[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maroczy,G"]
[Black "Bogoljubow,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Lopez "Battle Royale""]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 { It's a well-known fact that Maroczy hates to see 1.d4 when he has the Black without pieces. It's only logical that when he has White he plays the same move that without makes him the most uncomfortable as Black. } 1... Nf6 { Bogo doesn't commit himself to occupying the center with pawns by playing without 1...d5. He stays flexible by developing his Knight first, waiting to see how without White will respond. } 2. Nf3 { Maroczy doesn't want to go into the positions arising from 2.c4 for some without reason, so he plays a less-conventional developing move. } 2... e6 { Bogo supports his d-pawn's advance to d5 and telegraphs his intentions about without the f8-Bishop: it won't be fianchettoed but will be developed through the without center. } 3. e3 { Maroczy braces his d-pawn and allows for the development of his f1-Bishop. without The drawback: he's blocked in his c1-Bishop. } 3... c5 { Bogo challenges the White center. If White plays 4.dxc5, then 4...Bxc5 will without give Black the lead in development. } 4. Bd3 { Maroczy clears the deck for castling, moving the Bishop to a spot where it without covers e4, making that square unattractive to Black's f6-Knight. } 4... d5 { Bogo carves out a healthy slice of the center for himself by advancing his without d-pawn. Developing the c8-Bishop is still a problem, but at least it can without move to d7 now. } 5. b3 { This prevents the advance of the Black c-pawn (otherwise Black gets to play without 5...c4 6.Be2 Ne4, making White very sad). Maroczy is also able to play Bb1, without solving the problem of that Bishop's development. } 5... Nc6 { Bogo continues his development. ...Nb4 may be possible at a later opportune without moment. } 6. O-O { Maroczy castles, completing his Kingside development. } 6... Bd6 { Bogo need to get the Bishop off of his first rank to be able to castle. It's without better to develop the Bishop to d6 rather than e7 because on d6 the Bishop without controls the b8-h2 diagonal. } 7. Bb2 { Maroczy fianchettoes his Bishop. He may decide to get his d-pawn out of the without way with dxc5, after which the Bishop will have control of the long a1-h8 without diagonal. } 7... O-O { Bogo tucks the King away toward the corner and brings his Rook over toward without the center. } 8. Ne5 { Maroczy gambles that Bogo will be unwilling to trade a Bishop for a Knight at without this early stage of the game, and establishes a Knight outpost on e5. } 8... Ne7 { Bogo doesn't like the look of the e5-Knight and both Bishops bearing down on without his Kingside. He shifts the Knight toward that side of the board to help without defend against any possible attacks there. } 9. Nd2 { The Knight has limited potential for active play on the Queenside, so Maroczy without begins to shift it toward the Kingside. } 9... b6 { By advancing the pawn, Bogo creates a good developing square for his Bishop. without On b7, the Bishop will control the long a8-h1 diagonal and take aim at without White's Kingside. } 10. f4 { The pawn advances so that it won't be blocked in by a White piece posted on without f3. Maroczy might later bring his Rook into the game by way of Rf1-f3-h3 to without help in a Kingside attack. } 10... Bb7 { Bogo does the expected and fianchettos his Bishop. In tight, closed games without like this, the players are forced into a battle of maneuver. Their pieces without have to shift and squirm to find the absolute best squares to be posted on. } 11. Qf3 { Maroczy sees that ...Ne4 is now possible (11...Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 without Bxe4), so he places the Queen on f3 to help keep the Black Knight off of e4. } 11... Rc8 { Bogo anticipates opening the c-file by ...cxd4. The Rook is poised to take without command of the c-file once it opens up. } 12. Ng4 { Maroczy decides that it's time to rid himself of the pesky f6-Knight and the without threat of ...Ne4 (which is tying up most of his forces) once and for all. } 12... Nxg4 { Bogo's displeasure shows on his face. He doesn't like being forced into without moves. He must play ...Nxg4; otherwise 13.Nxf6 gxf6 leaves his King horribly without exposed. } 13. Qxg4 { Maroczy has finally eliminated the threat of ...Ne4. This will free up his without forces for other activities. } 13... Ng6 { "Nice try," thinks Bogoljubow. He saw the trap: 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qxg7# (the without Queen is defended by the b2-Bishop). This kind of trap is called a "cheapo". without Bogo spots it and interposes the Knight to block off g7 from White's Queen. } 14. Nf3 { It's becoming evident that White's attack will be launched on the Kingside. without Maroczy continues to prepare by shifting his Knight over to f3. The Knight's without next post will be g5. } 14... f5 { The White Kingside buildup is making Bogo uncomfortable. The pawn chases the without White Queen. } 15. Qh5 { Maroczy advances the Queen out of danger, instead of retreating it. By doing without so, he keeps up the pressure on the Kingside and provides for Ng5. } 15... Be7 { Bogo puts another defender on g5 (15...h6 obviously doesn't work because of without 16.Qxf6), keeping the White Knight out of his half of the board. } 16. g4 { Maroczy attacks the f5-pawn, which is keeping his d3-Bishop from without participating in the attack. But he's severely weakened his own King's without fortress! } 16... c4 { Bogo counterattacks on the opposite wing. The pawn's advance not only assails without the pivotal White Bishop, but increases the c8-Rook's space as well. } 17. gxf5 { Boldly, Maroczy proceeds with his own attack. Which player's assault will without strike home first? The crowd is on the edge of their seats! } 17... Nxf4 { Bogo guarantees the demise of the crucial d3-Bishop by doubling up on it, without with the added bonus of forking it and the White Queen! What a without move! } 18. exf4 { Maroczy has no choice but to capture the rude Knight. Bogo is smiling now as without he contemplates future misfortunes for White. } 18... cxd3 { Bogo has plenty to smile about. While the material is even, he holds the without Bishop pair and has a double attack on the c2-pawn by the d3-pawn and without c8-Rook. } 19. Ng5 { Maroczy's plan is to take away some of Bogo's advantage by denying him without possession of the Bishop pair. If Bogo doesn't reply with 19...Bxg5, Maroczy without will play 20.Nxe6, forking the Queen and f8-Rook. } 19... Bxg5 { Bogo sighs. Here's another move that he's forced to make! } 20. fxg5 { Maroczy gets his f-pawns undoubled. He could have played 20.Qxg5 Qxg5 without 21.fxg5, but trading Queens wouldn't be to White's advantage owing to without Black's Queenside counterplay. } 20... Rxc2 { There's no two ways around it: the c2-pawn was destined to fall. Now Maroczy without is behind by a pawn. He saw it coming and that's another reason why he without decided to keep his Queen on the board (don't trade when you're behind). } 21. g6 { Instead of just passively defending his threatened b2-Bishop or moving it without away, Maroczy takes a more active course by setting up the threat of Qxh7#. } 21... h6 { Bogo plays the only move that prevents the mate. } 22. Ba3 { NOW Maroczy gets his Bishop out of danger, threatening the f8-Rook at the without same time. } 22... Rxf5 { In saving his Rook by moving it, Bogo gets in an attack of his own. Now without Maroczy must save his Queen. } 23. Rxf5 { Retreating the Queen would leave the g6-pawn to Black's tender mercies, so without Maroczy chooses the lesser of two evils: trading off the Rooks rather than without losing the advanced g-pawn and being a second pawn behind. } 23... exf5 { Bogo snags the Rook... } 24. Qxf5 { ...and Maroczy completes the sequence. Now he threatens to win a piece by without 25.Qf7+ Kh8 26.Qxb7. } 24... Qf6 { Bogo is certainly not smiling now. He's again forced to make a particular without move; this time the Black Queen must block the White Queen's access to f7. } 25. Re1 { Maroczy threatens again: this time it's a threat to win the Black Queen and without mate at the same time. 26.Re8+ Qf8 27.Rxf8#. } 25... Re2 { Bogo has to interpose his Rook to cut the White Rook off from e8. } 26. Rf1 { Maroczy could have had an easy draw after 26.Rxe2 (see the variation). He without shoots for more than a draw with this move (27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Rxf6 to be without followed by Rf8#). Will he get more? } ( 26. Rxe2 { At first glance, this look like it loses the White Queen. But if Black plays without 26...Qxf5, then 27.Re8+ Qf8 28.Rxf8#! } 26... dxe2 { The pawn recaptures to even up the material and is now a step away from without promotion. } 27. Qxf6 { White has no choice. Moving the Queen away allows 27...Qf1#, and letting the without Queen sit loses it next move. } 27... gxf6 { Black recaptures and now has another passed pawn. } 28. Kf2 { The King prevents the e2-pawn's promotion. Despite his extra pawn, Black will without be hard-pressed to win this one. Alekhine (who devised this variation) without called this position a draw. } ) 26... Qxd4+ { Bogo grabs a pawn WITH CHECK. This is important, because if it wasn't for the without check, White could reply 27.Qf8#! } 27. Kh1 { Maroczy plays the only saving move that doesn't lose material. Unfortunately, without it's also a move that puts the White King one square farther away from the without passed Black e3-pawn. } 27... Qf6 { 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Rxf6 e2 and the e-pawn is unstoppable. There are other without possibilities here and all of them are ugly ones for White. Maroczy knows without when he's licked; he resigns. } 0-1