Final Position: Radjabov vs. Deep Junior
Radjabov, T (2729) – DEEP JUNIOR [D43]
Man-Machine Florence ITA (1), 03.12.2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Rh6 14.Qc1 Nh7 15.f4 Be7 16.Qe3 0-0-0 17.Rad1 f6 18.fxg5 fxe5 19.gxh6 exd4 20.Qg3 Qe8 21.Qg7 Rd7 22.Rf7 Ng5 23.Rxe7 Qxe7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rxd4 Rh7 26.h4 Nf7 27.Bxh5 Ne5 28.Be2 c5 29.Rd1 Bc6 30.g4 b4 31.Nb1 Rxh6 32.h5 Rh8 33.Kf2 Bxe4 34.g5 Bd3 35.h6 Bh7 36.Rg1 Rd8 37.Bh5 Ng6 38.Bxg6 Bxg6 39.Rh1 Kd7 40.Nd2 c3 41.bxc3 bxc3 42.Nc4 c2 43.Ne3 Ke7 44.h7 Rh8 45.Ke2 Be4 0-1
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There are not a lot of player that style of play can match those of computers…
IMHO:Kramnik is amongst the rare ones to play some good chess versus cyber-monster.
that illustrates, what i am saying …:
only a Kramnik
(with his style, with his deficiencies, with his strengths, with his “boringness”, with his endgame skills, with his patience, with his chess brilliancy, etc. pp.)
can withstand an up to date chess software …
we humans are heading south …
Radjabov chose wrong play with 15.f4. i believe white had a decent position but must play on queenside or maybe even immediate 15. d5!? after he chose wrong plan the complications favored black.
Susan
It would be nice if you could give the FEN of the ending position.
I think vohaul is incorrect. I think kramnik plays not to lose and is quite satisfied with a draw.
I believe many of the top super gm’s could equally play fearful of losing and just play a solid drawing line that leads to drawn endgames.
However I feel most players besides kramnik actually try to win, which always risks losing.
I’d rather watch Radjabow lose, trying to win, than watch kramnik draw, trying not to lose.
Since human beings create both the hardware and software for these incredibly powerful chess programs, isn’t it really a case of humans ultimately defeating humans? After all a computer can’t do anything without being programmed.
A very interesting match between man and machine!!!
But I think that Radjabov didn’t choose the right way to play.
A very complicated variation that computer can hold better than humans.
But not false blunders as in the match of Kramnik.