Marshall Chess Club

Marshall Chess Club
The entrance to the Marshall Chess Club

The Marshall Chess Club in New York City is one of the oldest chess clubs in the United States, located in Greenwich Village. The club was formed in 1915 by a group of players led by Frank Marshall. It is a non-profit organization.

History

The Marshall Chess Club was a long-time rival of the Manhattan Chess Club, which ran from 1877 until 2002. The club had several temporary meeting places until it permanently moved to 23 West 10th Street in New York in 1931, where it occupies two floors of a townhouse that the club owns. Marshall was the leader of the club until his death in 1944, when his wife Caroline took over. Frank Brady was elected president in 2007.

Some of the members of the club have been Reuben Fine, Edmar Mednis, James Sherwin, Larry Evans, Andy Soltis, Anthony Santasiere, Fred Reinfeld, Arthur Dake, Albert Simonson, Herbert Seidman, Stanley Kubrick, Hikaru Nakamura, Howard Stern, Bobby Fischer, and Fabiano Caruana.

The club has been the site of several rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship and Bobby Fischer played in the 1965 Capablanca Memorial Tournament being held in Havana, Cuba via teletype. The Game of the Century was also played there.

References

  • Golombek, Harry (1977), "Marshall Chess Club", Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 

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