Considered one of Byrne's chess students related later why he performed on: "Initially, you have to remember that in 1956 nobody knew that Bobby Fischer was going to turn out to be Bobby Fischer! He was simply a really promising 13-yr-old kid who played a great sport in opposition to me. When it received to the place the place I used to be lost, I asked some of the opposite rivals if it is likely to be a pleasant thing to let the kid mate me, as a sort of tribute to the fantastic recreation he played. They said, 'Sure, why not?' and so I did." Tim Krabbé, Open Chess Diary (scroll down to No.
Karjakin, as Black, was forced to take risks, as a result of he wanted to win the sport.