Abby Marshall

Abby Marshall
Full name	Abby Marshall
Country	United States
Born	June 11, 1991 United States
Title	Woman FIDE Master
FIDE rating	2146 (March 2012[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] 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)
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!
5. "Abby Marshall wins 2009 Denker Tournament of High School Champions". ChessBase.com. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
6. WORLD YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 - U-18 Girls from wycc2009.tsf.org.tr
7. "The Openings Explained". ChessCafe.com. 6 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
8. "Abby Marshall Reflects on the World Youth". Chess Life Online. 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2011-06-10.

External links

• Abby Marshall rating card at FIDE
  
• Abby Marshall player profile and games at Chessgames.com