The medium, Robert Rollans, claimed to have contacted a Hungarian grandmaster called Geza Maroczy, who had died in 1950. Maroczy was a Hungarian who had once been ranked the third-best player in the world.
Robert Rollans didn’t play chess himself, but Maroczy communicated the moves to him. The game continued for 48 moves, with Korchnoi winning. Analysis by chess experts, including Bobby Fischer, the most famous player of his time, verified that Maroczy’s abilities were at grandmaster level. The experts also attested that Maroczy’s style of play was rather old-fashioned, and consistent with Maroczy’s actual style.
In addition to
the game, the discarnate (as in non-physical) Maroczy “wrote” a 38-page
text containing many specific details about his life. Wolfgang
Eisenbeiss followed this up with 91 detailed and specific questions,
which he directed to Maroczy through the medium. An investigator found
that, of the 81 answers where information was available, 79 were
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