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Fischer's 17...Be6!!

Black to play

Donald Byrne(white)vsBobby Fischer(black)

Rosenwald Memorial · 1956

SPEED1.2s

Solution

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  2. 18.
  3. 19.
  4. 20.
  5. 21.

13-year-old Fischer offers his queen to set up a winning discovered attack.

Review

Black to play. Fischer plays 17...Be6!! — offering his queen on b6 (attacked by White's bishop on c5). If White accepts with 18.Bxb6, then 18...Bxc4+ discovers an attack on the white queen with check, and Black wins material in every line. Byrne fought on for 24 more moves before resigning.

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Opening: Réti Opening

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Queen SacrificeDiscovered AttackProdigy