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Geza Maroczy vs Amos Burn
Ostend (1906), Ostend BEL, rd 2, Jun-06
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Charousek Gambit Accepted (C32)  ·  0-1

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Jan-03-09  nimh: Maroczy missed a simple win.


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Analysis by Rybka 3 Human 32-bit:

1.Qh5+ Kf8[] 2.Qd5[] Ke7 3.Qg5+
(3.01) Depth: 15 00:02:22 6427kN
1.Qh5+ Kf8[] 2.Qd5[] Ke7 3.Qg5+
(3.09) Depth: 16 00:05:09 13586kN

(Varend, 04.01.2009)

Although being a world class player, his games feature too many tactical blunders. It's no coincidence that his peak was 1905-08: Lasker in semi-retirement, Pillsbury declining and his death, Capa not risen yet.

Jan-03-09
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  GrahamClayton: Burn avoids 21...♔g7, due to 22.♗b6, and then either:

22...ab6 23. ♖e7+
22...♘g6 23. ♗d4+ winning the exchange
22...♘d5 23. ♗d4+ winning the exchange

Jun-27-12
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  Honza Cervenka: Maroczy's solution instead of 13.Qh5 simply wins a sound Pawn and avoids all complications. Later he went wrong and lost the game but from the opening he got technically won position.
Jul-17-12
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  perfidious: This game (Reti vs Breyer, 1918) is a well-known improvement on 13.Nxe4. Small wonder that attention soon turned to 7....Bf5.
Apr-12-18
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  Phony Benoni: Mating attacks are supposed to be a logical outcome of having well-coordinated pieces. So it feels strange when seeming randomly scattered bit suddenly turn out to be on just the right squares.

Perhaps Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 is the ultimate example of this phenomenon.

Apr-12-18  ChessHigherCat: What a silly game. Maroczy could have won a pawn and got out of the pin with the simple 12. Qxe4
Apr-13-18  Straclonoor: <Although being a world class player, his games feature too many tactical blunders.> Maroczy never won vs Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine. He beat Steinitz, when he was ex-, and Euwe, before he came WC.

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