In this video I am analyzing a famous spiritualist game which Korchnoi played against the ghost of Geza Maroczy through the medium Robert Rollans.
In 1985 a weird chess game was arranged between living and dead chess Grandmasters!
GM Viktor Korchnoi played against the ghost of Geza Maroczy (died in 1951).
GM Viktor Korchnoi, who had made himself available for the experiment, had wished for Capablanca, Keres or Maroczy as opponents..
Rollans reported that a communicator claiming to have been the Hungarian grandmaster Geza Maroczy (1870-1951), who had ranked third worldwide in 1900, had agreed to the proposal (the other two could not be contacted).
The game started on June 15th, 1985 and was written down on paper by the medium. First Korchnoi indicated his move, which was also carried out on a board, then the medium fell into a trance and then wrote down the response from Maroczy and carried it out on the board. The game was not played in one sitting and after long interruptions it ended in 1991. Starting in 1985 the game lasted 7 years and 8 months. The notation has been preserved.
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Geza Maroczy / Robert Rollans vs Viktor Korchnoi
Spiritualist Exhibition game (1985)
French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Variation Paoli Variation (C18)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7
7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Kd1 dxc3 11.Nf3 Nbc6
12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Bg5 d4 15.Bxe7 Kxe7 16.Qh4+ Ke8
17.Ke2 Bxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qxe5+ 19.Qe4 Qxe4+ 20.fxe4 f6 21.Rad1 e5
22.Rd3 Kf7 23.Rg3 Rg6 24.Rhg1 Rag8 25.a4 Rxg3 26.fxg3 b6 27.h4
a6 28.g4 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Kd3 Kg6 31.Rf1 Rh8 32.Rh1 Rh7
33.Ke2 Ra7 34.Kd3 Ra2 35.Rf1 b4 36.h5+ Kg5 37.Rf5+ Kxg4 38.h6
b3 39.h7 Ra8 40.cxb3 Rh8 41.Rxf6 Rxh7 42.Rg6+ Kf4 43.Rf6+ Kg3
44.Rf1 Rh2 45.Rd1 Kf3 46.Rf1+ Rf2 47.Rxf2+ Kxf2
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Video Thumbnail Credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoogovenschaaktoernooi_portret_Viktor_Kortsjnoij,_Bestanddeelnr_932-8425.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geza-Maroczy.png
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