The Game of the Century (chess) 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 on October 17, 1956, which Fischer won. The competition took place at the Marshall Chess Club. It was nicknamed "The Game of the Century" by Hans Kmoch in "Chess Review". Kmoch wrote, "The following game, a stunning masterpiece of play performed by a boy of 13 against a formidable opponent, matches the finest on record in the history of chess prodigies." Donald Byrne (1930–1976) was
Chess game collection Chess game collection The most common types of chess game collections are collected games of a single player (e.g. "My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937" by Alexander Alekhine), annotations of games from a single tournament, collections of chess games covering a certain period of time (e.g. "Oxford Encyclopaedia of Chess Games. Vol.1 1485-1866" by Levy and O'Connell), opening move collections, or collections centered on tactical or strategic themes (e.g. games featuring brilliant defense, attacking play, endgame technique, and so on). "Chess Informant" is a series which collects chess games annotated by top players and publishes them in a language independent