Talk:Game of the Century (chess)

message: So I played through this game with someone, playing the moves just as they are listed here, and I think there might be a mistake.  after 15. ... Nxc3!, Black's knight is unprotected, and I find no reason why White won't respond with 16. Qxc3.  I think Blacks knight should be protected by the bishop on g7, however this is blocked by the white pawn on d4.   Am I missing something?
:After 16. Qxc3 Rfe8, White can't hold the pinned bishop (17. Qa3 Qc7) and will simply be down a pawn with no compensation.  Byrne played 16. Bc5 to get his bishop out of danger with a tempo, because of course Fischer would be forced to deal with the attack on his queen... except that he wasn't.  :) JamesMLane 04:02, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps by moving the knight, followed by Rxg2+ etc. 84.70.221.48 23:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

text: The bishop is pinned to the queen. Black will emerge from this with an extra pawn, the better pawn structure, a lead in development, and the initiative, since White's king is out in the middle like in the game.Jasper Deng (talk) 23:57, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  mistake in the moves? 

message: I find it funny that this is referring to a chess match, because if you were to ask the typical American sports fan, the "Game of the Century" is the 1971 Thanksgiving Day matchup between #1 Nebraska and #2 Oklahoma, which is often thought of as the greatest college football game ever played.
: There are many games labelled as "Game of the Century".  I'm American, and never heard of the 1971 football game, but I certainly heard of the chess game.  Google is sometimes helpful in pointing out popularity; it points first of all to a 1916 football, followed by this chess game, followed by many other things.  Perhaps it might be best make "Game of the Century" a disambiguation page, and rename the current page as "Game of the Century (chess)".  Dwheeler 12:04, September 11, 2005 (UTC)
::I'm sure each sport has a "game of the century". I've heard the 8th game of the 1972 Canada-Russia hockey series referred to this way. BashBrannigan (talk) 16:34, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game of the Century - American Sports 

message: "Fischer demonstrates ... poetry": While this is an impressive game, our description fails to back this statement up. Does "poetry" have a special meaning in chess, or is this at least a famous quote? If not, it should be deleted as unencyclopedic. Common Man 06:07, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks almost NPOV if it isn't something quoted :) Piepants 00:46, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poetry

message: I followed the link at the bottom of the page and found an almost-verbatim copy of this article on Fisher's website - it looks like this is a copyright violation. I've tagged it as such. 204.40.1.129 14:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad...my bad. Sorry. Not a copyvio after all. 204.40.1.129 14:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyvio

message: The article states : "12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4! Fischer again offers material in order to open the e-file and get at White's uncastled king." Could the author please make clear what material is Fischer offering precisely, which "Byrne wisely declines" ?
:It's explained in the note that says "Byrne wisely declines" the offer.  Byrne could have captured Fischer's rook by playing 15. Bxf8.  Byrne would have emerged with a material advantage but a bad position. JamesMLane t c 11:44, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unclear description

message: Black can't take white's bishop after Qxc3 because 19.Bxf7+! wins the queen.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.155.146.2 (talk) 23:14, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 19. Bxf7 is impossible because of the black bishop on e6, moved there on 17... Be6.  Bubba73 (talk), 23:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: the line 18.Qxc3 Qxc5

message: I ran the analysis on Houdini, and Houdini believes that the position is 2 pawns down for white, and white should not have taken that pawn on move 14, as the engine opted out for Be3 instead. Perhaps it is worth mentioning in the wikipedia page? 12.72.157.131 (talk) 21:14, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, it can't be used on Wikipedia because it would be considered "Original Research". Everything on Wikipedia must be from published sources. BashBrannigan (talk) 02:31, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Move 14