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Maroczy 
 
Geza Maroczy
Number of games in database: 810
Years covered: 1893 to 1947
Overall record: +346 -135 =327 (63.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      2 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (80) 
    C87 C84 C67 C66 C77
 Four Knights (58) 
    C49 C48 C47
 French Defense (45) 
    C01 C11 C14 C02 C10
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (26) 
    C87 C84 C88 C91 C96
 Queen's Pawn Game (24) 
    D02 D04 D05 D00 A46
 French (18) 
    C11 C10 C12 C00 C13
With the Black pieces:
 French Defense (95) 
    C01 C11 C14 C13 C00
 Orthodox Defense (56) 
    D63 D55 D64 D60 D67
 French (45) 
    C11 C13 C00 C12 C10
 Queen's Pawn Game (40) 
    D02 D05 D00 D04 A40
 Sicilian (39) 
    B40 B22 B43 B23 B45
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C77 C88 C82 C84 C62
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903 1-0
   Maroczy vs H Suechting, 1905 1-0
   L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902 0-1
   Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932 1/2-1/2
   K Zambelly vs Maroczy, 1897 0-1
   Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922 1-0
   Maroczy vs Marshall, 1907 1-0
   Charousek vs Maroczy, 1897 0-1
   G Marco vs Maroczy, 1899 0-1
   W Schelfhout vs Maroczy, 1920 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   The Two Chess Careers of Geza Maroczy by Resignation Trap
   Vienna 1898 by suenteus po 147
   London 1899 by suenteus po 147
   Ostend 1905 by suenteus po 147
   Monte Carlo 1903 by suenteus po 147
   Paris 1900 by suenteus po 147
   New York 1924 by Benzol
   Vienna 1903 by LaBourdonnaisdeux
   1903 Vienna by TheFocus
   Charousek: Match Play by jessicafischerqueen

GAMES ANNOTATED BY MAROCZY: [what is this?]
   Alekhine vs Yates, 1922
   Wahltuch vs Capablanca, 1922
   H E Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922
   Capablanca vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922
   Capablanca vs D Marotti, 1922
   >> 68 GAMES ANNOTATED BY MAROCZY

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GEZA MAROCZY
(born Mar-03-1870, died May-29-1951) Hungary
PRONUNCIATION:
[what is this?]
Géza Maróczy was born in Szeged. He won the "minor" tournament at Hastings 1895, and over the next ten years he won several top prizes in international events. In 1906 he agreed to terms for a World Championship match with Dr. Emanuel Lasker, but political problems in Cuba, where the match was to be played, caused the arrangements to be cancelled.

Maróczy's chess career spanned from 1895 to 1911 and 1920 to 1936 with the break in between to allow for more time to be devoted to his profession as a mathematics teacher.

He served as a teacher for Dr. Max Euwe and Vera Menchik. FIDE made the decision in 1950 to recognize him as a grandmaster.

Today the Maroczy Bind (pawns on c4 and e4 against the Sicilian) carries his name.

notes: Geza occasionally played consultation chess on the teams of Geza Maroczy / Jackson Showalter, Em. Lasker / Maroczy, Geza Maroczy / Robert Rollans, Geza Maroczy / Abonyi / Sterk and Hoffer / Maroczy.

Wikipedia article: Géza Maróczy


 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 810  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Maroczy vs G Kanyurszky 1-028 1893 corrC40 King's Knight Opening
2. Charousek vs Maroczy  1-022 1893 casual gameB01 Scandinavian
3. Charousek vs Maroczy  ½-½40 1894 BudapestC13 French
4. Maroczy vs G Exner 1-024 1894 BudapestC39 King's Gambit Accepted
5. Charousek vs Maroczy 0-116 1895 BudapestC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
6. Owen vs Maroczy 0-141 1895 HastingsA04 Reti Opening
7. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-015 1895 MatchC13 French
8. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-040 1895 Budapest mB06 Robatsch
9. Charousek vs Maroczy 0-154 1895 Budapest mC14 French, Classical
10. Charousek vs Maroczy ½-½42 1895 MatchC13 French
11. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-019 1895 MatchC44 King's Pawn Game
12. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-034 1895 Budapest mD66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
13. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-041 1895 Budapest mC44 King's Pawn Game
14. Maroczy vs G Makovetz 1-032 1895 BudapestC66 Ruy Lopez
15. Charousek vs Maroczy 0-130 1895 MatchC11 French
16. Bird vs Maroczy 0-130 1895 HastingsC00 French Defense
17. Charousek vs Maroczy ½-½38 1895 MatchB01 Scandinavian
18. Maroczy vs Charousek 0-123 1895 MatchC60 Ruy Lopez
19. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-030 1895 Budapest mA03 Bird's Opening
20. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-027 1895 BudapestC60 Ruy Lopez
21. G Makovetz vs Maroczy 0-119 1895 BudapestC22 Center Game
22. Charousek vs Maroczy ½-½39 1895 MatchA07 King's Indian Attack
23. Maroczy vs Charousek 0-157 1895 Budapest mC51 Evans Gambit
24. Maroczy vs Charousek 0-120 1895 Budapest mC20 King's Pawn Game
25. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-021 1895 BudapestC44 King's Pawn Game
 page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 810  PGN Download
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Jul-15-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: Thanks <SwitchingQuylthulg>! It was actually a reminder for me, wasn't it? :D
Dec-29-09  gezafan: If Maroczy had loose skin as described in Kmoch's account he may have lost a great deal of weight in the past.
Mar-03-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: happy birthday geza.
Sep-10-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: <Maatalkko>News flash! Maroczy plays a posthumous correspondence game with Korchnoi! http://jeff.zaadz.com/blog/2006/4/d... Here is the game: http://www.rochadekuppenheim.de/mek...
Any thoughts? Do you think the game is a reasonable guess at how Maroczy would play? Can we upload it to the database and make it Game of the Day sometime? That would be the easiest pun ever. I can think of about four right now.

<Mataalkko>,
Here is discussion of this game:

http://www.pni.org/research/anomalo...

Dec-01-10  backrank: It's truly a shame that Maroczy is not in the chessgames srolldown menu for choosing a player (while some much lesser players are there). He was one of the very strongest players a the beginning of the 20th century, and for some time he was considered as a worthy challenger for the World championship.
Mar-03-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: <backrank> talk to WHITESHARK, he started a MOVEMENT and had Leonid Stein added. He had Bumper Stickers and everything ordered when Chessgames finally capitulated.
Mar-05-11  Penguincw: Penguincw: Quote of the Day : <"The White position is still a little better, but that is not enough to win against Capablanca"> Rare to see a QOTD from a game.
Aug-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  whiteshark: <myschkin: "In 1931, during a chess tournament in Bled, he challenged Nimzovich to a pistol duel at dawn Nimzovich refused." (Trivia)>

Thanks <mysche>, I was just asK. :D

Sep-18-11  markwell: His biography on this site should at least mention that he was one of the original group of Grandmasters.
Sep-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: The first Grandmaster to die was Geza Maroczy.

rest in peace GM Maroczy..

Sep-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: Fine player he was; one of quite a few past masters who haven't received their fair share of attention.

Definitely a world champion level player for a few years. Chessmetrics shows him 1, 2 or 3 from 1900-1910.

I've been studying his games on someones 'tip' a few months ago - perhaps it was <wordfunph>.

Sep-18-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: off-topic

sir <parisattack>, i'm sure you are interested to buy these vintage books..

http://cgi.ebay.ph/Vintage-Chess-Bo...

hope you re-open your forum soon :)

Sep-19-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  parisattack: Hi, <Wordfunph> I hope all goes well for you!

Just not enough interest in chess literature for my forum. New material more than adequately handled at <chessbookforum> where BTW I just added a short post.

Dec-30-11  Penguincw: Quote of the Day

< "The White position is still a little better, but that is not enough to win against Capablanca." >

--- Annotation by Maroczy

Mar-03-12  Penguincw: R.I.P. Maroczy, one the greatest Hungarian masters that ever lived!
Jul-15-12  Karpova: Dr. Emanuel Lasker: <Gegenwärtig gibt es 2 Spieler, die den Anspruch erheben können, um die Ehre der Weltmeisterschaft zu kämpfen: der Deutsche Dr. Tarrasch und der Ungar Geza Maroczy.>

'(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung', 1907, page 95.

Translation: Currently (i. e. 1907) there are 2 players who can lay claim to the honour of playing a match for the Worldchampionship: the German Dr. Tarrasch and the Hungarian Geza Maroczy.

Aug-12-12  Karpova: Maroczy won a small tournament in Budapest, 1899:

1. Maroczy 3.0 (+3 -1)

2. Gyozo R Exner 2.5

3. Miklos Brody 0.5

Source: Page 53 of the 1899 '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung'

And on page 54 it is reported that Maroczy beat Exner in a match right after the tournament with +3 =3 -0.

Aug-12-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Calli: <Karpova> It is "Wiener Schachzeitung" up to 1916. In 1923 publication resumed as "(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung". The link collection you are using Game Collection: Wiener Schachzeitung clearly states this.
Aug-12-12  SVarden: I have always wondered why Maroczy is not included in the list of names of the player search function. Although his career as a chess professional often took a back seat to his career as a government official, he was easily a top five player for a decade and was one of the first players to have a deep understanding of positional play. I guess his legacy has suffered due to the fact that he was not known for flashy scarifies or mating attacks. He relied more on careful preparation, the accumulation of small advantages, and great patience.
Aug-13-12  Karpova: Thanks <Calli>! I didn't know your collection and found the editions of the 'Wiener Schachzeitung' via Edward Winter's chesshistory.com (in C.N. 7728 Olimpiu G. Urcan brought this to attention. The Österreichische Nationalbibliothek gives the title as '(Neue) Wiener Schachzeitung', hence I followed their example).

<SVarden> actually, this has been brought to <chessgames.com>'s attention. One of the parameters for choosing who appears on the drop down list is the number of games in the database. So Varlam Vepkhvishvili gets on the list while Maroczy doesn't. Maroczy has been praised by Capablanca and I cited Dr. Lasker above who said in 1907 that only Dr. Tarrasch and Maroczy were worthy WC challengers. Apart from that, only political problems prevented a WC match in 1906 between him and Dr. Lasker.

Nov-19-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Cemoblanca: Géza had really great hair. I would be happy with half as much. :D
Nov-19-12  The17thPawn: <Cemoblanca> - I would be happy with half of his chess ability. This guy could play with the best.
Nov-19-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Cemoblanca: <The17thPawn: <Cemoblanca> - I would be happy with half of his chess ability. This guy could play with the best.>

LOL! Indeed! Géza was a giant! 1 of my fav players of all time & not only because of his nice hair! ;)

Cheers!

Mar-03-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Abdel Irada: <Thanks <mysche>, I was just asK. :D>

UP my word! If you're going to R at the matter in that light, we may be here all N. I wonder what Nurse B would say. She's always been the Q of critical commentary in such matters.

Mar-03-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  talisman: happy birthday Geza.
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