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Pulitzer Prize for Best Mating Combo

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billwall

Georg Marco (1863-1923) was a Viennese journalist and strong chess player who won many tournaments in Vienna and Germany.  In this game he lost to a fellow named Pulitzer, but not the famed Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) who established the Pulitzer Prizes after his death.  It looks like Marco under estimated his opponent and fell for a mating attack.

 


batgirl

yeah, saw that coming....

 

Marco edited the Wiener Schachzeitung for 18 years. I had made a page on the 1902 tournament at Monte Carlo in which Marco participated. His picture is there  at: http://sbchess.sinfree.net/MonteCarlo1902_players.html at the very bottom.