Abby Marshall

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Abby Marshall
Personal information
Born (1991-06-11) June 11, 1991 (age 34)
Columbus, Ohio
Chess career
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Title Woman FIDE Master (2007)
FIDE   rating 2116 (February 2014) [1]
Peak rating 2208 (October 2007)

Abby Marshall (born June 11, 1991) is a chess player from Columbus, Ohio, United States, who has resided in Virginia, United States since late 2005. She is a Woman FIDE Master and in 2009 won the Denker Tournament of High School Champions, [2] [3] making her, at age 18, the first female player ever to have attained the title. [4] Marshall was also the National 11th Grade Chess Co-champion in 2008, and is the only two-time winner of the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls (2005 and 2006). [5] She played in the 2009 World Youth Chess Championship. [6]

Marshall writes a column for ChessCafe.com, "The Openings Explained." [7] She has also written for the online edition of Chess Life . [8]

She graduated from Barnard College in May 2014 with highest honors. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE chess ratings | Rating Progress Chart - Marshall, Abby (USA)". Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ Abby Marshall on her Denker Win
  3. ↑ Abby Marshall Wins the Denker! : U.S. Chess Trust Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Chess for Girls: Abby Marshall: First Female to Win Denker!". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Abby Marshall wins 2009 Denker Tournament of High School Champions". ChessBase.com. August 19, 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  6. ↑ WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 - U-18 Girls from wycc2009.tsf.org.tr
  7. ↑ "The Openings Explained". ChessCafe.com. January 6, 2010. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Abby Marshall Reflects on the World Youth". Chess Life Online. December 10, 2009. Archived from the original on December 24, 2009. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Play Like a Girl! | Woman Poker Player Magazine - Women's Poker News Magazine". Archived from the original on February 23, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
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