Originally posted by jtabThat's exactly where I got that from... I got that book in the late 70s and still love reading it...chess books really don't get much more fun that that one!
I had seen this before in a chess book - Fireside book of Chess. Featured games by the old masters. Marshall was a great player.
I plan on posting a few other gems from that book as well, since there are probably not a whole lot of folks out there who have it... I haven't seen it in stores at all, and I always go to the chess section first.
Originally posted by JusuhJusuh: Absolutley! & you just beat me to it. That is the most profound move ever made at the chess board. From The World's Greatest Chess Games, Graham Burgess, Dr. John Nunn & John Emms, copyright 1998, the authors write:
Byrne-Fischer
[fen]r2qr1k1/pb3pbp/1p4p1/8/3N4/BPN3P1/P2Q3P/R2R1K2 w - - 0 1[/fen]
1...Qd7!!
oh!
"The complexity of Fisher's final combination was such that, at the point when Byrne resigned, grandmasters in the commentary room were casually informing the audience that white had a won position!"
Originally posted by snowblind2Is that so? I agree that this was a great performance by Fischer. But the move 21. ... Qd7 wasn't that hard to find. The hard work was done before when Fischer sacrificed the knight on f2 on move 15, after a not so good move (Qc2) by Byrne.
Jusuh: Absolutley! & you just beat me to it. That is the most profound move ever made at the chess board. From The World's Greatest Chess Games, Graham Burgess, Dr. John Nunn & John Emms, copyright 1998, the authors write:
"The complexity of Fisher's final combination was such that, at the point when Byrne resigned, grandmasters in the commentary room were casually informing the audience that white had a won position!"
So that everyone can follow, here is the game Byrne - Fischer, New York 1963:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Nd3 15. Qc2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ 21. Kf1 Qd7 22. Qf2 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qg2+ 0-1