Abby Marshall

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] making her, at age 18, 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]

Abby Marshall
Country	United States
Born	(1991-06-11) June 11, 1991 (age 34) Columbus, Ohio
Title	Woman FIDE Master (2007)
FIDE rating	2116 (February 2014)[1]
Peak rating	2208 (October 2007)

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]