GEZA MAROCZY (born Mar-03-1870, died May-29-1951, 81 years old) Hungary PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Géza Maróczy, born Szegedin HUN; died Budapest HUN. He was educated at the Polytechnic School of Zurich, where he became librarian of the Hungarian Society and where he first learned chess. Later he was appointed to a government position at Budapest and became a civil engineer.(1) Tournaments between 1894 and 1911 He won the Final Section of the 7th British Amateur Championship at Hastings, 1895. Thereafter, he quickly rose to become one of the world's leading players. He finished 2nd behind World Champion Dr. Emanuel Lasker at Nuremberg (1896) and again (shared) at London (1899). He came in shared 3rd at Paris (1900) behind Dr. Lasker and Harry Pillsbury and tied for 1st at 12th DSB Congress, Munich (1900) but withdrew from the tie-breaks. Maroczy finished 1st at Monte Carlo (1902), 2nd behind Siegbert Tarrasch at Monte Carlo (1903), and again 1st at Monte Carlo (1904). He also won Ostend (1905) and tied for 1st at Barmen Meisterturnier A (1905). Maroczy came in 2nd behind Akiba Rubinstein at Karlsbad (1907) and tied for 1st at Vienna (1908). Maroczy won Vienna (1909) ahead of Carl Schlechter (2). Tournaments between 1920 and 1936 Maroczy tied for 2nd behind Richard Reti at Amsterdam (1920). At Karlsbad (1923) he tied for 1st with Alexander Alekhine and Efim Bogoljubov. He came in 2nd at Scarborough (1930) and tied for 3rd at Dresden (1936). He won the 1926-27 Manhattan Chess Club championship. World Championship Match Negotiations Chessmetrics considers Maroczy to have been the No. 1 player in the world for 30 months in 1904-07. In 1906 he agreed to terms for a World Championship match with Dr. Lasker, but there were political problems in Cuba, where the match was to be played. Maroczy failed to make the $500 deposit by the deadline and the negotiations ended. General 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 awarded Maroczy the grandmaster title in 1950, the year of FIDE's official inception of that title, making him one of twenty-seven grandmasters at the time. Today the Maroczy Bind (pawns on c4 and e4 in the Open Sicilian, for example 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4) carries his name. notes: Geza occasionally played consultation chess on the teams of Maroczy / Showalter, Em. Lasker / Maroczy, Geza Maroczy / Robert Rollans (supposedly posthumously!), Geza Maroczy / Abonyi / Sterk and Hoffer / Maroczy. Sources (1) Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1902.03.12, p3 (2) http://www.edochess.ca/tournaments/... Wikipedia article: Géza Maróczy http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Play... https://www.chess.com/blog/kahns/a-... Last updated: 2025-04-13 17:48:30

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page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 924  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-0 22 1893 Casual game B01 Scandinavian 2. Maroczy vs G Mayer   1-0 43 1893 HUN-ch01 corr9397 C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 3. Maroczy vs G Kanyurszky 1-0 28 1893 corr C50 Giuoco Piano 4. Charousek vs Maroczy ½-½ 40 1893 Pesti Hirlap corr C13 French 5. Maroczy vs V Lehner 1-0 41 1894 Budapest A02 Bird's Opening 6. Maroczy vs G Exner 1-0 24 1894 Budapest C39 King's Gambit Accepted 7. Taraba vs Maroczy 0-1 36 1895 Budapest A13 English 8. Maroczy vs Charousek 0-1 20 1895 Budapest C20 King's Pawn Game 9. Maroczy vs G Makovetz 1-0 32 1895 Budapest C66 Ruy Lopez 10. Charousek vs Maroczy   0-1 17 1895 Casual game C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 11. G Makovetz vs Maroczy 0-1 19 1895 Budapest C22 Center Game 12. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-0 19 1895 1st Match Charousek Maroczy C44 King's Pawn Game 13. Maroczy vs Charousek 0-1 23 1895 1st Match Charousek Maroczy C60 Ruy Lopez 14. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-0 41 1895 1st Match Charousek Maroczy C44 King's Pawn Game 15. Bird vs Maroczy 0-1 30 1895 Casual game C00 French Defense 16. Maroczy vs H Atkins   ½-½ 20 1895 Hastings Amateur Final C49 Four Knights 17. Maroczy vs R Loman   1-0 45 1895 Hastings II C11 French 18. Maroczy vs W Palmer   1-0 25 1895 7th British Amateur-Ch B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. J Owen vs Maroczy 0-1 41 1895 7th British Amateur-Ch A04 Reti Opening 20. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-0 21 1895 Casual game C44 King's Pawn Game 21. Maroczy vs Charousek   1-0 53 1895 Casual game C60 Ruy Lopez 22. Charousek vs Maroczy 0-1 16 1895 Casual game C31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 23. Maroczy vs Charousek   1-0 20 1895 Casual game A03 Bird's Opening 24. Maroczy vs Charousek 1-0 27 1895 Charousek - Maroczy C60 Ruy Lopez 25. Charousek vs Maroczy 1-0 15 1895 Charousek - Maroczy C13 French  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 924

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-23-09    Phony Benoni: From the bio: <"...and today the Maroczy Bind (pawns on c4 and e4 against the Sicilian) carries his name."> Does anyone know of a game in which Maroczy used the Maroczy Bind? Feb-23-09    Shams: <Phony Benoni> it's been flagged somewhere on the site-- curiously, he was the one being bound, not the binder. He won the game but was impressed with white's scheme and adapted it. I'll find it later. Feb-23-09    keypusher: <Phony Benoni> Apparently there aren't any! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3... Feb-23-09    Shams: wow, keypusher is right-- that's funny*. From his linked article: "The first game known to feature the Maróczy Bind was Swiderski-Maróczy, Monte Carlo 1904.[1] Oddly, no games are known where Maróczy played it as White." Feb-23-09    Phony Benoni: <Shams, keypusher> I was looking for some yesterday and was surprised not to find any. About the closest I could come was Maroczy vs Nimzowitsch, 1911, which is not a true MB. So the idea should really be known as the Swiderski Squeeze? Feb-23-09    keypusher: <Phony Benoni> I couldn't find any examples either -- couldn't bear the shame of having you think I went straight to Wikipedia! He does have a very famous anti-Sicilian win, but I was surprised to see that it's not a Maroczy Bind by any stretch of the imagination. Maroczy vs Euwe, 1923 Mar-03-09    talisman: happy birthday geza! Jul-15-09    whiteshark: Quote of the Day <The White position is still a little better, but that is not enough to win against Capablanca.> -- Annotation by Maroczy Which game? Jul-15-09    SwitchingQuylthulg: <whiteshark> Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1922, last move. Jul-15-09    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    talisman: happy birthday geza. Sep-10-10    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    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    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 as♔. :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    wordfunph: The first Grandmaster to die was Geza Maroczy. rest in peace GM Maroczy.. Sep-18-11    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    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    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. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 8) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 8 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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