Byrne – Fischer (New York, 1963)
Black to move and win.
Fischer chess tactic
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Byrne – Fischer (New York, 1963)
Black to move and win.
As beautiful now as it was in 1963.
I envy anyone coming across this for the first time — you’re in for a rare treat.
Qh3+ K-g1 R-e1+ Rxe1 Bxd4 etc.
awww…..I remember this….its like smelling cinamon and getting a huge electric shock. And then lighting up a smoke cause it was soooooo cool.
RIP Bobby
Mike Magnan
I have never seen this postion, yet was albe to solve it very quickly. It looks like a routne decoy. Is is really that great?
“Is is really that great?”
Of course the greatness of this game lies in the sequence of moves that led up to this position, and the fact that Fischer had seen in advance that this was a winning position.
It is frequently easy to see a winning combination if you are told that there is one there. But difficult if you are sitting at the board without being given this hint. At the moment that this position arose at the board, the grandmasters explaining the games to the audience were claiming that Fischer’s position here was simply lost.
One of the greatest combinations never to be played. One has to wonder how much more famous this game would be if the game went long enough for Bobby to play Re1+
Part of what I find so beautiful about this game is that Byrne saw 23…Re1+!, knew that Bobby had seen it before he had, and resigned in a gesture of humility. In My 60 Memorable Games Bobby writes, “A bitter disappointment….” I think he underestimated the compliment that Byrne was paying him.
Fischer is no different from many chess GM’s. They get much pleasure from destroying their opponents on the board and then act nice after the game, but in their brain they are saying, “HA HA HA HA HA, I beat you! HA HA HA HA!
If chess had more sportsman-like GM’s there would be no accusations of cheating or personal political attacks. Professional Chess is sick in the brain and needs a doctor. Fischer simply makes the fact more obvious. Perhaps Chess made him go mad? Who will save Chess?
The game is Byrne Fischer 1963 US Championship. By the way they played many games over the years.
The game ended one move sooner then the diagram shown. The white queen was still on d2 as confirmed by 2 independent sources.
In his book Bobby says.
And White resigns. Fischer writes: “A bitter disappointment.
I’d hoped for 22.Qf2 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Re1+!! 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 with
mate to follow shortly.”
The game can be played over at
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008419
I agree with the comment about disappointment. He wanted to play out to show his moves. I have felt this way many times even in blitz games. One works hard to get the combinations and it is nice to get to play them out. You want to prove you really saw it all.
Qh3+ Kg1 Re1+! Rxe1 Bxd4, R.I.P. Bobby, you’re my hero!