Frank Marshall wins with the Queen's Gambit

First on the King's-side:

[Event "attacking technique: three pieces= mate"]
[Site "Reserve, Paris"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Crouch (Paris)"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. h4 {[#] Assess} g6 (10... g6) (10... c5 $1 {Attack on
wing met by play in the centre.} 11. Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kh6 13. Qc2 g6 14.
h5 Kxg5 15. f4+ Kh6 16. hxg6+ Kg7 17. Rh7+ Kg8 {[#]} 18. O-O-O (18. gxf7+ Rxf7
19. Qg6+ Bg7 {Three pieces are a mate, two pieces are a bluff.}) 18... Bg7 19.
Rdh1 Qf6 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. g4 cxd4 22. g5 Qf5 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qh2 Rf8 25.
g6 Qxg6 26. Rg1 Nd7 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. Nb5 Rac8+ 29. Kd1 Rf6 30. Nd6 Rxd6 31.
f5+ Kxf5 32. Qxd6 Nf6 33. exd4 Bc6 34. Qa3 Ra8 35. Qh3+ Kg6 36. Qg3+ Kf5 37.
Qh3+ Kg6 38. Qg3+ Kf7 39. Qc7+ Bd7 40. Qb7 Rh8 41. Qxa7 b5 42. Kc2 Rc8+ 43. Kb3
Rc4 44. a3 Ke7 45. Ka2 Ne8 46. Qb8 Nc7 47. Qb7 Kd6 48. Qb6+ Bc6 49. Qb8 Kd7 50.
Qh8 Ba8 51. Qh3+ Kc6 52. Qh6+ Kb7 53. Qg7 Ka7 54. Qd7 Bb7 55. Qe7 Bc8 56. Qg7
Kb7 57. Qe5 Bd7 58. Qd6 Be8 59. Qf6 b4 60. axb4 Rxb4 61. b3 Rb6 62. Qh8 Re6 63.
Ka3 Re4 64. Kb2 Kb6 65. Qf6+ Ne6 66. Qe7 Bc6 67. Qd6 Rxd4 68. Kc3 Nc7 69. Qd8
Kb7 70. Qe7 Re4 71. Qg7 Bb5 72. Qh7 d4+ 73. Kb4 Re5 74. Qh2 Rd5 75. Qd2 d3 76.
Kc3 Rc5+ 77. Kb4 Rc2 78. Qd1 Nd5+ {0-1 Teschner Rudolf-Spassky B V/Riga 
(Latvia) 1959}) 11. h5 $1 Re8 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Bg7 $2 14. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 15.
Qxg6 Nd7 (15... Qf6 16. Qxe8+) (15... Kf8 16. Ng5 Re7 (16... Qe7 17. Rh8+ (17.
Rh3 Nd7 18. Rf3+ Nf6 19. Nh7+ Kg8 20. Nxf6+) 17... Bxh8 18. Nh7+ Qxh7 19. Qxh7)
17. Nh7+ Kg8 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Rh8+ Bxh8 20. Qg8#) (15... Qe7 16. Ng5) 16. Ng5
$1 {This is the difference to the Teschner game! Three pieces are a mate: ...}
Qf6 17. Rh8+ {...one to be sacrificed...} (17. Rh8+ Kxh8 18. Qh7# {...two to
mate.}) 1-0


Then on the Queen's-side:

[Event "weak pawns: creating holes"]
[Site "weak pawns: creating holes"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall, Frank"]
[Black "Kline (New York)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[#]} 14.
Qb7 Rfc8 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Rxc6 1-0


Marshall's most famous game was this one, not a Queen's Gambit:

[Event "Gold coin Game"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levitsky, S."]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14. Qd2
Bb4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxd5 Nd4 20. Qh5
Ref8 21. Re5 Rh6 22. Qg5 Rxh3 23. Rc5 {Black is winning, but what a move to
produce resignation!} Qg3 $3 (23... Qg3 24. Qxg3 (24. hxg3 Ne2#) (24. fxg3 Ne2+
25. Kh1 Rxf1#) 24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxg3+ 26. Kg1 (26. fxg3 Rxf1#) 26... Ne2+ 27.
Kh1 $19 {would have been an anti-climax.}) 0-1


When the last move was played, spectators threw gold coins onto the board. Maybe they were settling bets, but I like to think they were appreciating the move!

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