[Event "New York Rosenwald"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Byrne, Donald"] [Black "Fischer, Robert James"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D97"] [Annotator "Schroeer,Egbert"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 15,81,7,63,50,83,18,16,-224,-223,-214,-215,-220,-225,-299,-277,-272,-277,-293,-283,-267,-258,-642,-643,-646,-649,-650,-640,-644,-640,-650,-649,-647,-627,-626,-615,-787,-719,-897,-892,-857,-723,-3342,-3066,-1381,-3058,-1374,-1235,-3447,-3413,-3423,-970,-3575,-3468,-29985,-29986,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 {Byrne is avoiding the King's Indian (with 5.e4), probably because he had heard that the lad sitting across from him was already one of the best Kings Indian players in the country.} d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 {D97: Grünfeld: Russian System: 7 e4, replies other than 7...Bg4. White has more active pieces. The black rooks are passive.} Nb6 {[#]} 10. Qc5 $146 {to avoid after 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qc2 with 11. ... Bc4 an easy exchange (Kmoch)} (10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qc2 Bc4) ({Predecessor:} 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Qc2 h6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Be2 Nd6 14. O-O Qc8 15. b3 a5 16. Rc1 f5 {1-0 Levin,J-Sandrin,A USA-ch New York 1946}) 10... Bg4 11. Bg5 $2 {[%eval -224,32] [#]} (11. Be2 $11 {[%eval 16,33] and White is okay.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","b6a4","",10]} 11... Na4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ob2,Oc3,Oc5][%mdl 576] Reuben Fine awards this move three exclamation points (in "The World's Great Chess Games") and calls it "a brilliant reply." Flohr and Botvinnik in "64" called it "a shocking and stunning move." Fred Reinfeld called it "one of the most magnificent moves ever made on a chessboard," and GM Jon Rowson referred to it as "one of the single most powerful chess moves of all time." [#] Double Attack} 12. Qa3 {on 12.Na4 wins 12. Ne4, in all variations, the piece back with superior play.} (12. Nxa4 Nxe4 13. Qc1 {Threatens to win with Be3. (13.Qxe7 Qa5+ 14.b4 Qxa4 15.Qxe4 Rfe8 16.Be7 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Bf8 and Black is winning)} Qa5+ 14. Nc3 {Be3 is the strong threat.} Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nxg5 {(Shipov)}) 12... Nxc3 {A kibitzing GM comment here that Black was simply lost in this position.} 13. bxc3 Nxe4 $3 {Fine and Reinfeld give two exclamation marks} 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bc4 {[%CAl Oe1g1] [#] White rightly distrust the quality gain 15.Bf8, because after 15.... Bf8, followed by Nc3 he is under a lot of pressure. He also thinks it is necessary to castle finally. The intention, however, is lost in the tumult of the next moves.} {[%tqu "En","","","","e4c3","",10]} Nxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512] "Black comes up with one beautiful move after another" (I. Chernev)} 16. Bc5 (16. Qxc3 Rae8) 16... Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 {Despite the loss of castling, it looks like White will have the upper hand after all, as Queenb6 and Bishop c3 are attacked, and on 17... Nb5 (eventually the only move that saves the piece) happens 18.Blf7 Kf7 19Qb3 Be6 20.Ng5 Kg8 21.Ne6 Nd4 22.Nd4 Qb3 23.Nb3 (Fischer)} {[%tqu "En","","","","g4e6","",10]} Be6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 192] A brilliant intermediate move that uses the need for protection of the diagonal b5-f1 to eliminate the aforementioned turn Bf7. Black goes for the king.} (17... Nxd1 $2 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qb3 $18) (17... Nb5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 (18... Kxf7 $2 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Ng5+ {[%csl Oe6,Of7,Oh7][%mdl 64] Deflection, Double Attack} Kg8 21. Nxe6 $18) 19. Bxb6 $14) 18. Bxb6 $2 {[%eval -642,32]} (18. Qxc3 {[%eval -258,31]} Qxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. g3) 18... Bxc4+ (18... Nxd1 $2 {too greedy.} 19. Bxe6 (19. Bxa7 $2 Bxc4+ 20. Kg1 Bxd4 $19 {[%mdl 64] Pin}) 19... Rxe6 20. Bc7 $18 (20. Bxa7 c5 $18)) 19. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3e2","",10]} Ne2+ ({Not} 19... Nxd1 20. Qc1 Be2 (20... Bxa2 21. Ba5 $15) 21. Ba5 $15) 20. Kf1 {[%CAl Oa3b4]} Nxd4+ {[%csl Of1][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack (Check)} 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 {[%csl Oa3][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack. White is weak on the light squares} 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 {The predicament has yielded ample profits. Against a grown-up GM, Byrne would undoubtedly have given up here (or earlier), but surely the three-year-old must still make a mistake?} 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 {...Kg7 would now be deadly.} 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 {Black mates.} 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ {Fischer is guilty of only one tiny flaw: with move 37. Re2 38.Kd1 Bb3 39.Kc1 Ba3 40.Kb1 Re1 he was able to mate one move earlier.} 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# {(Beauty=11.8). White got outplayed after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=1.08/Black=0.09 (flawless) . Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=1 --- Inaccurate: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=3 Black=3 Best: White=1 Black=2 Strong: --- Black=1 Brilliant: --- Black=2} *