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WFM Abby Marshall
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Status:Accepted
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Age:19
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Residence:Newport News, VA
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Birthplace:Pittsburgh, PA
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Rating:2211
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Title:Woman FIDE Master
Chess Highlights:
2009 Denker Champion (first-ever female champion), Two-time winner of the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls
Abby Marshall made an inspirational move for American girls in chess at the age of 18, by winning the 2009 Denker Tournament of High School Champions. This invitational tournament has been conducted since 1984 and Abby was the first female ever to win it. Although she has only just begun to reach her full potential, Abby is widely admired for her love of the King's Gambit and her frank writing style.
"I believe that women can play chess as well as men, I mean why not. But just because something should be a certain way, I don’t think we can always act like that is the case currently," wrote Abby in an article on her historic win. "A girl winning the Denker is just another step to women reaching equality, but it’s not the last."
Abby plans to attend Barnard College in New York, class of 2014.
