman (famous violinist), Christopher Mathewson (major league pitcher for the NY Giants) and others from the artistic and intellectual world. Annual membership was $10 and life membership was $25. Marshall believed that the divan would be the most important and best known chess rendezvous in the United States. (source: American Chess Bulletin, 1915, vol 12, p. 248)
In September 1915, Frank Marshall (1877-1944) established a chess divan for himself in the back room of Keen’s Chop House, 70 West Thirty-sixth street in Manhattan (now Keens Steakhouse on 72 West 36 Street, established in 1885). The use of tables for chess or checkers was available for a nominal charge. Marshall was available for instruction or practice play on a professional basis. This later became known as the Marshall Chess Club, which later purchased a townhouse at 135 West Twelfth Street. ( source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 30, 1915, p. 21). Friday evenings were set aside for exhibitions and lectures. Charles Jaffe (1879-1941), former New York State chess champion, was associated with Marshall in the venture. (source: Washington Post, October 3, 1915, p. 2)
In February-March 1916, David (Dawid) Janowski, the French chess champion, defeated Charles Jaffe in a match held at Marshall’s Chess Divan. Janowski won 5 games, drew 4 games, and lost 4 games. Janowski then challenged Capablanca and Marshall for a match. (source: New York Times, March 22, 1916, p. 8)
In 1916, Marshall's Chess Divan was established in a room over the Pepper Pot at 146 (now numbered 148) West 4th St.
In July 1916, Marshall’s Chess Divan moved for the fourth time. It was now located at the Hotel Chelsea, Seventh avenue and Twenty-third street, New York. (source: American Chess Bulletin, July-August 1916, vol 13, p. 142)
In January 1917, Marshall’s Chess Divan moved to 118 West Forty-ninth Street, Manhattan, in the Café Francais. A few friends of Frank Marshall formed themselves into a working committee and paid the rent for four months. Annual dues for the Chess Divan were $10. A large front room on the second floor was set aside for the Divan. Marshall gave simul exhibitions and lectured there. The Divan’s treasurer was A.J. Gordon. (sources: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 4, 1917, p. 15 and American Chess Bulletin, vol 14, 1917, p. 89)
The attractiveness of Marshall’s Chess Divan was further enhanced by the hanging of a large painting, about seven feet square, portraying a chess scene in a Parisian café. The artist was Howard Morton Hartshorne, who was a prominent member of Marshall’s Divan. He had received an honorable mention for this painting at the Paris Salon. (source: American Chess Bulletin, 1917, Vol 14, p. 112)
On April 28, 1917, festivities took place at the Café Francais, 118 West Forty-ninth Street, celebrating the second anniversary of Marshall’s Chess Divan. A tournament was arranged at 20 seconds a move with 8 leading chess players. The event was won by Marshall, followed by David Janowski and Oscar Chajes. Nearly 100 guests participated in the annual dinner held in the banquet room of the Café Francais. Hermann Helms of the Brooklyn Chess Club was made honorary member in Marshall’s Chess Divan. (sources: American Chess Bulletin, May-June 1917, Vol 14, p. 110 and Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 30, 1917, p. 24)
In the summer of 1917, Frank Marshall established another divan for chess and checkers to the Million Dollar Pier at Atlantic City, New Jersey (there were two other chess divans in Atlantic City at the time). Meanwhile, Marshall’s Chess Divan in Manhattan remained open for the benefit of members and visitors. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 8, 1917, p. 30 and American Chess Bulletin, 1917, Vol 14, p. 171)
On November 5, 1917, there was a large attendance at the Marshall Chess Divan as Frank Marshall played two blindfold games against consulting teams. He lost one game and drew the other. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 9, 1917, p. 9)
In December 1917, Marshall played 10 boards in his first simul performance of the season at Marshall’s Chess Divan. He won all 10 games. Former U.S. chess champion Albert B. Hodges was also at the Divan, consenting to play against all comers. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 14, 1917, p. 16 and American Chess Bulletin, 1918, vol 15, p. 3)
In 1917, H. Stanley Stanton won the Marshall Chess Divan championship. (source: Soltis, Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, p. 250)
On January 14, 1918, David Janowski played 19 boards at Marshall’s Chess Divan, scoring 14 wins, 3 losses and 2 drawn games. (source: American Chess Bulletin, 1918, vol 15, p. 47)
In February 1918, Marshall’s Chess Divan celebrated with a 3rd annual dinner. Marshall then won a rapid-transit tournament, winning an expensive chess set donated by Druecke & Co., of Grand Rapids. Roy T. Black, the Brooklyn Chess Club champion, was elected to honorary membership to the Divan. A purse was presented to Mrs. Marshall in recognition of her services in the capacity of secretary of the Divan. (source: New York Times, February 17, 1918, p. 30 and American Chess Bulletin, March 1918, vol 15, p. 53)
On March 9, 1918, Marshall and Janowski tied for 1st-2nd at a masters’ rapid transit tournament of 20 seconds per move, played at Marshall’s Chess Divan. (source: American Chess Bulletin, April 1918, vol 15, p. 77)
In April 1918, Marshall played 24 boards simultaneously at Marshall’s Chess Divan. He won 18, lost 2, and drew 4. Marshall also lectured upon the openings, giving particular attention to the Petroff defense. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 28, 1918, p. 54)
On September 2, 1918, Frank Percy Beynon, age 29, a member of Marshall’s Chess Divan was killed in action. He was a former chess champion of Toronto, Canada. (sources: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 27, 1918, p. 8 and American Chess Bulletin, 1918, vol 15, p. 232)
On October 15, 1918, Marshall’s Chess Divan celebrated another anniversary. Hermann Helms was honored for his 25 years of writing a chess column for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Helms then gave a 12-board simul, winning 11 and losing 1 game. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 16, 1918, p. 18)
In 1918, Edward B. Edwards, a book illustrator and charter member of the Marshall CC, won the Marshall Chess Divan championship. (source: Soltis, Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, p. 250)
In January 1919, the Marshall’s Chess Divan moved to 57 West Fifty-First Street in Manhattan, New York, a private residence. A fund of about $2,000 was raised by a committee of Frank Marshall’s friends to establish a permanent home for Marshall and his family. The chess club would now be called Marshall’s Chess Club. A suite of three rooms on the first floor was devoted for the chess club, including a library and studio for lectures and private lessons. On special occasions, the entire first floor was used for chess exhibitions. The running expenses came through membership dues and the rental of the upper floors of the house as bachelor quarters. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 2, 1919, p. 18)
In 1919, Howard Morton Hartshorne, an artist, won the Marshall Chess Divan championship.
In 1920, Frank E. Parker won the Marshall Chess Divan championship. He played board 1 for Marshall's Chess Club. (source: New York Herald, Feb 2, 1920. p.20)
Around 1920, Marcel Duchamp joined the Marshall Chess Club. He was soon playing Board 7 for the Marshall CC Team.
In November 1920, Sammy Rzeschewski (Reshevsky) made his debut at the Marshall CC in the company of Charles Azenberg, his manager, and Max Rosenthal, an American relative of the family. He solved 3 chess problems handed to him.(source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Nov 3, 1920)
In 1921, the Club moved back to 146 West 4th Street, sharing a building with a restaurant called the Pepper Pot.
In 1921, the Marshall Chess Club, Inc,, purchased a building on West 12 Street. The Depression forced them to sell that building in 1931. The Marshall CC met at 135 W. 12 Street in Manhattan.
In 1921, the Marshall Chess Club held a Greco Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5) tournament. Frank Marshall and Bruno Forsberg (1892-1961) tied for 1st, followed by Charles Jaffe and Albert Beauregard Hodges. Marshall and Forsberg scored 4 out of 6. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct 27, 1921, p. 25)
In 1921, Bruno C. Forsberg won the Marshall CC championship. Maurice Duchamp took 2nd place. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 26, 1921, p. 25) Forsberg also won the chess championship of the Staten Island CC and the Swedish CC. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Oct 27, 1921, p. 25)
In 1921-22, Anthony Santasiere (1904-1977) won the 6th Marshall CC championship (scoring 6 out of 6), followed by Bruno Forsberg. Santasiere was awarded a gold medal for winning the club championship and making the best score in the Metropolitan Chess League (sources: New York Tribune, May 8, 1922, p. 18 and Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Feb 2, 1922). Santasiere competed in 34 consecutive Marshall CC championships, and represented the club for 37 consecutive seasons in the Metropolitan Chess League.
In May 1922, the Marshall CC won the New York Metropolitan Chess League.
In 1922, the Marshall CC sponsored a Danish Gambit (1.e4 e5 2,d4 exd4 3.c3) tournament at the club. It was won by Frank Marshall, scoring 7.5-0.5, Maurice Duchamp and Anthony Santasiere tied for 2nd. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Nov 23, 1922, p. 29)
In November 1922, Frank Marshall incorporated the Marshall Chess Club at 135 W. 12th Street to rival the Manhattan Chess Club (founded in 1877 and closed in 2002). Alrick H, Man (1858-1934) was the club's first president and remained president until 1934. Guest of honor of the opening of the new club was world chess champion Jose Capablanca. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Nov 23, 1922, p. 29)
In 1923, Erling Tholfsen (1904-1966) won the 7th Marshall CC championship.
In April 1923, the Marshall CC finished in 3rd place in the Metropolitan Chess League, behind the Manhattan CC and the Rice-Progressive CC. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Apr 19, 1923, p. 26)
In April 1923. Frank Marshall defeated Edward Lasker (1885-1981) in a match, scoring 9.5 to 8,5. Some of the games were played at the Marshall CC.
On December 27, 1923, Alexander Alekhine gave a simultaneous exhibition at the Marshall CC. He played 35 boards, winning 28, losing 3, and drawing 4. (source: American Chess Bulletin, Jan 1924, p. 3)
In 1924, Erling Tholfsen won the 8th Marshall CC championship.
In October-December 1924, the Marshall Chess Club was the site of the Dimock Theme Tournament (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4). Frank Marshall won the event (scoring 10.5 out of 12), followed by Carlos Torre, Tony Santasiere, Erling Tholfsen, Rudolph Smirka, Horace Bigelow, and Bruno Forsberg. (source: American Chess Bulletin, Dec 1924,p.212)
From December 1924 through March 1925, the Alrick H. Man Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4) Theme Tournament was played at the Marshall CC.
In 1925, banker an philanthropist George Emlen Roosevelt (1887-1963) joined the Marshall CC. He was Theodore Roosevelt's cousin.
In 1925-26, Anthony Santasiere won the 9th Marshall CC championship. He scored 9 out of 11,
In 1926, the Marshall CC hosted a Dimock chess tourney, Frank Marshall and Albert Pinkus tied for 1st, followed by Anthony Santasiere and Erling Tholfsen.
In 1927, Alburt Pinkus (1903-1984) won the 11th Marshall CC championship.
In 1927 Reuben Fine (1914-1993) joined the Marshall CC. He soon won the Marshall CC Junior Championship. (source: Horton, Dictionary of Modern Chess, p 67) Fine won several Marshall CC titles, and there developed a rapid-transit style which permitted him to win the U.S. Speed championship every time he contested for it. (source: Finkelstein, "New York Tournament," California Chess News, Vol 2, Issue 3, 1949, p. 7)
In 1928, Horace Bigelow (1898-1980) won the 12th Marshall CC championship.
In April 1928, the Marshall CC took 2nd, behind the Manhattan CC, in the Metropolitan Chess League. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Apr 5, 1928)
In 1929, The Marshall CC, after a lapse of 7 years, won the Metropolitan Chess League. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Apr 25, 1929, p. 32)
In 1929-30, Rudolph Smirka (1887-1947) won the 13th Marshall CC championship after a playoff with Sidney Bernstein (1911-1992), scoring 2-0 in the playoff. They were followed by Santasiere, Hanauer, Fajans, Bigelow, Cass, Reinfeld, Croney, Morrell, Dunst, Fish, and Towsen..
In 1930-31, Arnold Dake (1910-2000) won the 14th Marshall CC championship. He was followed by Sidney Bernstein, David Polland, Erling Tholfsen, Nathan Grossman, and David Bentz.
In 1931, the Marshall CC won the New York Metropolitan Chess League. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 27, 1931)
On December 20, 1931, the Marshall CC moved to 23 West 10th Street in Greenwich Village. The building was built in 1832. It was purchased for Frak Marshall by a group of wealthy patrons, including one of the Roosevelts (George Emlen Roosevelt, who later became the club's president). It also served as Marshall’s home. The Marshall Chess Club occupies the first two floors of a town house.
In 1931-32, Reuben Fine (1914-1993) won the 15th Marshall CC championship, scoring 10.5 out of 13. He was followed by Reinfeld, Hanauer, Smirka, Tholfsen, Bernstein, Santasiere, Grossman, Cass, Dunst, Levenstin, Bigelow, Croney, and Morton.
In 1932-33, Reuben Fine won the 16th Marshall CC championship. He scored 11.5 out of 13. [source: Chess Review, Jan 1933, p. 24]
In 1933, Marjorie Luce (Mrs. William Seaman) won the Marshall Chess Club women’s championship with a 11-0 score.
In April 1933, the Marshall CC won the Metropolitan Chess League for the 3rd year in a row. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jan 25, 1934, p. 22)
In 1933-1934, Reuben Fine won the 17th Marshall CC championship, scoring 9.5 out of 11. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jan 24, 1934, p. 22)
In 1934, Frank Marshall's wife, Caroline (Carrie), organized informal chess tournaments among the ladies who visited the Marshall CC.
In 1934-1935, Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) won the 18th Marshall CC championship, scoring 11 out of 14. (source: Chess Review, Mar 1935, p. 5 and Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Ju 6, 1935, p. 14)
In 1936, Anthony Santasiere won the 19th Marshall CC championship. The women's championship was won by Adele Rivro. (source: Chess Review, May 1936, p. 115)
In 1937, Frank Marshall won the 20th Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Review, June 1937, p. 125)
In 1937, Silas W. Howland was the president of the Marshall CC.
In 1938, Frank Marshall and David Polland tied for 1st in the 21st Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Review, Mar 1939, p. 58)
In 1938, Jack Battell scored 0 out of 8 in the Marshall Chess Club championship. He then gave up other-the-board chess, took up correspondence chess, and was one of America’s top correspondence players.
In 1938, George Emlen Roosevelt was elected president of the Marshall Chess Club. (source: New York Times, Sep 8, 1938)
In 1939, Sidney Bernstein and Milton Hanauer (1908-1988) tied for 1st in the 22nd Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Review, Mar 1939, p. 58)
In 1940 Reuben Fine won the 23rd Marshall CC championship, followed by Frank Marshall. (source: Chess Review, Apr 1940, p. 5)
In 1941, Reuben Fine won the 24thMarshall CC championship, scoring 14-1, followed by Frank Marshall. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 29, 1941, p. 12)
In 1949, Reuben Fine won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 29, 1940)
In 1942, Herbert Seidman (1920-1995) won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Review, mar 1942)
Frank Marshall died in 1944. His wife Caroline (Carrie) Marshall (1885-1971) then took over the club.
In 1947, Rodrigo Flores (1913-2007) won the 30th Marshall CC championship. He was a civil engineer from Santiago, Chile. (source: Chess Review, Mar 1947, p. 6)
In 1948, Larry Evans (1932-2010) won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Review, Mar 1948, p. 4)
In 1950, Edmar Mednis became a junior member of the Marshall CC.
In 1950, Larry Evans won the 33rd Marshall CC championship. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Mar 9, 1950, p. 24)
In February 1951 the Marshall Chess Club (Fine, Ed Lasker, Kmoch, Mengarini, McCormick, Bowman, and Bisno) played the Capablanca Chess Club in Havana. The match was split 3.5 to 3.5. (source: Chess Review, 1951, p. 68)
In 1951, Milton Hanauer won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Review, Mar 1951, p. 69)
In the early 1950s, Stanley Kubrick was a member of the Marshall Chess Club.
In the 1950s, the Women's Chess Club met in one of the rooms of the Marshall Chess Club.
In 1952, Bill Lombardy (1937-2017) won the Marshall CC Junior Championship. (source: Geddes, Childhood and Children, 1997, p.317)
In 1952, Eliot Hearst (1932-2018) won the 35th Marshall CC championship, scoring 12.5-3.5. Hearst was a student at Columbia University. (source:Chess Review, p. 68)
In 1952, Dr. Edward Lasker was president of the Marshall CC.
In 1953, Tony Saidy won the Marshall CC junior championship after his fourth try. (The Tablet (Brooklyn), Apr 7, 1956, p. 16)
In January 1954, Jack W. Collins (1912-2001) won the 37th Marshall CC championship. He did not defend his title in 1955. (source: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Jan 28, 1954, p. 17)
In May 1954, the U.S. Chess Championship was held at the Marshall CC. It was won by Larry Evans.
In 1955, William Lombardy won the Marshall CC championship. Lombardy was the current New York state chess champion. He had just graduated from Stuyvesant HS. Frank Howard took 2nd place.
In 1956, Herbert Seidman won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, Apr 1956, p. 5)
In 1956, it was the Marshall CC where 13-year-old Bobby Fischer won his "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne.
In March 1957, Sidney Bernstein won the 40th Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, Apr 1957, p. 20)
In September 1957, Bobby Fischer played a chess training match against Dr. Daniel Beninson at the Marshall CC. Fischer won 2 and drew 3. (source: Donaldson, The Unknown Bobby Fischer, 1999, pp. 51-52)
In 1958, Sidney Bernstein won the 41st Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, Apr 1958, p. 20)
In 1958, the Marshall Chess Club honored the new U.S. champion, Bobby Fischer, with a gold watch.
In 1959, Nicholas Bakos won the 42nd Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, July 1959, p. 5)
In 1959, 18-year-old Walter Harris, an African-American, won the junior championship of the Marshall Chess Club. (source: Pittsburgh Courier, Apr 25, 1959, p. 6)
In 1960, James Sherwin (1933- ) and Raymond Weinstein (1941- ) tied for 1st in the 43rd Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, May 1960, p. 20)
In 1961, Raymond Weinstein won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, May 1961, p. 136)
In 1962, Raymond Weinstein won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1963, Karl Burger (1933-2000) won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, Mar 1963, p. 56)
In 1964, Shelby Lyman (1936- ) won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, May 1964, p. 122)
In 1965, Herbert Seidman won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, Apr 1965, p. 71)
In August-September 1965, Bobby Fischer played in the Capablanca Memorial vie teletype, making his moves at the Marshall CC.
In 1966, Paul Robey won the Marshall CC championship after a play-off with Walter Browne. (source: Chess Life, 1966, p. 83)
In 1967, Andrew Soltis (1947- ) won the Marshall CC championship. (source: Chess Life, June 1967, p. 163)
In the late 1960s, Kathryn Slater ran the Marshall CC after Caroline Marshall's health started failing. (source: Korn, America's Chess Heritage, 1978, p. 108)
In 1968, Marc Yoffie on the Marshall CC championship.
In 1969, the Manhattan Chess Club, led by Bobby Fischer, defeated the Marshall Chess Club 8 to 4. In 1969, Ed Lasker was still playing in the Marshall Chess Club championship at the age of 83. He took 5th.
In 1969, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1970, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
In May 1971, Andy Soltis won the Marshall CC championship for the 3rd time in a row.
In 1972, George Kane won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1973, Sal Matera won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1974, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1975, Sal Matera won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1976, Joseph Tamargo won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1977, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1978, Brian Hulse won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1979, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1980, Leslie Braun won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1981, Mitchell Saltzberg won the Marshall CC championship.
1n 1982, Leslie Braun won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1983, Jerry Simon won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1984, Jay Bonin won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1985, Leslie Braun and Charles Weldon tied for 1st in the Marshall CC championship.
In 1986, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1987, Jay Bonin won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1988, Andrew Soltis won the Marshall CC championship.
1in 1989, Robert Sulman won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1990, Michael Rohde won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1991, Roman Dzindzichashvili won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1992, John Federowicz and Gennadi Sagalchik tied for 1st in the Marshall CC championship.
In 1993, Maurice Ashley won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1994, Michael Rohde won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1995, Josh Waitzkin won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1996, Josh Waitzkin won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1997, Dean Ippolito won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1998, Igor Slipperman won the Marshall CC championship.
In 1999, Dmitry Schneider won the Marshall Chess Club championship at the age of 14, the youngest ever.
In 2000, Yuri Lapshun won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2001, Yuri Lapshun won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2002, Igor Novikov won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2003, Jaan Ehlvist won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2004, Jaan Ehlvist won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2005, Leonid Yudasin won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2006, Jaan Ehlvist won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2006-2007, Douglas Bellizzi was the president of the Marshall Chess Club.
In 2007, the annual Marshall Chess Club championship was also given the title of Edward Lasker Memorial. It was won by Jaan Ehlvist.
From 2007 to 2012, Frank Brady was the president of the Marshall Chess Club.
In October 2008, GM Zviad Izoria and GM Giorgi Kacheishvili tied for 1st in the 92nd Marshall CC championship.
In December 2009, Aleksandr Lenderman won the 93rd Marshall CC championship and $2,000.
In 2010, Mark Paragua won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2011, Mikhail Kekelidze won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2012, GM Michael Rohde and Justin Barkar tied for 1st in the Marshall CC championship.
In 2013, Alex Lenderman won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2013, Stuart Chagrin was the president of the Marshall Chess Club.
In December 2014, Gata Kamsky (1974- ) and Mark Paragua tied for 1st in the 98th Marshall CC championship
In 2015, Gata Kamsky and Zviad Izoria tied for 1st in the Marshall CC championship.
In July 2015, the 8th Annual New York International was held at the Marshall CC. It was won by Kata Kamsky.
In 2016, GM Yaroslav Zherebukh won the Marshall CC championship.
In 2017, GM Nicolas Checa (2001- ) won the 101st Marshall CC championship after beating GM Sergei Azarov in a blitz match playoff.
In 2018, GM Sergei Azarov won the 102nd Marshall CC championship and $3,000.
In June 2018, the Marshall CC hosted the 11th New York International.
In 2019, GM Djurabek Khamrakulov won the 103rd Marshall CC championship.
The Marshall Chess Club currently has about 500 members.
The Marshall Chess Club is located at 23 West 10th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues. It is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marshal Chess Club Champions
01 1917 Stanley Stanton
02 1918 Edward B. Edwards
03 1919 Howard Morton Hartshorne
04 1920 Frank E. Parker
05 1921 Bruno Forsberg
06 1921-1922 Anthony Santasiere
07 1923 Anthony Santasiere
08 1924 Erling Tholfsen
09 1925 Erling Tholfsen
10 1926 Anthony E. Santasiere, scoring 9 out of 11
11 1927 Alburt Pinkus
12 1928 Horace R. Bigelow
13 1929-1930 Rudolph Smirka, after a play-off with Sidney Bernstein
14 1930-1931 Arthur Dake
15 1931-1932 Reuben Fine
16 1932-1933 Reuben Fine
17 1933-1934 Reuben Fine
18 1934-1935 Fred Reinfeld
19 1936 Anthony Santasiere. Women’s champion was Adele Rivero
20 1937 Frank Marshall
21 1938 Frank Marshall and David Polland
22 1939 Sidney Bernstein and Milton Hanauer
23 1940 Reuben Fine
24 1941 Reuben Fine
25 1942 Herbert Seidman
26 1943 Anthony Santasiere for the 4th time
27 1944 Herbert Seidman
28 1945 Herbert Seidman
29 1946 Herbert Seidmand and Milton Hanauer
30 1946-1947 Rodrigo Flores
31 1947-1948 Larry Evans
32 1948- 1949 Larry Evans
33 1950 Larry Evans
34 1950-1951 Milton Hanauer
35 1951-1952 Eliot Hearst
36 1952-1953 Carl Pilnick and Anthony Santasiere
37 1953-1954 John Collins
38 1954-1955 William Lombardy and Frank S. Howard
39 1955-1956 Herbert Seidman
40 1956-1957 Sidney Bernstein
41 1957-1958 Sidney Bernstein
42 1958-1959 Nicholas Bakos
43 1959-1960 James Sherwin and Raymond Weinstein
44 1960-1961 Raymond Weinstein
45 1961-1962 Raymond Weinstein
46 1963 Karl Burger
47 1963-1964 Shelby Lyman
48 1965 Herbert Seidman
49 1966 Paul Robey after play-off with Walter Browne
50 1967 Andrew Soltis
51 1968 Marc Yoffie
52 1969 Andrew Soltis
53 1970 Andrew Soltis
54 1971 Andrew Soltis
55 1972 George Kane
56 1973 Sal Matera
57 1974 Andrew Soltis
58 1975 Sal Matera
59 1976 Joseph Tamargo
60 1977 Andrew Soltis
61 1978 Brian Hulse
62 1979 Andrew Soltis
63 1980 Leslie Braun
64 1981 Mitchell Saltzberg
65 1982 Leslie Braun
66 1983 Jerry Simon
67 1984 Jay Bonin
68 1985 Leslie Braun and Charles Weldon
69 1986 Andrew Soltis
70 1987 Jay Bonin
72 1988 Andrew Soltis
73 1989 Robert Sulman
74 1990 Michael Rohde
75 1991 Roman Dzindzichashvili
76 1992 John Federowicz and Gennadi Sagalchik
77 1993 Maurice Ashley
78 1994 Michael Rohde
79 1995 Josh Waitzkin
80 1996 Josh Waitzkin
81 1997 Dean Ippolito
82 1998 Igor Slipperman
83 1999 Dmitry Schneider
84 2000 Yuri Lapshun
85 2001 Yuri Lapshun
86 2002 Igor Novikov
87 2003 Jaan Ehlvist
88 2004 Jaan Ehlvist
89 2005 Leonid Yudasin
90 2006 Jaan Ehlvist
91 2007 Jaan Ehlvist
92 2008 Zviad Izoria and Giorgi Kacheishvili
93 2009 Alex Lenderman
94 2010 Mark Paragua
95 2011 Mikhail Kekelidze
96 2012 Michael Rohde and Justin Barkar
97 2013 Alex Lenderman
98 2014 Gata Kamsky and Mark Paragua
99 2015 Gata Kamsky and Zviad Izoria
100 2016 Yaroslav Zherebukh
101 2017 Nicolas Checa
102 2018 Segei Azarov
103 2019 Djurabek Khamrakulov
The Marshall CC is a few blocks north of Washington Square Park. It is a red (pink) brick building at 23 West 10th Street. There is a small plaque by the front door that says "Marshall Chess Club." The club occupies two floors of a brownstone. building.
Founded in 1915 (incorporated in 1922), the Marshall CC is the second oldest chess club in the United States. The Mechanics Institute Chess Club in San Francisco, founded in 1854, is the oldest.
The Marshall CC has an oak chess table over 100 years old that every World Champion since Capablanca has played upon.
When opened, the Marshall CC opened on weekdays from 1 p.m. until midnight, and on weekends from 9 a.m. until midnight.
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