[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessBase Show: Fischer Remembered, Part 1

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessBase Show: Fischer Remembered, Part 1
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1201070040.shtml


   With the passing of the 11th World Chess Champion, the legendary
   Robert James Fischer, it's appropriate to spend some time
   commemorating his great career and contributions to the game. We'll
   start this week with the game that launched him on the world stage,
   his win as a 13-year-old over the very strong master Donald Byrne,
   from the 1956 Rosenwald tournament.
   Though it was a prestigious event, Fischer's participation was not "on
   the merits", as it were (his rating in 1956 was a not exactly whopping
   1726!), but because he had won the U.S. Junior Championship earlier in
   the year. So although he was clearly on the rise, I'm sure he was
   still looked upon as an outside in the de facto U.S. Championship. He
   didn't win the event, but he finished with a very respectable -2
   performance. And then there's the game with Donald Byrne...
   To say that the game was brilliant is to understate things, though
   Hans Kmoch's label "Game of the Century" may go a bit too far. He's
   right in spirit, though: this was a stunning debut by the youngster.
   Not only was it a great game, but it was a promise of much more to
   come, a promise that was fulfilled - at least in chess - over the
   years to come. So I think this is an appropriate way to begin our
   tribute to Fischer's career, and I hope you'll join me tonight
   (Wednesday) night at 9 p.m. ET on the playchess.com server as we
   examine this game.
   (The shows are free, and you can find more information about watching
   [1]here.)

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml