Another Brilliancy Of Fischer: Eugene Byrne vs Bobby Fischer (1964)

Another Brilliancy Of Fischer: Eugene Byrne vs Bobby Fischer (1964)
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[Event "US Championship 1963/64"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1963.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto"]
[Annotator "lichess.org/@/MordimerChess"]
1. d4 { [%eval 0.25] } 1... Nf6 { [%eval 0.22] } 2. c4 { [%eval 0.18] } 2... g6 { [%eval 0.24] } 3. g3 { [%eval 0.09] } 3... c6 { [%eval 0.27] } 4. Bg2 { [%eval 0.09] } 4... d5 { [%eval 0.09] } 5. cxd5 { [%eval 0.32] } (5. Qb3 { maintains more tensions (Fischer), in case you push for a win }) 5... cxd5 { [%eval 0.32] } 6. Nc3 { [%eval 0.15] } 6... Bg7 { [%eval 0.09] } 7. e3 { [%eval 0.0] } 7... O-O { [%eval 0.0] } 8. Nge2 { [%eval -0.01] } 8... Nc6 { [%eval 0.09] } 9. O-O { [%eval -0.01] } 9... b6 { [%eval -0.2] } 10. b3 { [%eval -0.13] } (10. Nf4 e6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rc1 { variation by Fischer (game Stahlberg-Flohr from 1937) }) 10... Ba6 { [%eval -0.15] } 11. Ba3 { [%eval -0.39] } { After White’s 11th move I should adjudicate his position as slightly superior, and at worst completely safe. To turn this into a mating position in eleven more moves is more witchcraft than chess! Quite honestly, I do not see the man who can stop Bobby at this time. -- K.F. Kirby, South African Chess Quarterly } 11... Re8 { [%eval -0.5] } 12. Qd2 { [%eval -0.48] } 12... e5 { [%eval -0.3] } { I was a bit worried about weakening my Q-pawn, but felt that the tremendous activity obtained by my minor pieces would permit White no time to exploit it. 12...e6 would probably lead to a draw. -- Fischer } 13. dxe5 { [%eval -0.31] } 13... Nxe5 { [%eval -0.72] } 14. Rfd1 { [%eval -1.14] } { Add another to those melancholy case histories entitled: The Wrong Rook." -- Fischer
Fischer spent a lot of time analyzing Rad1 and he still estimated that he can get better position } (14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Qg4 16. h3 Qc8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Qb1 $17) 14... Nd3 { [%eval -1.33] } 15. Qc2?? { [%eval -4.18] } { Blunder. Nd4 was best. } { There is hardly any other defense to the threat of ...Ne4. -- Fischer } (15. Nd4 Ne4 { double attack on f2 } 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bb2 Rc8 { superior position }) 15... Nxf2 { [%eval -4.0] } 16. Kxf2 { [%eval -4.12] } 16... Ng4+ { [%eval -4.16] } 17. Kg1 { [%eval -4.15] } 17... Nxe3 { [%eval -4.18] } 18. Qd2 { [%eval -4.19] } 18... Nxg2 { [%eval -4.0] } { This dazzling move came as the shocker... the culminating combination is of such depth that, even at the very moment at which I resigned, both grandmasters who were commenting on the play for the spectators in a separate room believed I had a won game! -- Robert Byrne } (18... Nxd1 19. Nxd1 (19. Qxd1 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Bxa1 $16) (19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Bxd5 $14) 19... Rxe2 20. Qf4 Re1+ 21. Kf2 Qe8 $16) 19. Kxg2 { [%eval -4.07] } 19... d4 { [%eval -4.09] } 20. Nxd4 { [%eval -4.07] } 20... Bb7+ { [%eval -3.89] } { The King is at Black’s mercy. -- Fischer } 21. Kf1? { [%eval -7.58] } { Mistake. Kg1 was best. } (21. Kg1 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rxa1) 21... Qd7 { [%eval -7.16] } { 0-1 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." } 22. Qf2 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Bxd4 25. Ne4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke3 Re8 28. Kd3 Bxe4+ 29. Rxe4 Qxg3+ 30. Kd4 Rd8+ 31. Kc4 Qd3+ 32. Kb4 a5+ 33. Ka4 Qd7# 0-1