[Event "Rosenwald Memorial Tournament"]
[Site "New York, New York USA"]
[Date "1956.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Fischer, Bobby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Pardi,Rodolfo"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.10.17"]

{This chess game was nicknamed "The Game of the Century" by Hans Kmoch in
"Chess Review". Donald Byrne (1930-1976), first place in the 1953 US Open
Championship. Robert "Bobby" Fischer (1943-2008) world champion. After
Fischer's queen sacrifice on move 17, Byrne captures the queen, but Fischer
more than compensates by taking many other pieces, a sort of windmill. The
ending is an excellent demonstration of pieces working together to achieve a checkmate.} 
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7.
Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 
11. Bg5 ? {Byrne makes a mistake moving the same piece twice} Na4 !! {Fischer offers up his Knight, offer
declined} 12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 ! 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 ! 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 
17. Kf1 Be6 !! {The move that made this game famous. Fischer offers his
Queen in exchange for a fierce counter-attack with his minor pieces, using his Bishop and Knight} 
18. Bxb6 {Byrne takes the Queen that Fischer offered. Here, from moves 18 to 23, begins a windmill, 
which in this case involves a Knight and a Bishop.} 
Bxc4+ {Fischer now begins a series of discovered checks, picking up material.} 
19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23.
Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 
Ra4 {Fischer uses his pieces together nicely in concert; the knight on c3 protects the rook on a4, which in turn protects 
the bishop on c4. This forces Byrne's queen away.} 
25. Qxb6 Nxd1 {Fischer has taken a rook, 2 bishops, and a pawn as compensation for his queen, gaining more material than
he's lost. Byrne's remaining rook is stuck on h1, and his only remaining Queen will not be enough.} 
26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 
Kg7 {Fischer breaks the pin, allowing the bishop to attack as well.} 35. Kg1 
Bc5+ {Fischer begins a series of checks that culminate in checkmate, pieces coordination} 
36. Kf1 Ng3+ {Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's mating net, tecnique!} 
37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

The game of the century

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