The Hungarian engineer is forced to accomplish his calculations on the chessboard 100 years ago Maróczy left off the chess-playing on order that to sustain his family by his work. Nowadays to imagine that the best chess-player of the ... Read more »
Between 8, November, 1924 and 18, December, 1924 Géza Maróczy participated in a tour of simultaneous games in Great Britain. On the 24 scenes of games he won 509, draw 70, lost 4 games from London to Edinburgh. Maróczy wrote... Read more »
The 50 years old Maróczy returns to the chess-arena At the end of World War I resulted processes of changing influenced the life of Maróczy. Lost his official employment, and his own interest he was forced return to chess-playing w... Read more »
The 38 years old Maróczy leaves off the chess-arena After the Prague Tournament in 1908 Maróczy left off the chess-playing and the more serious occupation of chess-playing. His life dedicates to the official work, to education hi... Read more »
The Kolisch Memorial Tournament was taken place in Vienna immediately before turn of the century, in 1899. Maróczy won the tournament. He had an advantage (1,5 point) before Schlechter and Bródy at the end of tournament. It was the l... Read more »
Balance of „half-time” (by grandmaster Viacheslav Ragozin) Once 100 years ago, people played chess as they didn’t bother about his adversary, with his caracteristic feature and style of his play. The attention and al... Read more »
The background of Maróczy’s retirement Maróczy married in 1904, and had born one son and one daughter during his marriage. In 1908 he arrived at Worker Accident Insurance Booking-office to work. There he intended to present the... Read more »
Morphy against Owen – Owen against Maróczy How will be protagonist a weaker chessplayer? Owen presents it’s example. Rev. John Owen had played with both world-famous chessplayers Morphy and Maróczy. They never had played ... Read more »
Situation report after sixth round The first third-part of Maróczy Memorial Tournament had terminated. Set up serious prognostic for the result is inpossibile, but we can establish undoubted facts. Among the soviet masters Keres is in great... Read more »
Difficulties of career Maróczy’s. Four Queens on the chessboard at the same time In the first decade of 20th century Maróczy was estimeed as the most deserving adversary of the world champion. In his time the title of world cha... Read more »
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