Donald Byrne — Bobby Fischer / 1956
New York, 1956. You are thirteen.
Black · your turn1956
Drag a piece or tap its starting and destination squares.
Choose a promotion
BEFORE THE MOVE
Can you improve your pieces’ activity before moving the queen away?
Fischer has Black against Donald Byrne. His queen is threatened by the bishop on c5. You arrive at move 17 in the game that would make the teenager famous.
WHAT HAPPENED
17…Be6 develops the bishop and allows the queen to be captured. After 18. Bxb6, Fischer gains time with …Bxc4+ and his knight’s jumps. The decision’s value lies in the coordination and captures that follow, beyond the material of the first move.
Attack / checkProtectionPlan
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Who was at the board
1943–2008
Bobby Fischer
A teenager changes the board.