[Event "Top 10 Best Chess Games of All Time: Robert James Fischer vs Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/80A9TQeT/62mMuAip"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "E60"] [Opening "King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Eligora"] [StudyName "Top 10 Best Chess Games of All Time"] [ChapterName "Robert James Fischer vs Robert Eugene Byrne"] [UTCDate "2017.11.12"] [UTCTime "23:33:36"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/80A9TQeT/62mMuAip"] [Orientation "white"] { White- Robert Eugene Byrne Black- Robert James Fischer } 1. d4 Nf6 { Indian Game. } 2. c4 g6 { West Indian Defence. } 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 $10 O-O $10 8. Nge2 $10 Nc6 $10 9. O-O $10 b6 $10 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Nd3 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Ge2d4] } 15. Qc2?? Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ 21. Kf1 { Kg1 would have been better. } (21. Kg1 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Re1+ 23. Kf2 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 Rxa1 { White is still losing, but the disadvantage is not quite as great. }) 21... Qd7! { And White resigns. Fischer writes: "A bitter disappointment. I’d hoped for 22.Qf2 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Re1+!! 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 with mate to follow shortly." } { [%csl Rd7,Rh3,Rf1][%cal Rd7h3,Rh3f1] } 22. Qf2 Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Re1+!! 24. Rxe1 Bxd4!! { [%csl Ge4][%cal Gc3e4] } *