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
A Game of Pool (The Twilight Zone, 1959) Fats disappears with Jesse vowing to keep practicing until he is good enough to face Fats once again. The episode was remade in the 1980s version of "The Twilight Zone". The remade version featured Esai Morales as Jesse Cardiff and Maury Chaykin as Fats Brown. This version used the original alternate ending that Johnson intended for the original 1961 version. A Game of Pool (The Twilight Zone, 1959) "A Game of Pool" is episode 70 of the American television anthology series "The Twilight Zone". It originally aired on October 13, 1961, on CBS. According to Rod Serling, it is "the