[2 GAMES YG SAMA PERSIS LANGKAHNYA!] – Most chess people say that when playing chess, we WILL NOT PLAY WITH THE EXACT SAME START, POSITIONS AND MOVES!

In fact, it’s very difficult to find 2 games that have exactly the same steps (especially those with more than 20 steps) – especially those played by Grandmasters! – Is there really nothing the same?

In the 2017 Mega Database which contains around 7 Million Games, I just found 2 GAMES played by Grandmasters which were played EXACTLY THE SAME STEPS! – Here’s the STEPS NOTATION – Only this is still under 20 steps! – Please friends, SHARE if there are SAME IDENTICAL STEPS above 20 steps. 🙂

Ivanchuk,Vasily (2715) – Carlsen,Magnus (2862) [D38]
Tata Steel-A Wijk aan Zee 77th (10th), 21.01.2015
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 ½-½

Topalov,Veselin (2798) – Anand,Vishwanathan (2804) [D38]
3rd Norwegian Chess Stavanger (9th), 25.06.2015
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 ½-½

It turns out that these 15 GAMES have the SAME STEPS (OR SIMILAR TO REVERSING THE SEQUENCE OF THE INITIAL STEPS) – up to the 18th step like the GAME above! – WOW!!

Roiz, Michael (2605) – Adams, Michael (2735) [D38]
Gibraltar Takes Gibraltar (4), 26.01.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.Bb5 Bd5 ½-½

Ivanchuk,Vasily (2715) – Carlsen,Magnus (2862) [D38]
Tata Steel-A Wijk aan Zee 77th (10th), 21.01.2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 ½-½

Bordovsky,Vladimir (2340) – Voitovich,Vladislav (2321) [D38]
Lvov Maksym Yusupov 3rd Lvov Memorial (1), 03/06/2015

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.Bb5 Bd5 ½-½

Topalov,Veselin (2798) – Anand,Vishwanathan (2804) [D38]
3rd Norwegian Chess Stavanger (9th), 25.06.2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 ½-½

Egri, Laszlo Jr (2161) – Grimm, Gyorgy (2122) [D38]
HUN-ch U18 Balatonlelle (5), 22.06.2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 ½-½

Steinrimsson, Hedinn (2559) – Hammer, Jon Ludvig (2683) [D38]
ISL-chT 1516 Reykjavik (3.4), 26 September 2015

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.Bb5 ½-½

Yilmazyerli, Mert (2438) – Firat, Burak (2452) [D38]
Turkish Cup Manavgat Manavgat (8), 04.02.2016

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 ½-½

Swayams, Mishra (2470) – Khalifman, Alexander (2624) [D38]
Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th Moscow (2), 02.03.2016

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 ½-½

Goganov,Aleksey (2600) – Wojtaszek,Radoslaw (2722) [D38]
17th EU-ch Gjakova (9), 21.05.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 ½-½

Kempinski, Robert (2615) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2729) [D38]
POL-chT Poland (9.1), 9 October 2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 ½-½

Gozzoli, Yannick (2573) – Cornette, Matthieu (2581) [D38]
FRA-ch 91st Agent (6), 18.08.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 ½-½

Stefansson, Hannes (2574) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2736) [D38]
Baku ol (Men) 42nd Baku (10.1), 12.09.2016

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.Bb5 ½-½

Ruck,Robert (2566) – Hracek,Zbynek (2594) [D38]
25th CRO-chT1A Sibenik (5.5), 12-10-2016

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 ½-½

Rezan, Sasa (2443) – Brkic, Ante (2579) [D38]
25th CRO-chT1B Sibenik (5.1), 12-10-2016

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 ½-½

Jere, Daniel (2364) – Van Rensburg, Ryan Pierre (2209) [D38]
Cape Town Cape Town Chess Lounge (4), 29.11.2016

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qb3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxc6 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bc4 Bc6 17.Bb5 Bd5 18.Bc4 Bc6 19.Bb5 Bd5 20.Qa3 ½-½