Maróczy games in advance

Submitted by cgs on Thu, 06/05/2008 at 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 Memorial Tournament began in 1952, Budapest. The best chess-players of the world were in Budapest as a mark of their respect.

This Tournament will be the object of my next series of articles. On the picture is Maróczy in 1904, Monte Carlo, - in his golden age.

Here is two unique pearl from the Maróczy life-work:

Find out the horrifying 41th move of Maróczy!

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by BirdBrain - 2 months ago
KY United States

Member Since: Apr 2008
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I love that King's Gambit play...very exciting sacrifices!

by cgs - 2 months ago
Veszpre'm Hungary

Member Since: Feb 2008
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Thanks you Dave... in name Maróczy.

His games remained and remained his books, his articles in chess journals, in daily news (as Pesti Hírlap)... a colossal life-work.

And I'll get argument to you: Maróczy was the best chess-player in the world in 1900-1908 years. He couldn't invite the world champion because of hadn't enough money.

by Dozy - 2 months ago
Blue Mountains Australia

Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 750

Hi Csaba. Two spectacular games from the Master at his best.

When you say that Géza Maróczy was the greatest Hungarian chess-player who ever lived you'll get no argument from me: it puts him in his rightful place at the head of a pantheon of Hungarian chess stars that include such modern greats as Lajos Portisch and Judit Polgar.

The wonderful thing about chess is that while games like this remain, he'll never be forgotten.

by JF1 - 2 months ago
United Kingdom

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 137

wow!!!

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