The Gold coin Game:- Levitsky Vs Frank Marshall

Finally the analysis of "The Gold Coin Game" is here on chess.com...

This game was played between The Legend Frank Marshall and Levitsky on 20-7-1912 from the event DSB Kongress-18 Meisterturnier-17. The reason why this game is called the Gold Coin game is that after the move 23...Qg3!! by Frank Marshall, Levitsky resigned the game as whatever he plays in the next move he either would get checkmated or would give Marshall a decisive advantage, So After that move 23...Qg3!! by Marshall the audience showered gold coins on the board this is the reason why this game is called the Gold Coin Game or it is also known as "American Beauty". In this game, Marshall had black pieces, and Levitsky with white pieces. 

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The list of moves made in this game is given below:-

[Event "DSB Kongress-18 Meisterturnier-17"]
[White "Levitsky, Stepan Mikhailovich"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Round "6"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "0-1"]
[Date "1912.07.20"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxd5 Nd4 20. Qh5 Ref8 21. Re5 Rh6 22. Qg5 Rxh3 23. Rc5 Qg3 0-1