Geza Maroczy vs Alexander Halprin (1900)

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Geza Maroczy vs Alexander Halprin
12th DSB Congress, Munich (1900), Munich GER, rd 5, Jul-28
Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Variation (C82) · 1-0

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May-11-06		Whitehat1963: Here's a Monday/Tuesday puzzle after 22...Nd5. (Game also features the Opening of the Day.)

Sep-16-18		KEG: The first 11-12 moves in this game were probably played by rote by the players. Halprin got into trouble as soon as he was left to his own resources, and lost quickly. Maroczy gave Halprin a few chances to get back into the game with his doubtful 16th and 17th moves, but after Halprin's 20...Bc8, the game was probably over. Halprin's blunder on his 22nd move (22...Nd5??) merely shortened the finale. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 The Open Ruy Lopez, a favorite of Victor Korchnoi and others and a sound way to meet the Ruy. 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 This is the standard position in the Open Ruy Lopez; a position that professionals and amateurs alike have faced. It allows for creativity by either side. 9. c3 This is one of the most popular and best ways for White to handle the Open Variation of the Ruy. Other good and popular moves are 9. Nbd2 and 9. Qe2. 9... Bc5 The respective merits of the text and of 9...Be7 have been debated for over a century. Both moves have their adherents, and the choice is really a matter of style. 10. Nbd2 The most usual move here. 10. Bc2 and 10. Qd3 are good alternatives. 10... 0-0 11. Bc2 NxN 11...Nxf2 (or 11...Bxf2+) is the Dilworth Attack, which to my knowledge has never been refuted. 12. QxN The position was now: click for larger view Here, in effect, is where the game began. Most normal in this position was 12...f6. 12...Bg4 is a good alternative. 12... Qd7 The text is original (to my knowledge) but certainly playable. 13. b4 Maroczy plays for complications on the Queen-side. 13. Re1 was a solid alternative. 13... Be7 14. a4 The position was now: click for larger view 14... d4?! "?"--(Tournament Book). The text appears unsound. 14...Rad8, as recommended by the Tournament Book, was solid and best. 15. Nxd4 White has the best of the struggle after this move, but 15. Rd1 was much stronger. White can then exploit the pin and likely win a pawn. 15... Nxe5 Halprin would probably have been OK after 15...NxN. Now, however, Maroczy had a chance to build pressure on the e-file with 16. Qe2 or 16. Qe1. But: 16. f4? This allowed Halprin excellent counterplay with 16...Nc4, but instead he played the very weak: 16... Ng4? This left: click for larger view Things looked good for Maroczy here, but--as I will discuss in my next post on this game-- there would be a few ups and downs before Maroczy prevailed.

Sep-16-18		KEG: Post II After 16...Ng4?, Maroczy could have piled up on the e-file 17. Re1! and Halprin would have been lost. But... 17. Be4? Tempting but wrong. 17... Rad8! Halprin was now back in the game. 18. axb5 Maroczy could have played 18. Bc6 immediately with results similar to what happened in the game. 18... axb5 The position was now: click for larger view 19. Bc6 Maroczy may have counted on this little trick to win a pawn. But this small gain of material may not have been sufficient to win the game since Halprin now has counterplay. 19. h3 was probably the best theoretical chance for White to win here. 19... Qd6 20. Bxb5 So Maroczy has won a pawn, but Halprin still had chances: click for larger view 20...Bf6 or 20...c5 would have now given Halprin more than a fighting chance. But here he wimped out with: 20... Bc8? Inexplicable, and fatal. 21. h3! Eliminating any hope Black may have had to create complications on the King-side. 21... Nf6 Both the text and 21...Nh6 have their points, but neither offered much hope. 22. Nc6! The position was now: click for larger view I don't have any great ideas for Black here, but if Halprin wanted to play on, he should have tried 22...Bd7. Instead, he blundered away any even slim hopes he may have had with: 22... Nd5?? Whitehat1963 suggested offering the position as a puzzle, so here it is: click for larger view Maroczy found the fairly obvious solution: 23. QxN! 1-0 Needless to say, 23...QxQ loses to 24. NxB+.

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