The Game of the Century (chess) Kg1 21... Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4! 25. Qxb6 25... Nxd1 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# Videos The Game of the Century (chess) In chess, The Game of the Century is a chess game played between 26-year-old Donald Byrne and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City
Chess columns in newspapers History and Reminiscences" estimated that there were 150 chess columns. Less than thirty years later in 1913 H. J. R. Murray in his "A History of Chess" estimated there existed at least 1,000 chess columns worldwide. American Grandmaster Robert Byrne wrote a column for "The New York Times" from 1972 to 2006. GM Lubomir Kavalek's column in "The Washington Post" ran from 1986-2010. GM Nigel Short wrote a chess column for the "Sunday Telegraph" from 1995-2005, and then for "The Guardian" from 2005 to 2006. GM Jon Speelman wrote for "The Guardian" from 2005 to 2008. GM Patrick Wolff was