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Maróczy Memorial Tournament in 1952 (2nd part)

Submitted by cgs on Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:00am.

Career of Géza Maróczy until 1908 The name of Géza Maróczy is well known all over the world. His games, results are immortalized in  tournament-books, game collections. – Both beginners and master chess-playe... Read more »

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Maróczy Memorial Tournament in 1952 (1st part)

Submitted by cgs on Mon Jun 9, 2008 2:33am.

Budapest was the capital of Chess for one month The greatest Hungarian chessmaster of any times – Géza Maróczy – was born on 3 March, 1870.Today is 29, May. 57 years ago he died on this very day in 1951. In the year after... Read more »

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Maróczy games in advance

Submitted by cgs on Thu Jun 5, 2008 6:58am.

   Géza Maróczy was the greatest Hungarian chess-player who ever lived. He left behind an enermous life-work. Between 1895 and 1936 spent 41 years in the chess-arena. (from Hastings to Munich) The first Maróczy Memor... Read more »

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Fried potatoes with tartare sauce in Baku

Submitted by cgs on Sat May 31, 2008 2:52am.

This game was born in the first series of games of the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan .At the end of game you can see a unique mate-attack from the Tartar-American, which was mainly due to the bad defence of the White. Had the ... Read more »

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Alphonso the wise? - The Alphonso Gambit

Submitted by cgs on Sat May 31, 2008 1:48am.

The former Hungarian comic actress invented this gambit. This is single and inimitable. Alphonso is on the left side. http://youtube.com/watch?v=QguDygblxtI     Read more »

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Chess historical relique. The first consultation game by Philidor.

Submitted by cgs on Mon May 26, 2008 1:17pm.

   Previously I demonstrated two consultant games, here is the third. Which one is the superior? Every one is a remarkable historical game. Let us look on the names: Hungarian olympic champion team, Morphy, Philidor! Another element, to ... Read more »

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Four Queens on the chessboard - Lilienthal's 97th birthday

Submitted by cgs on Sun May 4, 2008 2:32pm.

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Since 150 years in top of chessgames - The great miniature

Submitted by cgs on Mon Apr 28, 2008 7:20am.

   As is usually said there is no accounting for tastes. I take the liberty of knowing over, I venture describe this declaration the most well-known game is: Morphy - Charles, prince of Brunswick and Isouard count. It was played in Octob... Read more »

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What is the chess? - Answers from 1927

Submitted by cgs on Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:08am.

   As we will see this is a very difficult question for the chess-players. Were interesting replies for this question in the International Tournament in Budapest, 1926. The philosopher Akiba Rubinstein stated: "The chess is the uni... Read more »

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In the long run: Hussar parade

Submitted by cgs on Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:02pm.

   This is the third and last part of my Hussar trilogy. The Knight is called Hussar on Hungarian chess-boards. In the first Hussar article I displayed the checkmate with one Hussar on the edge of chess-board.    In the second ... Read more »

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