Fischer's "Game of the Century"

For some reason I became interested in Bobby Fischer. I just Wikipedia'd him and learned about his famed "Game of the Century" as a 13 y.o. prodigy.

Does chess.com have this game recorded in the Game Explorer for us to look at?

Here's an annotated score of the game from chessgames.com:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361

Thanks blueemu. I did find that website.

But was wondering if chess.com Game Explorer has it. Just because there you can flip board and view game from black perspective...

Ok. Never mind. Just downloaded pgn and viewing locally on my laptop.

Looking at the game now. Interesting game. At first glance,

I can understand why Byrne couldn't do anything when Fischer -> 11. Na4 ...but why didn't Byrne ->  15. Bxf8 ?

IMO, it was the rooks that did Byrne in.

One possible line is 15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Qb3 Nxc3! 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Ra1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ba3 20. Kd2 Bb2 21. Re1 Nd5 and Black picks up White's pawns.

I'll keep looking to see if there's something even better.

EDIT: Yeah, GM Gligoric gives 16. ... Nxc3! as well.

Even if it went down that route blueemu, Byrne still wouldn't have been so well cooked.

Byrne would have had 2 rooks and a bishop vs Fischer's bishop, knight and rook....outcome here could have gone both ways

After 22. ... Rxa2 the passed b-Pawn (on b6) wins easily. White will have to give up a piece to stop it... and there's another one (on b7) coming along behind it!

I wouldn't mind playing Byrne's side against someone playing Fischer's side starting from 15. Bxf8 ....just to see if Byrne could extricate himself and upend the game or if after Fischer's -> 11. Na4, the first nail on the coffin had already been pounded in.

This is one of the most-analyzed games ever played. If White could have saved it on move 15, wouldn't the refutation have been published by now?

I dont know. This is the first time I've heard of the game...and I'm curious.

I don't know enough about it to say one way or the other - how exhaustively it's been analyzed, that is. So for me it is just a "fresh" challenge. My question - would a "Houdini chess player" have been able to upend this game at any point after  Fischer's -> 11. Na4 ?

Maybe, I'll read those analysis later...when I've time.

I would be absolutely flabbergasted to learn that no-one has run this game through Houdini. It's nearly as famous as Morphy's Opera Game!

Yeah, why has't anyone run that game past Houdini? It might give some interesting insight, considering there were no chessplaying softwares in 1956.

I'm almost positive (just on general considerations) that this has been done.

How many games can you think of that are more famous than this one?

There's Morphy vs Brunswick & Isouard... and...

"Morphy's Opera Game"

Look's like another game I should take a look at. Thanks 4 the tip.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233404

Kasparov vs. Karpov 1985 World Championship game 16, Kasparov's Masterpiece?

What would you consider to be the 5 most famous games in history Emu?

It's actually:

Paul Charles Morphy vs His Serene Highness Duke Charles Frederick of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Count Marc Leon Bruno Joseph Gustave d'Isouard-Vauvenargue.

Imagine filling that out on your score-sheet. You might lose on time before you get their names written down!

That's a good question... but it would require a lot of thought. What's "famous" from my point of view might not be "famous" from yours.

The opera game

Byrne vs Fischer

The other Byrne (his brother) vs Fischer

Fischer vs Spassky 1972 game 6, maybe?

... not sure.

My list is top-heavy with Fischer games. I'm a big fan of his play (but not of his personality).