Past and Future US Champions

Sammy Reshevsky, Abert Hodges and Frank Marshall (photo taken in 1921).

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Marshall is one of my favourite players. I have his games collection. I always remember him writing how he tried working in an office but was caught looking at a chess position on his pocket set in a drawer .It seems to me the lesson here is "do what you love"...

There's an infectious love of the game in his annotations.."The Pipe Game", "The Gold Coin Game" etc

I had written an article about Stepan M. Levitsky, the man who lost to Marshall in the famous "Shower of Gold" game. Of course, I included that game with Marshall's own anotations.

Sammy's giving him chair odds.

Is Sammy wearing gloves? Either that or someone else was inside his coat making the moves.

The 10 annotated games: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?annotatedby=10309

The Pipe game: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000105