[blind-chess] Annotated Game #045: Dawid Janowski-Giza Maroczy, Munich 1900
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Annotated Game #045:
Dawid Janowski - Giza Maroczy, Munich 1900
Adapted and Condensed from
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Contents:
++1. Dawid Janowski
++2. Giza Maroczy
++2.A Early career
++2.B Retirement and return
++2.C Style
++2.D Assessment
++3. Dawid Janowski - Giza Maroczy, Munich 1900
++1. Dawid Markelowicz Janowski
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (May 25, 1868 - January 15, 1927) was a
leading Polish chess master and subsequent French citizen.
Born into a Jewish family in Wolkowysk, Russian Empire (now
Belarus), he settled in Paris around 1890 and began his
professional chess career in 1894. He won tournaments in Monte
Carlo 1901, Hanover 1902 and tied for first at Vienna 1902 and
Barmen 1905, so he was in the world's top half dozen players.
Janowski was devastating against the older masters such as Wilhelm
Steinitz (+5 -2), Mikhail Chigorin (+17 -4 =4) and Joseph Henry
Blackburne (+6 -2 =2). However, he had minus scores against newer
players such as Siegbert Tarrasch (+5 -9 =3), Frank Marshall (+28
-34 =18), Akiba Rubinstein (+3 -5), Giza Maroczy (+5 -10 =5) and
Carl Schlechter (+13 -20 =13). He was outclassed by world chess
champions Emanuel Lasker (+4 -25 =7) and Jose Raul Capablanca (+1
-9 =1), but scored respectably against Alexander Alekhine (+2 -4
=2).
Janowski played very quickly and was known as a sharp tactician who
was devastating with the bishop pair. Capablanca annotated some
Janowski games with great admiration, and said, "when in form (he)
is one of the most feared opponents who can exist". Capablanca
noted that Janowski's greatest weakness as a player was in the
endgame, and Janowski reportedly told him, "I detest the endgame."
American champion Frank Marshall remembered Janowski's talent and
his stubbornness. In "Marshall's Best Games of Chess" he wrote that
Janowski "could follow the wrong path with greater determination
than any man I ever met!" Reuben Fine remembered Janowski as a
player of considerable talent, but a "master of the alibi" with
respect to his defeats. Fine said that his losses invariably
occurred because it was too hot, or too cold, or the windows were
open too far, or not far enough. He also noted that Janowski was
sometimes unpopular with his colleagues because of his predilection
for doggedly playing on even in an obviously lost position, hoping
his opponent might blunder. Edward Lasker in his book Chess Secrets
I Learned from the Masters recalled that Janowski was an inveterate
but undisciplined gambler who would often lose all of his chess
winnings at the roulette wheel.
Janowski played three matches against Emanuel Lasker: two friendly
matches in 1909 (+2 -2 and +1 =2 -7) and one match for the world
chess championship in 1910 (=3 -8). The longer 1909 match has
sometimes been called a world championship match, but research by
Edward Winter indicates that the title was not at stake.
In July-August 1914, he was playing an international chess
tournament, the 19th DSB Kongress (German Chess Federation
Congress) in Mannheim, Germany, with four wins, four draws and
three losses (seventh place), when World War I broke out. Players
at Mannheim representing countries now at war with Germany were
interned. He, as well as Alexander Alekhine, was interned but
released to Switzerland after a short internment. Then he moved to
the United States, where he shared first place with Oscar Chajes,
ahead of Jose Raul Capablanca, at New York 1916, won at Atlantic
City 1921 (the eightth American Chess Congress) and took third
place at Lake Hopatcong 1923 (the ninth ACC).
He died in France on January 15, 1927 of tuberculosis.
The Janowski Indian Defense is named after him.
++2. Giza Maroczy
Giza Maroczy (March 3, 1870 - May 29, 1951) was a leading Hungarian
chess Grandmaster, one of the best players in the world in his
time. He was also a practicing engineer.
++2.A Early career
Giza Maroczy was born in Szeged, Hungary on March 3, 1870. He won
the "minor" tournament at Hastings 1895, and over the next ten
years he won several first prizes in international events. Between
1902 and 1908, he took part in thirteen tournaments and won five
first prizes and five second prizes. In 1906 he agreed to terms for
a World Championship match with Emanuel Lasker, but political
problems in Cuba, where the match was to be played, caused the
arrangements to be canceled.
++2.B Retirement and return
After 1908, Maroczy retired from international chess to devote more
time to his profession as a clerk. He worked as an auditor and made
a good career at the Center of Trade Unions and Social Insurance.
When the Communists came briefly to power he was a chief auditor at
Educational Ministry. After the Communist government was overthrown
he couldn't get a job. He did make a brief return to chess after
World War I, with some success, and today the Maroczy bind (pawns
on c4 and e4 against the Sicilian) bears his name. At the turn of
the year 1927/8, he demolished the 1924 champion of Hungary, Giza
Nagy, in a match by +5-0=3. With him at the head, Hungary won the
first two Chess Olympiads in London (1927) and The Hague (1928).
In 1950, FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster.
++2.C Style
Maroczy's style, though sound, was very defensive in nature. His
successful defences of the Danish Gambit against Jacques Mieses and
Karl Helling, involving judicious return of the sacrificed material
for advantage, were used as models of defensive play by Euwe and
Kramer in their two-volume series on the middlegame. Aron
Nimzowitsch, in My System, used Maroczy's win against Hugo
Suechting in (Barmen 1905) as a model of restraining the opponent
before breaking through. His handling of queen endgames was also
highly respected, such as against Frank Marshall, from Karlsbad
1907, showing superior queen activity. But he could also play
spectacular chess on occasion, such as his famous victory over the
noted attacking player David Janowski (Munich 1900).
The Maroczy bind is a formation White may adopt against some
variations of the Sicilian Defence. By placing pawns on e4 and c4,
White slightly reduces his attacking prospects but also greatly
inhibits Black's counterplay.
++2.D Assessment
Maroczy had respectable lifetime scores against most of the top
players of his day. But he had negative scores against the world
chess champions: Wilhelm Steinitz +1 -2 =1, Emanuel Lasker +1 -4
=2, Jose Raul Capablanca +0 -3 =5 and Alexander Alekhine +0 -6 =5;
except for Max Euwe whom he beat +4 -3 =15. But Maroczy's defensive
style was often more than sufficient to beat the leading attacking
players of his day such as Joseph Henry Blackburne (+5 -0 =3),
Mikhail Chigorin (+6 -4 =7), Frank Marshall (+11 -6 =8), David
Janowski (+10 -5 =5), Efim Bogoljubov (+7 -4 =4) and Frederick
Yates (+8 -0 =1).
Chessmetrics retrospectively rates Maroczy as the top player in the
world between late 1904 and early 1907.
Capablanca held Maroczy in high esteem. In a lecture given in the
early 1940s, Capablanca called Maroczy "very gentlemanly and
correct" and "a kindly figure", praised the Maroczy Bind as an
important contribution to opening theory, credited him as a "good
teacher" who greatly helped Vera Menchik reach the top of women's
chess, and "one of the greatest masters of his time." Capablanca
wrote (as cited by Edward Winter's compendium on Capablanca):
"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
endings. In a tournament many years ago he won a knight endgame
against the Viennese master Marco which has gone into history as
one of the classic endings of this type." (Capablanca was referring
to Marco-Maroczy, 1899.)
"Concerning the relative strength of Maroczy and the best young
masters of today, my opinion is that, with the exception of
Botvinnik and Keres, Maroczy in his time was superior to all the
other players of today."
++3. Dawid Janowski - Giza Maroczy, Munich 1900
Munich 1900
White: Dawid Janowski
Black: Giza Maroczy
Result: 0-1
ECO: D08 - Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter-Gambit
Notes by R.J. Macdonald
1. d4 d5
2. c4
(The Queen's Gambit.)
2. ... e5
(Black not only declines the Queen's Gambit, he offers a counter-gambit of his
own, known as the Albin Counter-Gambit.)
3. dxe5 d4
4. e4
(The more common move here is 4. Nf3. White obtains a solid advantage after 4.
... Nc6 5. a3 Nge7 6. Nbd2 Ng6 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. Nbxd4 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1
Bc5. Other alternatives give white a slight advantage: (a) 4. a3 c5 5. e3 Nc6
6. Nf3 Bg4 7. exd4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Nc3 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nb5 Rd8; (b)
4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Ne7 8. Na3 Nf5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Bf4
0-0 11. Nb5; (c) 4. Bf4 g5 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Qb3 g4 7. h3 Nxe5 8. hxg4 Nxg4 9. Nf3
N8f6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nbd2; and (d) 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. g3 Nxe5 6. Ngf3 Nxf3+ 7. Nxf3
Bc5 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. 0-0 .)
4. ... Nc6
(Other possibilities include (a) 4. ... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Bc5 8.
Bf4 Nge7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. Bg3 a4 11. b4 axb3 12. Nxb3 Bxa3 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. h4
h6 15. Qb3 Bb4 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bd3 Qa1+ 18. Qb1 Qxb1+ 19. Bxb1 0-1, as in the
game A. Platje - D. Hummel (2269), Groningen 2001; and (b) 4. ... c5 5. f4 f6
6. exf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. 0-0 Qc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
0-0-0 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Ne4 Rdf8 15. Qe2 g5 16. e6 Nb6 17. f5 Qe5 18. Bxg5 Bxg5
19. Nxg5 1-0, as in the game H. Daeubler (2124) - W. Malzer (1910), Bad
Woerishofen 2009.)
5. Bf4!?
(5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qb3 (6. e6 fxe6 7. Bg5 Bxf3 8. Bxd8 Bxd1 9. Bxc7 Bh5 10. Bf4 Nf6
11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Rc1 Nxa2 13. Ra1 Nb4 14. Rc1 d3 15. Rc3 Nc2+ 0-1, as in the
game B. Lecoeur - P. Lapeyre (2077), Creon 2004.) 6. ... Bb4+ 7. Nfd2 Qh4 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 0-0-0 10. g3 Qh5 11. f4 g5 12. Qd3 gxf4 13. gxf4 Nge7 14. Rg1
Rhg8 15. Rg2 Be6 16. Rf2 Rg1 17. Nf3 Rh1 18. Bd2 f6 19. exf6 Nf5 1/2-1/2 in 33
moves, as in the game D. Janowski - F. Marshall, Suresne 1908) 5. Nf3 Nge7 6.
Be2 Bg4 leads to equal chances.)
5.. .. Nge7
6. Bg3 h5
(6. ... Ng6!? 7. f4 h5 gives equality.)
7. h3
(This move prevents intrusion on g4.)
7. ... g5
8. h4
(8. Nd2 Ng6 leads to equality.)
8. ... g4
(Black wins space: 8. ... Ng6 9. hxg5 Bg4 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 gives black a
slight advantage.)
9. Nd2
(After 9. Ne2 Ng6 black has a slight advantage.)
9. ... Ng6
10. f4?
(10. Ne2 Ncxe5 11. Qb3 gives black a slight advantage.)
10. ... Be7??
(not a good decision, because now white is right back in the game: 10. ...
Bh6!? 11. Ne2 d3 12. Nc3 Nxf4 13. Nd5 appears very strong for black.)
11. Bd3
(The white bishop is safe in front of d4. 11. Qa4!? is noteworthy: 11. ... Bd7
12. 0-0-0 Nxh4 13. c5 with equal chances.)
11. ... Nxh4
(Black has a solid advantage.)
12. Qe2 Ng6
(Black intends to play h4.)
13. e6 h4
14. Qxg4 Bxe6
(14. ... Nb4 15. Bb1 Bxe6 16. f5 gives black a slight edge.)
15. f5 Bc8
(15. ... Bd7 16. 0-0-0 Bf6 17. Bh2 is solid for black.)
16. Bh2
(Black has a slight advantage.)
16. ... Nge5
(Black threatens to win material: Ne5xg4.)
17. Qe2
(17. Bxe5!? Nxe5 18. Qe2 gives black a slight advantage.)
17. ... Nxd3+
(Black is slightly better.)
18. Qxd3 Nb4
19. Qb3 a5
20. Nh3?
(Better is 20. a4!?, after which black appears to have a strong position.)
20. ... a4
(The position is very strong for black.)
21. Qd1
Key Move Diagram:
r1bqk2r/
1pp1bp2/
8/
5P2/
pnPpP2p/
7N/
PP1N2PB/
R2QK2R
Position after white's 21st move.
21. ... Nd3+??
(this move forfeits the advantage. 21. ... d3 22. 0-0 Rg8 is very strong for
black.)
22. Kf1
(Black has a moderate advantage.)
22. ... Nxb2
23. Qg4 Ra6
(23. ... Rf8 24. Nf4 c6 25. Rc1 gives black a slight advantage.)
24. Nf4
(24. Be5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 offers equal chances.)
24. ... Kf8
(Black loses the right to castle. 24. ... c6!? gives black a solid advantage.)
25. Nd5
(Black now has a slight edge.)
25. ... Rc6
(This exerts pressure on the isolated pawn.)
26. Be5
(White threatens to win material: Be5xh8. 26. Rc1 Bg5 27. Rc2 Bxd2 28. Rxb2 Be3
offers equal chances.)
26. ... Rg8
(Black now has a slight advantage.)
27. Qh5
(27. Qf3 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 gives black a moderate advantage.)
27. ... Bg5
(Black threatens to win material: Bg5xd2. Black now has a slight advantage.)
28. Nf3
(28. Qe2 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Nxc4 30. Qb4+ Ke8 31. Bxd4 Qg5 gives black a moderate
advantage.)
28. ... Nxc4
(Better is 28. ... Rh6 29. Qxh6+ Bxh6 30. Bxc7 Qd7, with a very strong position
for black.)
Key Move Diagram:
2bq1kr1/
1pp2p2/
2r5/
3NBPbQ/
p1npP2p/
5N2/
P5P1/
R4K1R
Position after black's 28th move.
29. f6??
(another bit of territory lost. 29. Nxg5 Qxg5 30. Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Bf4 offers
equal chances.)
29. ... Ne3+
(Black is winning. 29. ... Bxf6?! is no comparison: 30. Qh6+ Bg7 31. Bxg7+ Rxg7
32. Qh8+ Rg8 33. Qxd4 is very strong for black.)
30. Nxe3
(30. Kg1 doesn't do any goodafter 30. ... Bxf6 31. Rh2 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qxd5 33.
Qh6+ Ke8 34. Bxf6 Qxf3 35. Re1+ Be6 and black's position is very strong.)
30. ... Bxe3
31. Rd1
(31. Qxh4 Rc2 32. Bf4 Rcxg2 (32. ... Rgxg2 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. Bxe3 dxe3 35. Qh8+
Kd7 36. Qxd8+ Kxd8 37. Rd1+ Rgd2 38. Nxd2 exd2 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40. e5 is very
strong for white) 33. Bh6+ Ke8 gives black a winning advantage.)
31. ... Bg4
(Better is 31. ... d3, and Black has it in the bag after 32. Bd4 h3 33. Rxh3
Bxh3 34. Qxh3 Bxd4 35. e5 Bxe5 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. Qh7.)
32. Qxh4 Bxf3
(32. ... Rc2 33. Qe1 Rf2+ 34. Qxf2 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 is very strong for black.)
33. gxf3 Rc2
34. Bxd4
(34. Qe1 doesn't get the bull off the ice because of 34. ... Ke8 35. Qa5 Rxa2
and black should win easily.)
34. ... Qa8
(Better is 34. ... Bxd4, after which Black has reached his goal: 35. Qh6+ Ke8
should win easily for black.)
35. Rd3
(35. Ba7 b6 36. Qh3 wins for black.)
35. ... Qa6
(White resigned in view of 35. ... Qa6 36. Ke1 Qxd3 37. Qh6+ Bxh6 38. Bc5+ Rxc5
39. Rh3 Rg2 40. Rxh6 Rc1#.)
0-1
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