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Bobby Fischer’s games 949 games. One board.

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1955–1992949 validated scoresCC BY 4.0

949 uniquely attributed, complete game scores in the current licensed archive—not a claim of universal completeness.

The most famous games, with commentary ↓

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Bobby Fischer’s most famous games

16 games that made chess history – from the “Game of the Century” in 1956 to the 1992 rematch. Each page shows the game on an interactive board, with historical context, the key moments, sources and PGN.

  1. 1956Donald Byrne – Bobby FischerNew York · 0–1 · Game of the CenturyThirteen-year-old Fischer leaves his queen en prise with 17…Be6 and wins with a chain of checks. Weeks later Hans Kmoch called it the Game of the Century.
  2. 1960René Letelier – Bobby FischerLeipzig · 0–1Against Letelier’s aggressive 5.e5, Fischer undermines White’s centre and ends the game with the queen move 23…Qxf4+, which Chess Life set as a puzzle.
  3. 1961Bobby Fischer – Mikhail TalBled, Yugoslavia · 1–0After four losses and two draws, Fischer beat Tal for the first time, inflicting his only defeat at Bled 1961. World champion Botvinnik annotated the game for Chess Life.
  4. 1962Mikhail Botvinnik – Bobby FischerVarna, Bulgaria · ½–½In their only game, Fischer surprised world champion Botvinnik in the opening and reached a rook ending a pawn up, but Botvinnik held the draw after adjournment.
  5. 1963Bobby Fischer – Reuben FineNew York · 1–0In a 1963 friendly game, Fischer chose the Evans Gambit against Reuben Fine, once one of the world’s strongest players, and won in 17 moves.
  6. 1963Robert Byrne – Bobby FischerNew York · 0–1Fischer sacrifices both knights against Robert Byrne and wins in 21 moves; Byrne resigned before the decisive combination appeared on the board.
  7. 1963Bobby Fischer – Pal BenkoNew York · 1–0Fischer’s rook move 19.Rf6 leaves Pal Benko without a defence, and Benko resigned two moves later. Fischer annotated the game himself in Chess Life.
  8. 1967Bobby Fischer – Lhamsuren MyagmarsurenSousse, Tunisia · 1–0Fischer’s King’s Indian Attack against the French: the h-pawn’s advance and a queen sacrifice on h7 decide the game, played before his Sousse campaign collapsed.
  9. 1971Bobby Fischer – Mark TaimanovVancouver, Canada · 1–0The fourth game of Fischer's 6–0 quarterfinal sweep: in an open ending his bishop outplayed Taimanov's knight, and a final bishop sacrifice cleared the way for his queenside pawns.
  10. 1971Bobby Fischer – Tigran PetrosianBuenos Aires, Argentina · 1–0The seventh game of the 1971 Candidates final: from a queenless middlegame Fischer turned a small positional edge into a win, including the exchange 22.Nxd7+, and went 4½–2½ ahead.
  11. 1972Boris Spassky – Bobby FischerLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland · 1–0The opening game of the 1972 title match: in a level ending Fischer took the h2-pawn with his bishop, which was shut in after 30.g3, and he lost after the adjournment.
  12. 1972Boris Spassky – Bobby FischerBack room of the Laugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland · 0–1Played in a back room after the forfeit of game 2, this Modern Benoni gave Fischer his first win ever against Spassky; the surprising 11…Nh5 set the tone.
  13. 1972Bobby Fischer – Boris SpasskyLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland · 1–0Fischer surprised Spassky with 1.c4, reached a Queen's Gambit Declined and won a model positional game that gave him the lead for the first time; Spassky joined the applause.
  14. 1972Boris Spassky – Bobby FischerLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland · 0–1After losing game 11, Fischer switched to Alekhine's Defence. The game became a long ending in which his rook was shut in on g8 while his passed pawns decided it; the score was then 8–5.
  15. 1972Boris Spassky – Bobby FischerLaugardalshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland · 0–1The last game of the 1972 match: needing one more point, Fischer outplayed Spassky in a rook-versus-bishop ending; after the adjournment Spassky resigned by telephone.
  16. 1992Bobby Fischer – Boris SpasskySveti Stefan, Montenegro (then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) · 1–0Twenty years after Reykjavík, Fischer returned with a win: in a Ruy Lopez at Sveti Stefan, Spassky gave up a knight for two pawns and Fischer won in 50 moves.