The Game of the Century (chess)

In chess, The Game of the Century refers to a chess game played between Donald Byrne and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City on October 17, 1956, which Fischer won. It was nicknamed "The Game of the Century" by Hans Kmoch in Chess Review. Kmoch wrote, "The following game, a stunning masterpiece of ... Read more »

In the Chess Game of the Century, a 13 yr old Bobby Fischer

showed the world that he was going to be a force

in the chess world./

In this game,[in_the_chess_game_of_the_century] Fischer (playing Black) demonstrates noteworthy innovation and improvisation. Byrne (playing White), after a standard opening, makes a seemingly minor mistake on move 11, losing a tempo by moving the same piece twice. F ... Read more »