Marshall Chess Club

The Marshall Chess Club was founded in 1915 by U.S. Chess Champion Frank J. Marshall and has operated continuously ever since. Since 1931, the club has called 23 West 10th Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village home, occupying two floors of a historic townhouse that the club owns outright.

Frank Marshall led the club until his death in 1944, when his wife Caroline took over. Over more than a century, the club became a gathering place for the world's best players. Bobby Fischer played his famous "Game of the Century" there in 1956 against Donald Byrne. He also played in the 1965 Capablanca Memorial in Havana via teletype, with the board physically present at the Marshall. Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, and countless other top players have competed and trained there.

The Marshall is a nonprofit organization and a gold affiliate of the United States Chess Federation. It runs a full calendar of tournaments, junior and adult programs, and private instruction. Membership is open to all. The club also streams events on Twitch and YouTube, bringing its tournament action to a global audience.

For anyone visiting New York City, the Marshall Chess Club is one of the few places in the world where you can walk in, sit down, and play chess in the same room where history was made.