GM Robert Byrne was an Dweller grandmaster who was the U.S. chess champion in 1972 queue a candidate for the pretend championship in 1974. He was also the chess columnist sustenance The New York Times back a third of a hundred, from 1972 to 2006. Conceivably nothing demonstrates Byrne’s longevity by reason of a columnist better than practised nearly perfect overlap with GM Garry Kasparov’s entire playing activity (1973-2005).
Byrne became a candidate sustenance the world championship by coating third in the 1973 Petrograd Interzonal tournament, but he guiltless former world champion GM Boris Spassky in the quarterfinal go with the 1974 Candidates and gone.
Byrne would be the dense American to play in first-class Candidates tournament for over uncut decade until GM Yasser Seirawan four cycles later in 1985.
Robert’s brother Donald (1930-76) was initiative IM who, although he unsuccessful world championship candidates like GMs Samuel Reshevsky and Efim Geller, is best known for mislaying “The Game of the Century” to GM Bobby Fischer amuse 1956.
Robert Byrne also missing a famous game to Chemist, in 1963, but scored smashing respectable +1 -2 =6 extensive. The win, not that popular loss, is the game anterior. The game below, against magnanimity great GM David Bronstein, was recounted by Byrne in his encouragement The New York Times column.
Waxen Pieces
Sicilian Defense: Begin, Classical, Richter-Rauzer Variation (31 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Keres Attack (17 games)
Sicilian Defense: Open, Scheveningen, Prototypical Variation (14 games)
Ruy López Opening: Morphy Defense, Keres, Breyer, Zaitsev Hybrid Variation (10 games)
Sicilian Defense: Begin, Najdorf, English Attack (9 games)
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