The Game Of The Century Or Bobby Fischer's Greatest Queen Sacrifice

In chess, The Game of the Century is a chess game played between 26-year-old Donald Byrne and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City on October 17, 1956, which Fischer won. The competition took place at the Marshall Chess Club. It was nicknamed "The Game of the Century" by Hans Kmoch in Chess Review. Kmoch wrote, "The following game, a stunning masterpiece of combination play performed by a boy of 13 against a formidable opponent, matches the finest on record in the history of chess prodigies." In Gruenfeld defense 13-year-old Fischer sacrifices his queen which allows him to make use of windmill tactics. After grabbing more material, and getting a very active piece play, Fischer confidently realizes his advantage and even mates his opponent! A spectacular game which is truly "the game of the century"!
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Donald Byrne vs Robert James Fischer
Third Rosenwald Trophy (1956), New York, NY USA, rd 8, Oct-17
Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation. Hungarian Attack (D92)
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 Na4 12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 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 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2#
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I never get tired of watching this game.

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Me neither

[@MKD1101]

Mother of all checkmates - *_smothered checkmate_* :)

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There is the woed "mother" in the word smothered..

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Fischer was amazing and brilliant. A true chess genius.

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No tal

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All hail donald byrne for not resigning loloololol

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"On Bobby Fisher's birthday, I decided to" => immediate like :-)

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Thank you Suren for recognising Bobby Fischer's 75th birthday. You're the ONLY major Chess KZbinr, i follow who did this. Keep it up man 👍🏻😎

[@gillrowley7264]

Out of respect for the young Bobby, Donald Byrne played on and allowed him to give checkmate. True sportsmanship on one of the most brilliant games ever.

[@flyingjibberish]

@@philipgerlach7074Byrne desperately hoped for a backrank checkmate. Fischer once did blunder a won game where he missed a backrank threat. So you never know. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGjWfISVormHl5Y

[@amosdraak3536]

Wow. An excellent game. The queen wasn’t able to do very much because it was overwhelmed by all the pieces Fischer had. As powerful as the queen is, it can’t do much when overwhelmed. The black army seemed very impressive and was kind of like a boa constrictor after the queen sacrifice. The pieces were tightly coordinated, when Byrne’s army was getting weaker they loosened, and then they tightened again right before “death” (checkmate).

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This game to me is like a golden, oldy rock & roll song; I never tire of seeing it. Enjoyed your commentary and analysis of it Mr. Suren! 😊

[@Rafaga777]

I have watched this game several times but it still remains an utterly beautiful game. Thanks for the upload and competent explanation...

[@TheShadman47]

I've seen this game before. Quite simply: breathtaking.

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Suren I enjoy your videos and comments a lot, you provide good and accurate explanation of the games. I've been following Bobby Fischer's career during this pandemic. A great player

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much appreciated dear Jose! Have a nice day!!

[@ahtartersauce101]

moral of this game: CASTLE

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Mother and smother. Good find Suren

[@rakeshshimpi1198]

I don't have word to appreciate this game.. this is just mind blowing game...and of course thank you very much for the game suren

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you are welcome Rakesh

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Many thanks for you Suren...

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Thank you for uploading longer videos

[@jhonnyvasquez3019]

Fantastic Suren thanks!

[@BranFlakesR1337]

the best thing about this game is that Donald Byrne didn't resign, he played until the final fatal blow.

[@fadias15]

slightly longer than usual but loved the analysis....oh Bobby Fischer, he made the game look so easy even at that age.

[@SurenAghabekyan]

read some facts, maybe that was the reason

[@fadias15]

I'm not saying that being a little longer (here) is bad, coz, normally your videos are pithy. And here the analysis is necessary (Im aware of the situation) and you were wonderful at it.

[@vladavasiljev]

Fisher had 2785 rating in 1972. Almost a half of the century ago his rating was higher than today's top ten super GMs! Karpov had 2780 and Tal 2705. Fisher also had the highest percentage of win rate in history of chess - he won 72.3% of all his games in chess database. He lost only 85 games in his chess career. He was the greatest chess genius of all time concerning just these tree facts.

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Never heard of a "tree fact" in chess???

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I love your commentary Suren

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Your voice isn't boring. I enjoy this game very much

[@michaelvanzyl9418]

Why do you say 1956 but description says 1963/64???

[@SurenAghabekyan]

corrected thanks, was preparing to make a video about that game as well, and copied a wrong title

[@rogerscottcathey]

Fischer was an iconoclast. Even disparaging his own play.

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[@tryb4uquit]

Best brutal game I have ever seen

[@bobhiggins5553]

Kudos for white for sticking to it till the end. Quite a fantastic attacking game with all those minor pieces.

[@avinashnayak7398]

It'd be very interesting to see if Bobby Fischer played against modern day greats like Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik or Anand....

[@tensor131]

Windmills and mothers - nice one Suren! .. still get the flutters when I see this game. Is there any published response from Byrne do we know? As you say, generous of him to let it run to all the way to a pretty mate

[@SurenAghabekyan]

Hi Phil, nice question. But so far haven't seen any response by Byrne

[@nanireddy708]

Realy i like this game. More twisteds & last attache is more beauty.

[@Definitely_Someone]

13 year old fischer!!

[@ammarsinaga2272]

After accepting the knight sacrifice, place the queen to c1 protecting both queen and bishop. Anyone?

[@gsam3]

Ammar Sinaga the Qa4 check winning either bishop or knigth

[@anthonymccroy3186]

If you're down in material and your king is being heavily attacked why chase a pawn on the opposite side of the board of your king?? Use the Queen to defend the king and fork the opponents minor pieces..

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Superb sir

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Thank you. Suren.

[@umarkhan-ru9dz]

Question arises that y fishcher didn't smothered mate?! Then

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HOW WE WOULD ALL LOVE TO SEE THE PERFECT GAME.

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Amazing

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Sir can u write the( opening game name )plzz

[@ΑρηςΜακρης-π4τ]

Amazing

[@willbendingsteel6258]

I did find the Bc6 move although I wasnt really sure how to continue after QxC3

[@vcvartak7111]

After offering the kn by Fischer , what if Byrne accepted and fork on Bishop and Queen he could have protected Bishop by qc1. But maybe some other magical moves he has in his sleeve which I fail to get

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wow Daniel, that's cool, don't even know what to say,, cheeeers man ;)

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Super genius...

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I watch bishop support the horse is beautiful

[@speedlesspanz3r87]

someone explain plz 6:18 why didn't black play Bfd6 check forking white king n queen?

[@speedlesspanz3r87]

ok now i understand because it was pinned lol 😂

[@chhandapaul7181]

The (black) Bishop is already pinned by queen

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My nigga...

[@Sosa40706]

2:04 Nxg5???.??

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2:02 why not qc1 ?

[@TejaswaPratap]

Then Qa4+ winning either the knight or bishop.

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[@jasons7114]

6:23 why don't just bishop d6

[@themiscellaneousgod6346]

Captaindurtz it is pinned by the queen

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This game shows that a queen is not enough to win a game. Sometimes a bishop is more valuable than a queen, a rook is more valuable than a queen. This game shows really that EVERYONE IS EQUAL.

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If you'd ever like to play me down a queen for a bishop, do let me know.

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At 6:20 y he can't go for f8 × d6

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praksh jdhavar Donald burned😂😂👏

[@mohdharithabdullah7346]

At 4:59 why not Qxc3?

[@thecalendar6281]

In my opinion, if black plays Qxc3, then Qxc5, dxc5, Bxc3 is possible. Black cannot win a piece. White probably wanted to win a Queen and he immediately took the Queen

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5:10 What happens if white plays 21. Rd3?

[@zarathustrasserpent1850]

I think I found it, actually. Black can play 21...axb6. If 22. Qc3 then 22...Nxf3, threatening the queen and also mate on e1.

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Poor opponent should have resigned earlier

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Fischer is the undisputed GOAT.

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Well,I didn't find the move

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that's pretty hard

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Wow

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Wow, 8 minutes

[@SurenAghabekyan]

too long?

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At 6:21 why can’t black play Bd6+ and win the queen (nvm its pinned)

[@chhandapaul7181]

Black Bishop is already pinned by the White Queen.

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yup, thanks!

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Fischer the great

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Be6

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Orchestrated..

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Wow