Maróczy — Yates

New York, 1924

• Géza Maróczy (1870–1951)Hungarian grandmaster (1950) and one of the world's strongest players in the 1900s, a subtle defender and expert in queen endings; the Maróczy Bind is named after him, and his pupils included the first women's world champion, Vera Menchik.
• Frederick Yates (1884–1932)English master, six-time British champion, and chess journalist, remembered for brilliant wins over Alekhine at Carlsbad and Vidmar at San Remo.

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1. With the next two moves White secures the d4 square for his pieces
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7. We see that the central d4 square served to route the knight into the enemy position
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10. Once one piece has used the central square, another takes it over
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14. Black cannot tolerate the white knight on d4 and drives it away, but this is achieved at the cost of weakening the d6 pawn
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24. White has an easily won position, and a dozen moves later he checkmated his opponent