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GM Kramnik – Deep Fritz(C) [E51]
12.03.2006
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 0-0 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.Rc1 Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.dxe5 Qxd1+ 13.Rxd1 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Be2 Bd7 16.c4 Re7 17.h4 Ne4 += This is a good position for Kramnik as he has the Bishop pair and control of the d file. Kramnik will have a good chance to grind down the computer with a Kingside attack. Kramnik is testing the computer again in strategic positions. So far, the computer has responded well. Let’s see if the computer can continue mounting strong defenses.
18.h5 Ba4 (I do not sense any danger for Fritz. But I suspect that Kramnik will continue to exploit his Bishop pair by opening up the Kingside.)
19.Rd3 (Fritz is doing what it supposed to. I am not sure how Kramnik will make any dent in this position. The plan is Black will push b5 eventually.)
19…b5 (Just as I expected. Fritz has to open up the Queenside for counter play. Otherwise, White will just pound the Kingside. Now, I think Kramnik has to play 20.Rd5 and try to maintain the Bishop pair. Fritz has definitely more than equalized.)
20.cxb5 Bxb5 21.Rd1 (This seems to me that Kramnik has no desire to try to play for a win in this game. Giving up one of the Bishop is a sign that he is OK with a draw in this game. Black should have no problem to get at least a draw here.)
21…Bxe2 22.Kxe2 Rb8 23.Ba1 = (I see no chance for Kramnik to win in this game. Now he has to be careful not to lose.)
23…f5 (This is a computer move. Logically speaking, if Black does not want White to play h6 then why not stop it with h6 first?)
24.Rd5 (Perhaps the computer can try 24…Rb3 now. Maybe we finally can get some excitement.)
24…Rb3 (Black gives up the f pawn for the a pawn and exploit the White King. It is still somewhat equal but certainly more exciting than a few moves earlier.)
25.Rxf5 Rxa3 26.Rb1 Re8 (The position is looking quite dangerous for Kramnik. The best equalizer for him would be to get 1 Rook off the board with 27.Re5.)
27.Rf4 (This is a more defensive move. Now Black is better and in control.)
27…Ra2+ 28.Ke1 (After 28…h6, White has not much and Black can focus on squeezing White. Kramnik will now have to earn his 1/2 point. The idea for Black now is to march up the a pawn.)
28…h6 29.Rg4 g5 30.hxg6 (Now 30…Nxf2 and Fritz maintains an edge. The problem is this game is getting tactical and humans are always at a disadvantage in tactical positions.)
30…Nxf2 31.Rh4 (This following line would lead to an even game 31…Rf8 32. Kf1 Ng4+ 33.Kg1 Ra4 =)
31…Rf8 32.Kf1 Nh3+ 33.Ke1 Nf2 34.Kf1 (I expect handshakes shortly.) 1/2
Score: Fritz 3 – Kramnik 2 with 1 game to go. Fritz will have White in the last game.
Kramnik plays against computers, Topalov plays against people in Benidorm. Long live the king Topalov!
Can someone explain the 17.h4 move? I get why it was made on its own merits, but I am particuarly curious why Kramnik didn’t exchange at f6 to give Fritz doubled f-pawns, a structural feature he was obviously able to exploit earlier in the match. Is it simply that the bishop pair is better, or that now Kramnik is indeed playing for a win?
17.Bf6 ?! would be =. Not enough pieces left to take advantage of Black’s pawn structure (no Queen’s, Knights).
20 cxb5
Here goes the bishop pair.
Gabor
i think white is losing the thread here. 0-1 prediction
I agree with jimmd… two almost unstoppable pawns + weak King in the middle of nowhere… machines have won this one. Armageddon soon? 🙂
It looks like Kramnik is heding towards time truble?!
D.K.
http://www.spiegel.de/static/chessbase/index-en.html
GM Seirawan with interesting commentary plus chat with Fritz camp…re what they were looking at in terms of computer-computer vs. computer-human
GM Kramnik – unpleasant style for chess computer
others mentioned – Fritz enjoys
http://www.spiegel.de/static/chessbase/index-en.html
interesting…mmmm…think on it
Can some one tell what would happen if the computer plays 27. Nc3??? after kramnik’s Rf4
Would 27.Te5 Ta2+ 28.Tb2 Tb2:+ 29.Lb2: Te5: 30.Le5: not have guaranteed a win for white?
Philippe – Belgium
Philippe – 27.Re5 Ra2+ 28.Rb2 Rxe5 29. Rxa2 Re7 maybe?
… nc3?
bxc3 rxc3
rb7 +-
One anon said:
Can some one tell what would happen if the computer plays 27. Nc3??? after kramnik’s Rf4
Bishop takes knight, rook takes bishop and Kramnik has the advantage. Why would have the computer do that?
Gabor (who is a very lousy chess player)
mirrorman kibitzes: fritz is cheating. he has a pocket kramnik in the toilet
One anon said:
mirrorman kibitzes: fritz is cheating. he has a pocket kramnik in the toilet
I think that toilet is going down in chess history 🙂
Gabor
@susan:
31…Rf8 32. Kf1 Nh3+ 1/2
repetition – 1/2 – 1/2
And another draw is coming.
Imagine how this will go down in chess history, if the last one won’t be won by Kramnik.
1. The computer won.
2. The word champion couldn’t even win one game.
3. The world champion lost by overlooking a mate in one.
It won’t be glorious at all.
Gabor
Susan wrote:
(I expect handshakes shortly.)
Many years ago a couple of companies made chess computers with robotic movements. One (at least) had a robotic arm which moved the pieces.
Wouldn’t it be “neat” if someone made a robotic interface to these outstanding chess computers? Perhaps in the style of Kempelen Farkas (Wolfgang von Kempelen), called The Turk (or its modern day equivalent…..say looking like Bobby Fischer 🙂
Gabor
I hope Kasparov will come out of his retirement…
kramnik is boooring
I remember watching the Japanese dancing robots. It was so cool!! Wish they could program one of those robots to make the chess moves and to make facial expressions too. It could yawn at Kramnik…tee-hee! 😀 Maybe in a few years we’ll see this.
Jose from Hammond, IN, USA
To Gabor:
I think human players would be even more affraid of computer player with a mechanical arm set-up…
Idea Reminds me of a sequences from movie “Terminator.”Brrr!
One anon said:
kramnik is boooring
Look, Kramnik had the exact same computer with the exact same program.
Maybe he already knew that he is not able to defeat the computer. In that case I (would have) understood that a draw is better than losing.
What I don’t understand that he lost one game, and unless he wins the last one, he will lose the match too. Under such circumstances it would be logical to at least try to win, even with the risk of losing another. Of course even that is not the case, if he already knew that he couldn’t take even one game from his Fritz (at home). In that case he can always say:”well….I lost because that silly mate in one, the computer didn’t play better than I did”. Just as Kasparov, up to date claims that he played better than Deep Blue.
All these will be gone in a decade, people will stop playing chess against computers.
Gabor
Yeah,
Mr. Kramnik as we know him already.
Oh Mann… Draw again.
I cant stand his play without any risk anymore.
Imagina what an aplause he would get when playing an attacking game.
Even in case of losing. No matter.
He would have prooven that he is a king.
But in fact he is just a Drawnik.
Thx
greeting from Dortmund
K.
I hope GM pulls out the mirracle with black in the last game.
I think he can win single game judging by clear advantage he achieved in one game of this match.
He will play more risky in the last game in try to equlize score. My humble opinion: Win or loose.
20.Rd5 was the move for white to play.
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Andreas
There is not such thing as playing more risky against a computer. the computer simply works off an evaluation of the position. to be more risky is to allow a bigger disadvantage. But the computer unlike a human will not give that advantage back. it will increase the advantage.
Kramnik is playing the only reasonable way of defeating the computer. Unfortunately he had a mental slip that cost the game and probably the match.
With black in the last game, Kramnik will have to struggle just to draw. a draw in the last game will be like a win for him. I think Kramnik is playing super well and he is using the best possible strategy known to man right now.
“All these will be gone in a decade, people will stop playing chess against computers.”
Funny, that’s what people said a decade ago when Deep Blue beat Kasparov.
Kramnik is probably the only player who has the strategic play to counter the computer. Except for his blunder in game 2, the match has been pretty even so far. I think Anand and Topalov both would be easy meat for this monster. Remember poor Adams and Hydra.