Talk:Maróczy Bind

A better reference
I think that more and better information about the Maróczy bind in the references are needed. An article about it in the Chess Ninja magazine is not enough. Introgressive 17:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

A great example game someone could include: Game 16 of Kasparov-Karpov's 1985 World Championship match featured a pawn sacrifice by Kasparov to break the Maroczy Bind. Karpov's position rapidly deteriorated over the next dozen moves and Kasparov won the game, having had Karpov in the position of having virtually no sensible moves available to him.

[Event "World Championship 32th-KK2"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1985.10.15"] [Round "16"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry"] [WhiteElo "2720"] [BlackElo "2700"] [ECO "B44"] [Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Bf5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nd3 17. Nab1 h6 18. Bh4 b4 19. Na4 Bd6 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. b3 g5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. g3 Nd7 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. a3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qa2 Bg6 28. d6 g4 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. f3 Qxd6 31. fxg4 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Rf4 Ne4 34. Qxd3 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxd3 36. Rfd2 Qe3 37. Rxd3 Rc1 38. Nb2 Qf2 39. Nd2 Rxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Re1+ 0-1

r1bqkb1r/1p3ppp/p1nppn2/8/2P1P3/N1N5/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - Kasparov plays 8. ...,d5, sacrificing a pawn to break the Maroczy bind.

after move 26, white, Karpov, has almost no moves: 2r1r1k1/3n1p2/5q1p/3P1bp1/Np6/1P1n2P1/3Q1PBP/1N1R1RK1 w - - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.155.35.108 (talk) 04:04, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

history or "etymology"
Okay we state Maróczy put some emphasis on what would lead to the position in 1906, but then there's a huge gap into the 1940s.

Was these 1906 notes really sufficient all by themselves to establish the name for the position? Even though Maróczy apparently never used it himself?

Assuming the answer is "no not really" we must then add references in the subsequent years when the term "Maróczy bind" was starting to see usage.

CapnZapp (talk) 07:48, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Creak Sicilian?
The page has two references to the Creak Sicilian. Both Googling and ChatGPT suggest this isn't a thing. Perhaps the "not to be confused..." and chess board should be removed. Nkylesmith72 (talk) 12:39, 16 July 2024 (UTC)