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54:. According to legend, after Marshall's winning last move of the game, gold coins were tossed onto the board by spectators, although this is contested by other accounts.
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78:—his most valuable piece—on a square where it could be captured by three of Levitsky's pieces. Legend says that this move immediately triggered a shower of gold.
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50:) on July 20, 1912, during the master's tournament of the
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881:"Marshall's 'Gold Coins' Game by Edward Winter"
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544:Position after 23....Qg3!!
264:with preventing the knight
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179:15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5
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28:Levitsky versus Marshall
944:July 1912 sports events
114:White: Stefen Levitsky
118:Black: Frank Marshall
34:, is a famous game of
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815:The Big Book of Chess
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762:Eade, James (2005),
82:The "shower of gold"
30:, also known as the
841:Chess Life For Kids
613:List of chess games
939:History of Wrocław
819:Cardoza Publishing
202:Black wins a pawn.
125:: French Defence (
107:algebraic notation
105:This section uses
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765:Chess For Dummies
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896:Krabbé, Tim
747:Krabbé 1998
634:Winter 2012
554:23. Rc5 Qg3
918:Categories
905:January 2,
886:January 2,
870:January 2,
850:January 2,
781:January 2,
619:References
565:Tim Krabbé
559:(diagram)
550:22... Rxh3
262:overloaded
227:20... Ref8
38:played by
723:Eade 2005
598:Levitsky
813:(2006),
792:(1971),
607:See also
600:resigned
207:19. Rxd5
99:The game
245:21. Re5
190:doubled
186:endgame
123:Opening
48:Wrocław
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