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Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer · New York 1956 · Black to play and win
Black to play. Mate in 6.
Find the move Bobby Fischer found. The other side answers by itself.
Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer
New York, 1956
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Donald Byrne against Bobby Fischer, New York, 1956. The board above holds the position as it stood: Black to move, and mate in 6. Find the move that was played and the other side answers by itself, exactly as it answered then.
The story behind it, which gives the finish away
Fischer was thirteen and had given up his queen on move seventeen. Twenty moves later the white king is walked across the board into a net of minor pieces.
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