New York (skittles game), 1963

Bobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine

A casual skittles-room game, but a famous one: a 20-year-old Fischer, already World Championship material, reached for a 19th-century weapon against Reuben Fine — himself a world-class grandmaster a generation earlier — and won in only 17 moves. It is a favourite example of how quickly the Evans Gambit punishes a defender who accepts too much material without finishing development.