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          Pillsbury–Marshall: better, but not yet won

          Buffalo 1901. White is clearly winning here. Winning it is another matter: Frank Marshall does not resign early. You take over at move 32.

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          Pillsbury, Harry Nelson – Marshall, Frank James, Buffalo 1901

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