Geza Maroczy, born on 3 March 1870 in Szeged, died on 29 May 1951 in Budapest. Geza Maroczy was first active as a correspondence chess player and won a Hungarian correspondence chess tournament with Charousek in 1893/94. In 1896 he achieved his first major international success in tournament chess at the tournament in Nuremberg, finishing second behind Emanuel Lasker. After the World War, Maroczy left Hungary for political reasons and became the trainer of Max Euwe and Vera Menchik, among others. He played several Chess Olympiads for Hungary after 1927 and won gold with the team at the unofficial Chess Olympiad Munich 1936. In 1950 the World Chess Federation appointed him Grandmaster.
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