Alexander Halprin vs Geza Maroczy (1898)

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Alexander Halprin vs Geza Maroczy
Vienna (1898), Vienna AUT, rd 17, Jun-24
Queen Pawn Game: Anti-Torre (D02) · 1-0

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Jun-08-05		MUG: Bad day at the office for Maroczy. I recently played 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Bg4? 4.Ne5 Bc8 in a club game and was soundly beaten. Out of interest I searched the Opening Explorer to see if it had been played before. Made me feel good to see that a great master had also tried it. Made me feel less good to see that he lost in twenty moves!

Jun-08-05		paladin at large: <MUG> Interesting experience. It looks odd to see a savvy guy like Maroczy lose this way. You don't often see a player go through the first seven moves and still not have a single piece off the back rank.

Jun-08-05		aw1988: A Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002

Jun-08-05		tamar: The abrupt end looks like fatigue. Vienna 1898 was a mammoth event with 36 rounds. "The Hungarian, Maroczy, has also fallen short of what was expected of considering the success which he attained in the Nuremberg Tourney years ago, but he looks not very strong, and possibly felt the strain of the long conflict too much for him." http://www.chesscafe.com/text/vienn...

Jun-08-05		tamar: Maroczy would still be in some deep water after 19...Qd6 20 Qh4 Nd5 21 f6 Nxf6 22 Rxf6 Could he have tried the 19...Qf6 with hopes of holding out? It looks awful but I don't see a refutation.

Jun-09-05		aw1988: I don't see how one could possibly play 36 rounds. That's torture.

Jun-09-05		tamar: "The only mercy was that, as an early withdrawal created an uneven number of players (19), everybody got a bye in the second half and some had a day off in the first half also." http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kibit...

Feb-17-06		ughaibu: Berlin 1865, Neumann 34/34.

Feb-17-06		Pawn and Two: Because of the result of a game, mistakes of the winner and possibilities for the loser are often overlooked. In this game, Halprin had a strong advantage after the opening 11 moves. Fritz 9 evaluates the positon after move 11 as favoring White (1.25) (16 ply). Fritz then recommends 12. Qd1-f3 c6-c5 13. Ne5xd7 Nf6xd7 14. Ra1-d1 c5xd4. Instead, Halprin played 12. f4-f5??. Fritz evaluates this position as slightly unfavorable for White (-.06) (16 ply) and gives the following line: 12. f4-f5 exf5 13. exf5 Rf8-e8 14. Rf1-e1 Qd8-c7. At move 19, Maroczy made a gross blunder. The tournament book states that Maroczy only took into account the reply 20. Be3-f2, when he could have answered with 20. Bc8xf5. The tournament book stated that the position could still be held if Black had played 19. Bc8-d7. Fritz evaluates 19. Bc8-d7 as favoring White (.97) (18 ply) and gives the following line: 19. Bc8-d7 20. Be3-f4 Qe7-b4 21. Bf4-e5 Qb4-f8. Instead, at Black's 19th move, Fritz recommends 19. Qe7-f6 20. Be4-c2 Bc8-d7 21. Be3-g5 Qf6-d6 22. Qg4-h4 Re8xe1 23. Rf1xe1 f7-f6 24. Bg5-d2 Ra8-e8. Fritz evaluates this line as favoring White by (.55) (18 ply). Maroczy played a weak opening, but with Halprin's mistake at move 12, Maroczy had opportunites to save the game. Even as late as move 19, Maroczy could probably have held the position, if he had played 19. Qe7-f6.

Mar-21-14		yureesystem: Ouch, it hurts bad, come on Maroczy, you are great player; you did not have enough coffee in morning.

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