Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Geza Maroczy.
White to move and win.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 4. Maroczy vs G Exner, Budapest, 1894
[ Qxf5+ ]
b)
Maroczy vs Kopstein, Budapest, 1896
[ Rxb7+ w/Nd6 ]
c)
Maroczy vs Harry Pillsbury, Nuremberg, 1896
[ h3 w/Nd6 ]
d)
White Mates in 6. Maroczy vs Henry Bird, London, 1899
[ Rh7+ ]
e)
White Mates in 3. Maroczy vs Heinrich Wolf, Berlin, 1899
[ Re7+ ]
Maroczy Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Maroczy vs Kurt Von Bardeleben, Barmen, 1905
[ f4 ]
b)
Maroczy vs Osip Bernstein, Ostende, 1906
[ c5 ]
c)
Maroczy vs Ernst Gruenfeld, Vienna, 1920
[ Be5 ]
d)
Maroczy vs Milan Vidmar, Ljubljana, 1922
[ Re7 ]
e)
Maroczy vs Gruber, Gyor, 1924
[ Bxh7+ ]
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