The Game of the Century (chess)

The game of the century is a chess match between the two Americans Donald Byrne and Robert James " Bobby" Fischer, which was played on 17 October 1956 in the 8th round of the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York. The winner of this match, the 13 -year-old Bobby Fischer, was at that time still a little-known young talent that had just won the U.S. Junior Championship; his opponent was an acknowledged master. She made because of its spectacular course the rounds of the chess press of the whole world. It took its name from Hans Kmoch, who was present at the tournament.

Game

Donald Byrne - Bobby Fischer

1 Sg1 -f3 - f6 Ng8 2 c2 - c4 g7- g6 3 Nb1 - c3 Bf8 - g7 4 d2 -d4 0-0 5 Lc1 f4 - d7 -d5

The Grünfeld Indian Defence.

6 Dd1 -b3 c7 - c6 Db3xc4 d5xc4 7 8 e2- e4 Sb8 - d7 9 Ta1 -d1 Sd7 b6 10 Dc4 - c5 Bc8 - g4 - g5 11 Lf4

This train is a mistake. Better would have been to prepare with 11 Lf1 - e2 castling. The next train from Fischer was probably not anticipated by Byrne. Kmoch wrote in his commentary: Bobby looks like a hawk weak points in the opponent's position: The Lady and the King are weak. The boy wonder sparked a series of combinations that make powerful impression.

11 ... Sb6 -a4! 12 Dc5 -a3

On 12 Sc3xa4 follows 12 ... Sf6xe4 and Black gets the advantage, for example, after 13 Dc5 -c1 Qd8 - a5 14 Sa4 c3 Lg4xf3 15 g2xf3 Se4xg5 or 13 Dc5xe7 Qd8 - a5 b2- b4 14 Da5xa4 15 De7xe4 Rf8 - e8 - e7 16 Bg5 Bg7 -f8 Lg4xf3 17 g2xf3

12 ... 13 Sa4xc3 b2xc3 Sf6xe4 14 Lg5xe7 Qd8 - b6 - c4 15 Lf1

After 15 Le7xf8 follows 15 ... Lg7xf8 16 Da3 -b3 Se4xc3!

Se4xc3 16 Be7 - c5 Rf8 - e8 17 Ke1 -f1

17 ... Bg4 - e6!

A shiny victims. If White now does not hit the lady and instead plays 18 Lc4xe6, follows a so-called strangled Matt after 18 ... Qb6 - b5 19 Kf1 - g1 - e2 Sc3 20 K g1 -f1 Se2 - g3 21 Kf1 g1 Db5 -f1 22 Td1xf1 Sg3 - e2 matt. Also 18 Da3xc3 rescues do not know, because 18 ... Db6xc5.

18 Lc5xb6 Le6xc4 19 Kf1 - g1 - e2 Sc3 20 K g1 -f1 Se2xd4 21 Kf1 g1 Nd4 - e2 22 K g1 -f1 Se2 - c3 23 Kf1 g1 a7xb6 24 Da3 - b4 -a4 Ta8 25 Db4xb6 Sc3xd1

As a result, the combination of black and now has a clear winning position. However, Byrne played even further because he hoped perhaps to a fault of his opponent, and can be checkmate.

26 h2 - h3 Ta4xa2 27 K g1 - h2 Sd1xf2 28 Th1 e1 Te8xe1 29 Qb6 -d8 Bg7 -f8 30 Sf3xe1 Bc4 d5 - 31 Se1 -f3 Sf2 -e4 b8 b7 32 Qd8 - b5 - 33 h3 - h4 h7 - h5 34 Nf3 - e5 Kg8 - g7 35 Kh2 g1 Bf8 - c5 36 K g1 -f1 - g3 Se4 37 Kf1 - e1 Bc5 - b4

A faster train was 37 ... Te2 38.Kd1 Lb3 39.Kc1 La3 40.Kb1 Te1 matt or 37 ... Lb3

38 Ke1 -d1 Ld5 -b3 c1 - 39 Kd1 Sg3 - e2 40 Kc 1 -b1 - c3 Se2 41 Kb1 -c1 -c2 Ta2 Matt 0:1

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On the Tournament Final, the game had no great influence: Samuel Reshevsky won superior with nine points from eleven games. Byrne ended up with five and a half points in fifth place, Fischer reached a point less in ninth place.

The game meant that it was in the Soviet Union attention to fishing. Yuri Averbakh said: " After watching the game, I was convinced that the boy is talented devilish. " Awerbachs assessment should prove true: Fischer was in 1958 Grandmaster and 1972 even world champions in a medial widely publicized duel against Boris Spassky.

One of Byrnes chess students, Dan Heisman told later why Byrne had continued to play. "One has to remember that in 1956 nobody thought that Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer once would be. He was merely a promising boy, who had played an outstanding match against me. When I was in a hopeless position, I asked some of the players in the tournament, whether it would be nice the boy to let me checkmate, so to speak, in recognition of his fine play. They replied, ' Yes, why not ', and so I played at the end? ".

Byrne also remained a leading player in the United States.

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