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Crazychessplaya

A large quantity of old newspapers was shredded, but a chess enthusiast was able to save some chess diagrams from famous games. Can you identify the players from the fragments below? Only fragment #5 remains unsolved.

VLaurenT

Wow, not easy...

Ok, I guess #3 is a Topalov-Kramnik game, but I can't remember where and when (but Topalov won thanks to his Nxf7 novelty)

Crazychessplaya

I had a feeling you'd respond...

Yes, #3 is Topalov - Kramnik 2008, and the game fragment made the front page of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

ProfessorXavier211

I think the first one is none other than the Fischer-Petrosian game of 1959 where the two had four queens (two apiece) on the board ...

Crazychessplaya

Correct, Professor.

ProfessorXavier211

Thank you very much, Crazy! - Just kidding, lol!

I think the second game is between Saemisch and Nimzowitsch from 1923, a game often termed as the "Immortal Zugzwang" - Right?

Crazychessplaya

Right again!

kamuimaru

What did the last game end with? It looks interesting... (the position)

Crazychessplaya

White blundered in the last game, and eventually lost.

frazetta

#6 is Spassky-Fischer '72  game 13

kamuimaru

Oh. looks like a draw to me.

Crazychessplaya

Correct, and we're down to numbers 4 and 5...

frazetta

#4 is Kasparov-Karpov, but I don't remember which match or game without looking it up... Laughing

Crazychessplaya

Yes, 1990 WCC match... One left.

ProfessorXavier211

I had a feeling it was Kasparov-Karpov by seeing the bishop alignment Kapov adores, but I was not sure.

ProfessorXavier211

I have seen game#5 before too, but I can't remember who were playing.

ProfessorXavier211
QuantummKnight wrote:

Chessbase has all the answers! :-)

I couldn't recognize even one on my own.

Poor you! - kidding :)

frazetta

I remebered Kasparov sac'd the whole Q-side... there are no pieces missing from the fragment above; only empty squares.   (I had to go check... there is a W Bishop on c2... Embarassed)

ProfessorXavier211

But are you guys sure there was a WCC in 1990?

Crazychessplaya

Yes, the game was played in NYC on October 17th, 1990. Fourth match game.