What was the game? January 1st, 2009
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A Very Happy New Year from the ChessBase Team

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Position after White's ninth move. What was the game?

The 2008 series of puzzles would not be complete without a ‘proof game’, a puzzle in which you are told the position at a certain point in a game and you then have to reconstruct the game. It is required that the moves are all legal, but they don’t have to be sensible. The diagram position is symmetrical, but how is it possible to reach it in the required number of moves?

Problems selected and annotated by John Nunn. The solutions to all puzzles will be published in the second week of January. Readers may now send in solutions and comments. Please use the feedback form by clicking the link on the left of this page.

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