Dear LionHearted United,

Recently a good friend, "Modge," invited me to share some chess puzzles with this group. This will be the first time that I ever share a puzzle, so I hope that you get inspired, especially when reviewing some of the brilliant moves that someone that was as my coach, Bobby Fischer, shared with everyone.

This was in the year 1956, which means that Fischer was 13 years old! Donald Byrne was one of the leading American chess masters at the time. It has been written about this game, "The following game, a stunning masterpiece of combination play performed by a boy of 13 against a formidable opponent, matches the finest on record in the history of chess prodigies."

The puzzle will start at move 16 of the game, and it will end at move 41 with Fischer checkmating Byrne! The ideas in this puzzle are of exploiting white's uncastled king, sacrificing black's queen, winnning massive material with a "windmill" tactic, coordinating all of black's pieces that all of them are defending each other and coordinated to checkmate white's king. Write in the comments if you were able to find the moves. What did you think? Do you know more stories about this chess game? I wish everyone the best! Let's keep improving in chess!

Sincerely, Zion.

Cover of Chess Review, December 1956.

Donald Byrne

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