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Donald Byrne (June 12, 1930–May 6, 1976) was one of the USA's strongest chess players during the 1950s and 1960s. He won the U.S. Open in 1953, was awarded the International Master title from FIDE (English: World Chess Federation) in 1962, and played for or captained five U.S. Chess Olympiad teams between 1962 and 1972. His brother, International Grandmaster Robert Byrne, was also a leading player of that time. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...
Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players. ...
// Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
The title International Master is awarded to outstanding chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. The title is open to both men and women. ...
The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world. ...
The Chess Olympiad is a chess event which has been officially organised by FIDE since 1927 and takes place every second year. ...
The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...
Robert E. Byrne (born April 20, 1928) is a leading American chess player, who won the U.S. Championship in 1972. ...
Byrne lost to Bobby Fischer in "The Game of the Century" in 1956. Bobby Fischer. ...
The Game of the Century usually refers to a chess game played between Donald Byrne and 13-year old Bobby Fischer in the Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in New York City on October 17, 1956. ...
Byrne was a professor of English. He taught at Penn State University from 1961 until his death, having been invited there to teach and to coach the varsity chess team, the first in the country. The academic discipline of English studies explores the production and analysis of texts produced in English (or in areas of the world in which English is a common mode of communication). ...
The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related land-grant university with a main campus located in State College, Pennsylvania, and 23 other campuses (some called Commonwealth Campuses) located throughout Pennsylvania. ...
Byrne died of complications arising from Lupus. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 2002. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus) is a chronic, potentially debilitating or fatal autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s cells and tissue, resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. ...
College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana. ...
In the following game, Byrne beats perennial world championship contender Efim Geller: The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the board game chess. ...
Efim Petrovich Geller (March 2, 1925 – November 17, 1998) was a Soviet chess player. ...
Geller-D. Byrne, Moscow 1955 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.g4 Qa5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Bc4 Nd8 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Bd4 Ne5 16.f4 Ndc6 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.f5 Nd4 19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Rhf1 Rf4 21.g5 b5 22.Bd3 Rcf8 23.Qg2 b4 24.Ne2 Qc5 25.Qh3 Rf3 26.Rxf3 Rxf3 27.Qg4 Rxd3 28.Rc1 Rd1 29.c3 Rxc1+ 30.Kxc1 Nxe2+ 31.Qxe2 bxc3 32.Qg2 cxb2 33.Kxb2 Qb4+ 34.Kc2 a5 35.Qg4 Qc5+ 36.Kb3 Qb6+ 37.Kc3 a4 38.h4 Qd4+ 39.Kc2 Qf2+ 40.Kd3 Qxa2 41.h5 Qb3+ 42.Kd2 gxh5 0-1.
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