Géza Maróczy (1870-1951) (mar 3, 1870 – may 29, 1951)

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was a Hungarian chess player, one of the leading players in the world in his time. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950.

The Maróczy Bind is a pawn formation primarily played against the Sicilian Defence and sometimes played against the King's Indian Defence. It is characterised by white pawns on c4 and e4, with White's d-pawn having been exchanged for Black's c-pawn.