„Phenomenon” at the chessboard – from column of Géza Maróczy
Submitted by
cgs on Wed, 06/25/2008 at 11:37am.
„I give up the game, – although the victory was in my hands”
Grandmaster Géza Maróczy in his life wrote up many thousands of games in chess columns, in periodical reviews and in books. He enlighted exquisitely not only the right principles of manner of play, but the avoidable inaccurate way of the game.
It will be perfectly visible in this miniature. In the Hungarian daily news „Pesti Hirlap” Maróczy had a chess column for long years and this corresponding game appared there.On the picture is Maróczy’s graphic from the Siesta Tournament book, in 1928.
I admire Maróczy that he was patient with this „phenomenon” throughout 10 moves. Finally he has surrendered eventually.