Answers.Body: <p>Agadmator made a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMaTKOZG-8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">video</a> about the final game between Harmon and Borgov which I recommend you to watch. The first 37 moves of that game were identical to a game played between Ivanchuk and Wolff in 1993 Biel Interzonal.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>A blitz game in the show, between Elisabeth Harmon and Benny Watts is <a href="https://www.chessbase.in/news/The-Queens-Gambit-Episode-4-review" rel="nofollow noreferrer">copied</a> from a famous Kasparov - Van Wely encounter in Wijk an Zee 2000.</p>
  <p>Or rather, as Loek Van Wely <a href="http://facebook.com/1661440018/posts/10220864249830313/?sfnsn=scwspmo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">explained</a> himself on Facebook, did he got tricked when Kasparov used Harmon's game from 1968 in a devilish opening preparation ?</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Olimpiu G. Urcan has posted several twits about references of historical games and positions that appear in &quot;The Queen's gambit&quot;: <a href="https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan</a></p>
  <p>For example:</p>
  <p><a href="https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1321098273717825536" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1321098273717825536</a></p>
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  <p>Connoisseurs will quickly recognize a small tribute to Bobby Fischer in this very brief #TheQueensGambit scene: it's the conclusion of his crushing win over Bent Larsen from the 1958 Portorož Interzonal. Harmon's 29.d7 (instead of Fischer's 29.Bxf6) still wins, of course.</p>
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  <p><a href="https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1319653477778296832" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1319653477778296832</a></p>
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  <p>Beth Harmon's final game with Vasily Borgov, her Russian nemesis, is based on that spectacular draw between Ivanchuk and Wolff from the 1993 Biel Interzonal.</p>
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Body: <p>Throughout &quot;The Queen's Gambit&quot; (Netflix) we see games at an advanced stage (after the opening).</p>
  <p>And while the characters are fictitious, the show being set in the 1960s (Beth adult), Benny Watts (US champion) is probably Bobby Fischer, and Vasily Borgov (World champion) Tigran Petrosian.</p>
  <p>Were there any famous games (or part of) played within the show? (involving Fischer, Petrosian or any other famous player)</p>
  <p>Note: Garry Kasparov and Bruce Pandolfini were the main chess advisors.</p>
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Comments.Text: Why the downvote?
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Comments.Text: I haven't seen the show, but Vasily Borgov sounds like a Russian name to me, and Tigran Petrosian of course was Armenian. Maybe Borgov was supposed to be Vasily Smyslov, who was world champion in 1958?
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Title: In "The Queen's gambit" were there any famous games played?
ThreadText: # In "The Queen's gambit" were there any famous games played?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-27)
  
  Throughout "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix) we see games at an advanced stage (after the opening).
  
  And while the characters are fictitious, the show being set in the 1960s (Beth adult), Benny Watts (US champion) is probably Bobby Fischer, and Vasily Borgov (World champion) Tigran Petrosian.
  
  Were there any famous games (or part of) played within the show? (involving Fischer, Petrosian or any other famous player)
  
  Note: Garry Kasparov and Bruce Pandolfini were the main chess advisors.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/RVabj.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/RVabj.jpg)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/CLtAp.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/CLtAp.jpg)
  
  **Tags:** history, fischer, famous-games, film
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Why the downvote?  
  > **username_1**: I haven't seen the show, but Vasily Borgov sounds like a Russian name to me, and Tigran Petrosian of course was Armenian. Maybe Borgov was supposed to be Vasily Smyslov, who was world champion in 1958?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2020-10-28. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  Olimpiu G. Urcan has posted several twits about references of historical games and positions that appear in "The Queen's gambit": <https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan>
  
  For example:
  
  <https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1321098273717825536>
  
  > Connoisseurs will quickly recognize a small tribute to Bobby Fischer in this very brief #TheQueensGambit scene: it's the conclusion of his crushing win over Bent Larsen from the 1958 Portorož Interzonal. Harmon's 29.d7 (instead of Fischer's 29.Bxf6) still wins, of course.
  
  <https://twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/status/1319653477778296832>
  
  > Beth Harmon's final game with Vasily Borgov, her Russian nemesis, is based on that spectacular draw between Ivanchuk and Wolff from the 1993 Biel Interzonal.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-28. Score: 6
  
  Agadmator made a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMaTKOZG-8) about the final game between Harmon and Borgov which I recommend you to watch. The first 37 moves of that game were identical to a game played between Ivanchuk and Wolff in 1993 Biel Interzonal.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-07-12. Score: 2
  
  A blitz game in the show, between Elisabeth Harmon and Benny Watts is [copied](https://www.chessbase.in/news/The-Queens-Gambit-Episode-4-review) from a famous Kasparov - Van Wely encounter in Wijk an Zee 2000.
  
  Or rather, as Loek Van Wely [explained](http://facebook.com/1661440018/posts/10220864249830313/?sfnsn=scwspmo) himself on Facebook, did he got tricked when Kasparov used Harmon's game from 1968 in a devilish opening preparation ?
  
  
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