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Capablanca held Maróczy in high esteem. In a lecture given in the early 1940s, Capablanca called Maróczy "very gentlemanly and correct" and "a kindly figure", praised the Maróczy Bind as an important contribution to opening theory, credited him as a "good teacher" who greatly helped
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As a chessplayer he was a little lacking in imagination and aggressive spirit. His positional judgement, the greatest quality of the true master, was excellent. A very accurate player and an excellent endgame artist, he became famous as an expert on queen
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1111:List of chess grandmasters
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500:Janowski vs. Maroczy, 1900
125:[ˈmɒroːt͡siˈɡeːzɒ]
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373:(+11−6=8),
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213:Grandmaster
186:World War I
171:match with
136:title from
108:Grandmaster
87:29 May 1951
1131:Categories
1109:See also:
978:Gábor Papp
968:Gábor Nagy
914:Peter Leko
909:Ádám Kozák
742:Péter Dely
655:Imre Balog
610:FIDE title
598:Hungarian
430:References
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365:(+5−0=3),
353:(+0−4=2),
349:(+1−2=1),
337:Assessment
260:middlegame
245:sacrificed
67:1870-03-03
1038:Gyula Sax
973:Gyula Pap
645:Emil Anka
625:Péter Ács
446:Chessbase
419:Botvinnik
269:My System
207:In 1950,
194:Géza Nagy
140:in 1950.
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304:Karlsbad
296:endgames
256:Max Euwe
250:material
235:against
94:Budapest
410:master
404:endings
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