#23 · The Game of the Century
Rosenwald Memorial · 1956 · vs Donald Byrne
You are Bobby Fischer.
1943–2008 · The Prodigy of Brooklyn · Meet the Legend
New York, 1956. You are Bobby Fischer. You are thirteen years old, playing Black against a US Championship contender, and your queen is about to be trapped in the middle of the board. Let her go — the windmill of checks you get in exchange will be called the Game of the Century before the pieces are back in the box.
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