Byrne,R – Fischer Byrne,R Fischer Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1963.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: US Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Byrne,R"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 {Opening the center. Black's piece activity offsets the resulting isolani.} 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rfd1 {The wrong Rook!} Nd3 15.Qc2 Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Nxe3 18.Qd2 Nxg2 {A brilliant attack now ensues.} 19.Kxg2 d4 20.Nxd4 Bb7+ 21.Kf1 {There is a great story that accompanies this game. In a hall adjacent to the playing room, Grandmaster Rossolimo was commenting on the games for a large audience. He had been completely mystified by this game; at this point, in fact, he told his audience that there was obviously nothing left for Fischer to do but give up. Suddenly, the messenger came with the next report, and announced that Byrne had resigned! Can you guess Fischer's deadly final stroke?} Qd7 0-1 [Event "US Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1963.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Byrne,R"] [Black "Fischer"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Qd2 e5 {Opening the center. Black's piece activity offsets the resulting isolani.} 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rfd1 {The wrong Rook!} Nd3 15.Qc2 Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Nxe3 18.Qd2 Nxg2 {A brilliant attack now ensues.} 19.Kxg2 d4 20.Nxd4 Bb7+ 21.Kf1 {There is a great story that accompanies this game. In a hall adjacent to the playing room, Grandmaster Rossolimo was commenting on the games for a large audience. He had been completely mystified by this game; at this point, in fact, he told his audience that there was obviously nothing left for Fischer to do but give up. Suddenly, the messenger came with the next report, and announced that Byrne had resigned! Can you guess Fischer's deadly final stroke?} Qd7 0-1 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
