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| 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. |
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| Aug-12-12 | | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Nov-19-12 | | Cemoblanca: Géza had really great hair. I would be happy with half as much. :D |
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| Nov-19-12 | | The17thPawn: <Cemoblanca> - I would be happy with half of his chess ability. This guy could play with the best. |
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| Nov-19-12 | | 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! |
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| Mar-03-13 | | Abdel Irada: <Thanks <mysche>, I was just as♔. :D> U♙ my word! If you're going to ♖ at the matter in that light, we may be here all ♘. I wonder what Nurse ♗ would say. She's always been the ♕ of critical commentary in such matters. |
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| Mar-03-13 | | talisman: happy birthday Geza. |
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| Sep-24-13 | | Karpova: Here are the links to <TheFocus>' posts on the negotiations for the Maroczy - Lasker world championship match 1906 and why they broke down: WCC Editing Project chessforum WCC Editing Project chessforum WCC Editing Project chessforum WCC Editing Project chessforum WCC Editing Project chessforum WCC Editing Project chessforum |
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| Oct-12-13 | | Karpova: Maroczy Simul Tour in America:
24.01: Brooklyn +19 -0 =3
04.02: University C.C. NY +5 -1 =0 (blindfold)
07.02: Empire C.C. NY +16 -0 =3
16.02: Kingston NY +13 -0 =0 (blindfold)
18.02: Montreal Westmount +13 -0 =2
20.02: Montreal Caroper +7 -1 =0
22.02: Montreal National +20 -0 =6
From page 150 of the May 1925 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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| Nov-07-13 | | Karpova: Explaining his bad result at the Györ 1924 Master Tournament*: <Man glaubte, man rechnete mit Sicherheit auf meinen Sieg und ich konnte es nicht über mein Herz bringen, meine Landsleute zu schlagen, ich begnügte mich damit, die ausländischen Vertreter möglichst zurückzuhalten und dadurch den ersten Preis und den Ruhm für Ungarn zu sichern.> (It was believed that I would win with certainty and I did not have the heart to beat my countrymen, so I made do with holding off the foreign representatives as possible, to secure 1st prize and honour for Hungary.) Originally from Kagan's Sonderheft Nr. 9/10. The WSZ doubts that this is to be taken seriously, considering the strength of the Hungarian prize-winners. The crosstable (p. 245 of the September 1924 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' shows that Maroczy beat Przepiorka (Poland, ended up 2nd, half a point behind Nagy), Walter (Max Walter from Czechoslovakia), Dr. Seitz (Germany), Exner and Gruber. From page 288 of the October 1924 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung' * see Geza Nagy |
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Mar-03-14
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. GM Geza Maroczy. |
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| Mar-03-14 | | RedShield: If he was still alive, he'd be 144. |
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Mar-03-14
 | | OhioChessFan: It's the thought that counts. |
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Apr-22-14
 | | offramp: <Cemoblanca: Géza had really great hair. I would be happy with half as much. :D> His hair is totally fantastic. His barber must have wept between appointments. |
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Apr-22-14
 | | gezafan: Maroczy was one of the most underrated players in history. According to Chessmetrics he was the number 1 rated player in the world for a time. Everyone knows the Maroczy bind. It's one of his ideas that is still used today. Maroczy was one of the great French players, right up there with Petrosian, Botvinnik and Korchnoi. Maroczy was a great player, no question about it. |
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Apr-22-14
| | offramp: < gezafan: Maroczy was one of the most underrated players in history. According to Chessmetrics he was the number one rated player... > So he was rated number one and you think he was under-rated. Should be have been given God status? |
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| Dec-23-14 | | TheFocus: Why have no good books ever been written about this great player? |
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| Dec-23-14 | | Petrosianic: The world is Hungary for one. |
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| Feb-20-15 | | zanzibar: BCM v16 p440 (Nov 1896)
<Of the non prize-winners, Maroczy, who gained the second place at Nuremberg, but only the ninth at Buda Pesth, was the greatest disappointment. He does not look physically strong, and most likely the strain of two such hard fights following so closely was too much for him.> |
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| Mar-03-15 | | waustad: I suppose by ones 145th birthday a person isn't remembered as much. I hope they'll make a todo for his 150th. He's probably the most important chess player born today. Timur Gareev and Lei Tingjie may have something to say about that in time. |
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| May-06-15 | | scheidt: I don't understand the idea that Maroczy lacked boldness or imagination. I've gone over many of his games. It may be true he lost a bit of spirit when his match with the WC Lasker fell through, a typical reaction. This may of affected his play some. Yet there is fire in his playing until the end. |
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| May-25-15 | | TheFocus: <The World has gone downhill since I was young. When I look around me nowadays, I am glad that I myself am going downhill> - Geza Maroczy (1947). |
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| Jul-13-15 | | attica: <Karpova: (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.> The whole article is available online at http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... and the following pages. The article is in German, but according to a footnore, it appears to be a translation from English from Laskers [or Lasker's] Chess Magazine, 1906, but I cannot find the English original online. |
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