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Geza Maroczy vs Georg Marco
Monte Carlo (1904), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 7, Feb-15
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Steinitz Deferred (C79)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Nd7 14.Ne4 Bf6 15.Rb1 Re8 16.Re1 a5 = +0.30 (27 ply)= -0.39 (23 ply) after 12...Nh5 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Nc3 Nf4 15.Nd5 Bg5 16.Nf3 Nxd5 better is 15...Nc6 16.Nf3 Re8 17.Re1 a5 18.a4 Nd4 19.Nd5 Nxf3+ = -0.36 (23 ply)= +0.38 (23 ply) after 16.Bb2 Bc6 17.Qc2 a5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.Bxf6 better is 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Re1 a5 22.e5 dxe5 23.Nxe5 Bf5 24.Qf3 = +0.31 (25 ply)= -0.29 (25 ply) 23.Qg4 Rfe8 24.Rfe1 a5 25.Rbd1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 = 0.00 (26 ply) 23...Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Qc6+ 25.Kg3 Qxc5 26.Rbd1 Rad8 27.Rfe1 ⩱ -1.49 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.58 (27 ply) 30...Qf6 31.Qb4 Qg5 32.g3 Qf5 33.Qe7 Rf8 34.Nxd4 Qxh3 = +0.32 (27 ply) 31.Qf4 d3 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Rd1 Kf8 34.Nc5 Re8 35.Qh6+ Kg8 ⩲ +1.37 (24 ply)better is 31...Qd6 32.Nb3 Qxd2 33.Nxd2 Rxd2 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Rxa8 = +0.50 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.12 (28 ply) 32...c5 33.Nb3 Qxd2 34.Nxd2 Bc6 35.Nf1 Kf8 36.Kh2 f5 ⩲ +0.71 (29 ply)+- +3.22 (28 ply) 34...Qxc5 35.Ne6 Qxe7 36.Qxd8+ Qxd8 37.Nxd8 Ba8 38.f3 +- +3.11 (29 ply)+- +7.80 (23 ply)+- mate-in-15 after 38.Rxf7 Bxf7 39.Qxd8+ Kg7 40.b7 Qb1 41.b8=Q; 38...Bd5 39.f3 Rf8 40.Ne5 Qa1 41.Ng4 Qxf6 42.Nxf6+ Kg7 +- +13.98 (22 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-26-18  zanzibar: OK, there wasn't any official tournament book, as far as I know. But Marco seems to have published all the games in WSZ (1904), and is, in a sense, the most authoritative source.

But I found Schiffer's <Niva Suppl (1904) p473-4> column also published several of the games, and specifically this one - but with 38.Rxf7! instead of 38.Nxc6.

I think 38.Rxf7! looks more likely, as it's the better move, and the more dramatic and thus, more likely to cause Black to realize the game is hopeless.

Interesting case of who to follow, and how game scores from contemporaneous sources can differ.

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