- 8 - Kortschnoi’s commentary about that part of the game on that day given to the Zurich “Sunday Paper” on the 13th of September 1987 was as follows: “I won a pawn at the start and thought that the game would soon be finished. Mároczy revealed his weaknesses in the opening phase. He played old-fashioned. I must however confess that my last moves were not very convincing. I was no longer certain that I could win this game. Mároczy compensated for the mistake he made in the opening phase through a strong endplay. A player’s aptitude shines through at the end of a game and my opponent played very well.” The last move for a while, the 27th move took place in September 1987. A longer pause set in and the reason for it was that the medium Rollans moved house and then had to live away from his place of residence for business reasons. The game then progressed and had reached the 43rd move by the 1th of August 1991. Dr. Eisenbeiss recorded the following moves: 28. g4 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Kd3 Kg6 31. Tf1 Th8 32. Th1 Th7 33. Ke2 Ta7 34. Kd3 Ta2 35. Tf1 b4 36. h5+ Kg5 37. Tf5+ Kxg4 38. h6 b3 39. h7 Ta8 40. cxb3 Th8 41. Txf6 Txh7 42. Tg6+ Kf4 43. Tf6+ Kortschnoi, black, played his 43rd move. Eisenbeiss had this to say: “Looking closer, one saw that Kotschnoi’s position was considerably better. He had one rook and three pawns available for the end game, whilst Mároczy had one rook and two pawns. I assumed that the game will be over within a few moves, but I will not pre-empt the game in any way. A comprehensive analysis after the game will then reveal the whole progress of the game.” The next moves were: 44. Tf1 Th2 45. Td1 Kf3 46. Tf1+ Tf2 47. Txf2+ Kxf2 Mároczy conceded the game on the 11th of February 1993 after the 47th move. He had the king and two pawns left for a possible move. Kortschnoi on the other hand three pawns beside the king (see below) with the opportunity to soon exchange one of them for the queen. This would have won him the game. This “otherworldly’ game of chess started on the 11th of June 1985 and lasted exactly seven years and eight months. The end of the chess game also constituted the end of the medium Robert Rollans. Death took him from this Earth on the 2nd of March 1993. The medium Robert Rollans Robert Rollans, the son of a German doctor, was born on the 29th of January 1914 in Campina, the borough 21 in Bukarest. He went to a music college and worked as a composer. He was employed by End result after the 47th move by black. (From: “Schäbische Zeitung”, No. 255, 4. 11. 2000)
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