October 17, 1956, The Game of the Century as dubbed by Chess Review, Hans Kmoch is a famous chess game that was won by the 13-year old boy future world championBobby Fischer against Donald Byrne
Fischer (playing Black) demonstrates noteworthy innovation and improvisation. Byrne (playing White), after a standard opening, makes a seemingly minor mistake on move 11, losing tempo by moving the same piece twice.
Fischer plays an incredible queen sacrifice on move 17. Byrne captures the queen, but Fischer gets far too much material for it. At the end, Fischer’s pieces coordinate to force checkmate, while Byrne’s queen sits