Notable Games
Géza Maróczy
16 celebrated games · 378 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Maroczy – Pillsbury · 1896 · 1–0
Nuremberg 1896. A win over the great American Harry Pillsbury, Maróczy queening a passed c-pawn (33.c8=Q+).
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Maroczy – Steinitz · 1899 · 1–0
London 1899. A win over the first World Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz — fittingly, in Steinitz's own defence to the Ruy Lopez.
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Maroczy – Janowski · 1899 · 1–0
London 1899. Maróczy's positional control turns back the fierce attacker Dawid Janowski.
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Maroczy – Schlechter · 1902 · 1–0
Monte Carlo 1902. A win over the positional master Carl Schlechter, who would draw Lasker's 1910 World Championship match.
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Maroczy – Chigorin · 1903 · 1–0
Vienna 1903. A King's Gambit brilliancy against Mikhail Chigorin — Maróczy sacrifices to strip the king (19.Bf6+, 21.Bxh8) and closes with 23.Qxf6+.
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Maroczy – Marshall · 1905 · 1–0
Ostend 1905. A queen-and-rook king hunt runs Frank Marshall's king across the board (54.Qe8+ … 58.Qc4+).
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Maroczy – Bernstein · 1906 · 1–0
Ostend 1906. A 27-move win over Ossip Bernstein.
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Maroczy – Blackburne · 1906 · 1–0
Ostend 1906. Maróczy's cool defence turns back the veteran attacker Joseph Blackburne.
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Maroczy – Marshall · 1907 · 1–0
Karlsbad 1907. Maróczy dismantles Frank Marshall in a queen-and-pawn ending — the endgame speciality for which he was famous.
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Maroczy – Spielmann · 1907 · 1–0
Karlsbad 1907. A win over the great attacking star Rudolf Spielmann.
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Maroczy – Rubinstein · 1908 · 1–0
Prague 1908. A win over the supreme endgame artist Akiba Rubinstein.
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Maroczy – Vidmar · 1908 · 1–0
Prague 1908. A win over the young Milan Vidmar.
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Maroczy – Tarrasch · 1920 · 1–0
Berlin 1920. A win over Siegbert Tarrasch.
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Maroczy – Bogoljubow · 1922 · 1–0
Vienna 1922. A win over Efim Bogoljubov — soon a two-time World Championship challenger.
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Maroczy – Euwe · 1923 · 1–0
Scheveningen 1923. A win over future World Champion Max Euwe — the one champion against whom Maróczy held a plus score — a passed e-pawn (27.e7) and kingside attack deciding.
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Maroczy – Reti · 1927 · 1–0
The first Chess Olympiad, London 1927 — which Maróczy captained Hungary to win — a win over the hypermodern Richard Réti.
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