Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 01:00:58 11/11/00
Nov 7
Junior – Bezgodov 1/2
Bezgodov – Fritz 1/2
GM Alexei Bezgodov played inspired defense with little time on his clock and
gained a remarkable draw in game 1 against Junior. A nice queen sac by Junior
was trumped by even deeper calculation by Alexei, who gave up a piece to find a
perpetual check. He also showed how a practical GM can take the teeth out of a
supercomputer in game two. He gave up his bishop for three pawns to reach an
endgame that he drew against Fritz with few adventures. Very solid play that
shows how computer evaluation of material advantage in many positions is not GM
level!
Nov 8
Fritz – Janovsky (RUS) 1-0
Janovsky (RUS) – Junior 1/2
The computers scored first blood in the series when Deep Fritz scored a win
against GM Sergey Janovsky in a tough ending in which Black never equalized.
Deep Junior saved an ending that looked worse for black. 42.d6!? would have been
interesting.
Nov 9
Junior – S.Polgar (ISR) 1/2
S.Polgar (ISR) – Fritz 0-1
WGM Sofia Polgar took a page out of Vladimir Kramnik’s book (actually it’s the
other way around, she’s played this for a long time!) and played the Berlin
Defense against Junior in game 1. She defended an interesting endgame for the
draw. In game two it looked like Sofi got a little over-confident with her f4
break and then missed the nice ...Nf6! shot by Fritz that cost her a pawn. It
was all downhill from there.
Nov 10
Fritz – Belov (RUS) 1-0
Belov (RUS) – Junior 1/2
A typical computer win in game 1 for Fritz over IM Vladimir Belov. Human gets
crushing attacking chances, Fritz defends while grabbing a pawn or two, human
can’t find a win, computer wins. An exciting game! Did Belov miss a win? Game 2
was also typical, with Vladimir heading for the safety of the endgame against
Junior. Nobody had real winning chances in this one and a draw was the
predictable result.
PGN File:
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Deep Junior"]
[Black "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Greengard,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. b3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nc3 Rc8 15.
Bb2 Re8 16. d5 Nb8 17. b4 Bf8 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bf1 g6 21. Qxa4 Re7
22. b5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Rec7 24. Qb4 Nd7 25. Nb5 Rc5 26. Ba3 Qb6 27. Reb1 Ba6 28.
Qa4 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Rc2 30. Be2 Qc7 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Ba6 Ra8 33. Bb4 Rxf3 34. gxf3
Qd8 35. Qc6 Nf4 36. Bf1 Rc8 37. Ba5 Qg5+ 38. Kh2 Rxc6 39. dxc6 Ne6 40. cxd7 Be7
41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. Rc8 Nd4 43. Ra3 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 45. Kh1 Qf4 46. Bg2 Qh4 47.
Kg1 Ne6 48. Bd2 Bg5 49. Bb4 Be7 50. Raa8 Qg5 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kh1 Nc5 53. Bxc5
Qc1+ 54. Kh2 dxc5 55. d8=Q Bxd8 56. Rxd8 c4 57. Ra4 Qf4+ 58. Kg1 Qc1+ 59. Kh2
Qf4+ 60. Kg1 Qc1+ 61. Bf1 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Deep Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Greengard,M"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bc1
Bc5 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 d6 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. g3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Bf3 Rd8 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Kd7 24. b4 Nf5 25. Rac1 Nd4 26. Bg2 Ke7 27. Kf1
Rd7 28. Rc3 Rb8 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 Ra7 31. c5 Rxa5 32. Rd3 Nc2 33. Red1 Nxa3
34. Bxc6 Nc4 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. R1d4 Rxc5 37. Rf4+ Kg5 38. Rfxf7 Rxc6 39. Rxg7+
Kf5 40. Rgf7+ Ke5 41. Rxh7 Rb2 42. Rh5+ Kf6 43. Rd3 Kg6 44. Rh4 e5 45. Kg2 Rc2
46. Rf3 Kg7 47. Rg4+ Rg6 48. Kh3 Kh7 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rxg6+ Kxf7 51. Rc6 Ke7
52. g4 Kd7 53. Rc5 Kd6 54. Rc8 Kd5 55. Rf8 e4 56. Kg3 Rc3+ 57. Kg2 Na3 58. Rd8+
Ke5 59. Re8+ Kf4 60. h3 Nc2 61. Rf8+ Kg5 62. Rg8+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Kg7 64. Re8 Ne1+
65. Kf1 Nf3 66. Ke2 Ng1+ 67. Kf1 Rc1+ 68. Kg2 Re1 69. h4 Kf7 70. Re5 Nf3 71.
Rf5+ Ke6 72. Kg3 Ne5 73. Kf4 Nd3+ 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Kh3 Ne5 76. Rf4 Re1 77. Kg3
Ng6 78. Rf5 Rg1+ 79. Kh3 Rh1+ 80. Kg3 Rd1 81. h5 Rg1+ 82. Kh3 Ne5 83. Rf4 Kd5
84. Rf5 Kd4 85. Rf4 Kd3 86. Kh2 Rxg4 87. Rxg4 Nxg4+ 88. Kg3 Nh6 89. Kf4 Ng8 90.
Kf5 1/2-1/2
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Deep Fritz"]
[Black "Janovsky, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Ne4 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxe5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Nf3 Qc5 9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Nxd2 O-O 15. Nde4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 b6 19. Bd3 h6 20.
Nd6 Be6 21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Kf8 23. Kc2 Nd7 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Kd3
h5 27. b4 Ng4 28. f3 Ne5+ 29. Kd4 f6 30. Kc3 Rc7 31. Nd4 Ke7 32. c5 g5 33. g3
bxc5 34. bxc5 Kf7 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Ng6 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6 Nxf4 39. Nxa7
Ke6 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. a4 Kc7 42. Nb5+ Kc6 43. Nd4+ Kc7 44. a5 Ng6 45. c6 Ne5+ 46.
Kd5 Nd3 47. Nb5+ Kb8 48. c7+ Kc8 49. Kd6 1-0
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Janovsky, Sergey"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 Qc7 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Bd6 8. h3
b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rfc8 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bd1 Nh7 14. Ba4 f6 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne2 f5 17. Red1 Be7 18. Nh2 Re8 19. f3 Bh4 20. exf5 exf5 21. d4
Qd6 22. Nf1 Ng5 23. d5 Bb7 24. Nf4 Nf7 25. Nd3 Bf6 26. Re1 a5 27. Bf4 Bd4+ 28.
Kh1 Qf6 29. a4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Ba6 31. Qc2 h5 32. b3 h4 33. Qe2 Kf8 34. Ne5 Nxe5
35. Bxe5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qxe5 37. Rxe5 Re8 38. Rxe8+ Kxe8 39. f4 Kf7 40. Nd2 Kg6
41. Nf3 Kh5 42. Kg1 d6 43. Ng5 Kg6 44. Ne6 Bc8 45. Nc7 Kf7 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. g3
Bd7 48. Nb5 Bxb5 49. axb5 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kf6 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Kg3 Kg6 53. Kf3
Kf6 54. Kg3 Kf7 55. h4 1/2-1/2
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeepJunior"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 h6 11. h3 Be6 12. b3 a5 {Shay: Hello and
welcome to Deep Junior Vs. WGM Sophia Polgar !; Shay: We have an exciting game
today as it follows Kasparov Vs. Kramnik in the Berlin Defense !} 13. Ne2 a4 {
Shay: Obviously Sophia had prepared this variation against DJ perhaps for the
same reasons that Kramnik did against Kasparov; Shay: Kramnik had managed so
successfully to contain Kasparov's white piece openings; Shay: with this
variation of the Spanish opening; Shay: Reason is that this variation forces
the queens offtheboard} 14. Rb1 a3 {Shay: and the game course is quiet and
strategical; Shay: computer programs tend to excel in tactics (positions with
queens) and posses less knowledge than GMs about strategic plans} 15. Nf4 {
Shay: At this position - clearly deviating from the K-K match, DJ feels
optimistic with the score of +0.53 which is the equivalent of a half a pawn
advantage} 15... Bc5 16. g4 Ne7 {Mig: Hello everyone! This is Mig back in New
York after a long month in London where we saw this defense a lot!; Shay: DJ
eval in this position is 0.80; Shay: <17. b4 Ba7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rb3 g5 20.
Kg2 Rf8 21. c4>} 17. b4 {Shay: DJ trying to gain some space here; Mig: Sofi
played the Berlin Defense, just like Kramnik did against Kasparov!} 17... Bb6 {
Mig: And just like Kramnik's plan, the idea is to get the queens off the board
and cut down on the tactical play.; Mig: A good idea against tactical players
like Fritz, Junior, and Kasparov!; Mig: Sofia is of course the middle sister
of the famous Polgar sisters.; Mig: Her elder sister Susan now lives in the US
and was/is (depending on the politics) the women's world champion.; Mig: And
her younger sister Judit is the strongest female player in history and a
regular member of the worldtop20!} 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {Shay: This is what DJ is
thinking about; Shay: <19. Rb3 Kf7 20. c4 Rhd8 21. Rbd3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 c5>;
Shay: with an eval of +0.69} 19. Rb3 {Shay: at this position DJ is calculating
1128kN/S; Shay: which is 1 million one hundred twenty eight million positions
per second; Shay: so DJ is expecting Sophia to play Kf8; Shay: By the way, I
forgot to introduce myself, I'm Shay Bushinsky co-author of DJ; Shay: together
with Amir Ban who's not present here; Mig: The a-pawn is helpless here, as
consequence of the clever b4! by Junior.} 19... Rf8 {Shay: This experimental
version of DJ is an attempt to improve its evaluation function; Shay: it is
very different than the version that played in Dortmund Giants; Shay: We had
to do something about getting killed by the super GM chess e.g. Kramnik and
Piket; Shay: who applied innovative systems - setups against us successfully;
Mig: Sofi and her husband make a rather high-elo couple. He's GM Yona
Kosashvili.; Shay: DJ's eval dropped a bit after Sophia's Rf8: 0.62} 20. Rdd3 {
Shay: I've read Mig mentioning Yona, he's not only a strong grandmaster but
also a computer killer; Shay: he's notorious for winning the AEGO man-machine
tournament 6 wins out of 6 games against strong computer programs!; Shay: DJ
is expecting now Ra4 looking more like a computer move than a human's move;
Mig: It looks to me like DJ is going to be up a solid pawn, and black doesn't
even have the usual two-bishop advantage common in this defense.; Mig: But in
such an ugly, blocked position it may be tough for a computer to make progress
in the ending.} 20... Ng6 {
Mig: This will allow Sofi to connect her rook by lifting her king.} 21. c4 c5
22. bxc5 {Shay: ********************} 22... Bxc5 {Shay: ***********************
************; Mig: Hmm, Deep Junior appears to have fallen asleep on the * key.
; Shay: yeah just snoring; Mig: That should be the ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz key.} 23.
Rxb7 {Mig: It looks like DJ found a breakthrough. Computers don't like to win
long, slow endgames! I don't even think they know such endgames exist!; Mig:
Sofi will have white in the next game against Deep Fritz.} 23... Nh4 24. Nxh4
Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Bxh4 {Mig: tactics! Sofi counterattacks with a temporary piece
sacrifice.; Shay: so sorry for the laps I'm back with the following; Mig: But
black's pawns are still very weak.; Shay: <26. Be3 Rf7 27. Rbb3 Rd7 28. Bc1
Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ke7>; Shay: +(0.55); Shay: eval dropping +(0.44)} 26. Be3 {
Mig: Interesting, Junior refuses to grab either of the pawns on offer and
instead develops a piece! Probably afraidofRf2+} 26... Rf7 {
Shay: <26... Rf7 27. c5 Rd7 28. Rc3 c6 29. Rb6 Rc7 30. Bf2 Bg5>} 27. c5 {
Shay: +(0.44)} 27... Rd7 28. Rdb3 {Shay: <28... Ra6 29. Kf3 Rf7+ 30. Ke2 Bg3
31. Bd4 Bh4 32. Rd3>; Shay: +(0.26); Mig: This has turned into a very sharp
endgame. Sofi is going to have to work hard to hold the position together.;
Mig: Junior's evaluation has dropped to almost even, but that's because it
expects Black to play like it would!} 28... Bd8 {Mig: over-protection! The
weakest point in the black position is the c7 pawn so Sofia cracks down.; Mig:
If she defends all the obvious weak points it is very possible that Junior
won't be able to find a plan.} 29. c6 {Shay: <29. c6 Rd1 30. Rc3 Ra5 31. Kg3
Rxe5>; Shay: +(0.50); Mig: That's the biggest weakness computer have versus
humans in my opinion. Inability to plan for the long term in endgames.} 29...
Rd1 30. Rc3 {Mig: A human might see a two vs. one pawn race on 20 or 30 moves
down the line, but the computer has to calculate it all.} 30... Ra5 31. Rb8 {
Mig: Sofi has finally activated a piece! She was threatening Ra1 so Junior
prepares to put its rook on c2 to defend.; Mig: A pin on the bishop. Bb6! is a
strong threat.; Shay: <31... Rad5 32. Kf3 Rxe5 33. Bf4 Rf1+ 34. Kg3 Ree1 35.
Be3>; Mig: Then if cxb6 the pawn advanced to c7, winning!; Shay: +(0.36)} 31...
Kf7 {Mig: Stepping out of the pin hastily!; Shay: <32. Rc5 Ra4 33. Kf3 Bg5 34.
Bxg5 hxg5>; Shay: +(0.26); Shay: Search depth here is 18 (9 moves look ahead
in extensions)} 32. Bc5 {
Shay: <32... Bh4 33. Rc2 Kg6 34. Rb7 Bd8>; Shay: +(0.37); Shay: 1279 KN/S}
32... Kg6 33. Rc2 Rd5 34. Bd6 {Mig: Ouch! that's the same sacrifice we looked
at before, but here it's on d6 instead of b6!; Mig: But really it's just a
pretty way to exchange bishops.; Shay: <34... cxd6 35. Rxd8 Rdc5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5
37. Rxd6 Rc2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2>; Shay: only +(0.24) !!!; Mig: After pawn takes d6
and rook takes d8, Sofi can grab the c-file with her rook and black is still
okay. But it's always a shock to see a move like that!} 34... cxd6 35. Rxd8
Rac5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 {Mig: There is always a psychological impact when facing
"computer moves" even when they aren't winning ones.} 37. Rxd6 {Mig: 10-15 tes
after this game finishes Sofi will have white against Deep Fritz!; Mig: Fritz
beat GM Janovsky yesterday to put the computers into the lead in the series
with one win and three draws.} 37... Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Rxe6+ Kf7 {
Shay: <39. Rxe6+ Kf7 40. c7>; Shay: +0.22} 40. c7 Rc2 41. Ra6 Rxc7 {
Shay: <41. Ra6 Rxc7 42. Rxa3 Ke6>; Shay: +0.19} 42. Rxa3 {
Shay: <42. Rxa3 Ke6 43. Kh4 Kxe5 44. g5 Rc5>} 42... Ke6 43. Kh4 Kxe5 {
Mig: Okay Sofia!; Shay: <43. Kh4 Kxe5 44. Kh5>; Shay: =0.20} 44. Kh5 {
Frederic: Hi guys, just got home. Sofi found a way out, it seems!} 44... Kf4
45. Ra4+ {Mig: Welcome to Frederic Friedel, one of the directors of ChessBase,
which publishes Fritz and Junior! He's home in Hamburg, Germany.; Frederic:
Hallo allerseits, hier ist Frederic Friedel von ChessBase in Hamburg. Sophie
Polgar scheint, die Partie gerettet zu haben.; Mig: You may as well speak
English here Fred! What has been the ChessBase opinion of its progeny so far
in the Human-Machine series?; Mig: We'll tell everyone that we have German
commentary tomorrow if you want to come in again. It would be great.} 45... Ke5
46. Kg6 {Frederic: It is interesting that people are learning how to survive
the tactics with long-term strategic saves.; Frederic: Sure, I can be there
tomorrow in German.} 46... Rb7 47. h4 Rc7 {Mig: Up to you, but you aren't
getting paid for it! Especially with Fritz and Junior winning the series so
far!} 48. Rb4 {Mig: White can't win the g-pawn without losing its own pawns,
so this is a draw.} 48... Ra7 {Frederic: All I'm asking for, and that ain't
much, is a recount!; Mig: Sofi just has to move her rook back and forth and
Junior can't make progress.} 49. h5 {
Mig: Yeah, Bush was so annoyed that he demanded a refill!} 49... Rc7 50. Kh7 {
Frederic: The game is a dead draw, Junior should admit it.; Mig: ???????? Oops,
mouse slip!!; Mig: I demand a retraction!! And a draw!; Frederic: The lead is
down to 795!; Mig: By the rule of "no demonstrable progress". It looks like
Sofi has a slippery mouse, one of the dangers of online chess!; Frederic: The
game is a draw. Ah, the retraction is there...; Mig: Good sportsmanship from
Junior and its operator, but the public would not have stood for that!;
Frederic: Okay, seems like the game is over.; Shay: we had a mouse slip by
Sofi so we paused the game andtookback} 50... Kf6 51. Rb6+ Kf7 52. Ra6 Rb7 53.
Rg6 Kf8 54. Rc6 Kf7 55. Ra6 Rc7 {Game drawn by mutual agreement} 1/2-1/2
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Deep Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
{Mig: Are we ready to roll? Let's see if Sofia can mark the first win for the
human in the Challenge Series! Yallah!} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2
O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 c6 {Mig: For a while at least, both players are in
book! Sofia playing from years of experience and Junior playing from years of
human experience recorded onto a massive hard-drive.} 7. d4 {Shay: out of the
opening book - Fritz using Junior's opening book departed early; Shay: <7...
exd4 8. Qxd4 d5 9. cxd5>; Shay: = 0.22; Shay: <7... d6>; Shay: =(0.22)} 7... d6
8. Be2 {Shay: <8... Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 Qe7 11. Qd2 Rfd8>; Shay: =0.0} 8...
Bf5 9. b3 {Mig: Hmm, Fritzy thinks it's already equalized, but I'm not so sure.
; Shay: <9... Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. b4>} 9... Nbd7 {
Shay: 0.12} 10. Bb2 {Mig: Sofia has a "normal" opening advantage in a
semi-closed position. A little more space. But certainly no real advantage.;
Shay: <10... Qe7 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Qd2 exd4 13. exd4 Ne4>; Shay: =0.12; Shay:
<10... Qb6> 0.0} 10... Qc7 11. O-O {Shay: <11... Rfe8 12. Rc1 a6 13. b4 b6 14.
Qd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4>; Shay: =0.0; Shay:} 11... Rfe8 {Mig: Black has a very
solid position here, the question is whether or not Sofia will play for a win
against the machine or be happy with another draw.; Mig: The tendency so far
in the series is for the players to not risk too much against the ChessBase
monsters!; Mig: So far there have been four draws and one win by Fritz against
GM Janovsky.} 12. b4 Nb6 {
Mig: Sofi follows a general rule: when your opponent lets you, grab some space!
} 13. dxe5 {Mig: A strong human would probably have tried to counteract
white's expansion with a pawn push on the queenside, but computer usually
prefer to play with their pieces.} 13... dxe5 14. Qb3 Be6 {Frederic: Hello,
anyone home?; Mig: Fritz focuses on the weak c4 pawn. The position is about
equal.; Frederic: White is 19/100ths of a pawn up.; Mig: White still has her
small advantage in queenside space. If the rooks all come off on the open
d-file not much is going to happen!; Mig: Perhaps Sofi could use her bishop
pair in that case, but the e5 pawn is annoying.; Mig: I worked with Sofi our
Herzlia office for seven months while we were designing the site. She learned
web design very quickly!; Frederic: The question is which rook moves to the
d-file on the next move?} 15. Na4 {Mig: Now she's spending a lot of time
making KCU multimedia lessons. Hers are some of the most popular.; Mig: Sofi
moves to grab the c5 square made available because the black knight is
blocking the b-pawn.} 15... Nbd7 {Mig: 12...Nb6 looked superficial, as I said
at the time. Now maybe Nfd7?; Mig: Aha! Fritz admits its mistake!; Mig: Now b5
is a threat because the c4 pawn is pinned by the bishop.; Mig: When we asked
Sofia to play against the killer machines she said, "Oh great, what did I ever
do to you?!"} 16. Qc2 {
Mig: But she's more than holding her own here, as you can see.} 16... Bg4 {
Mig: Players have adapted to the computer style over time and in a 60-min game
they can do quite well.; Mig: Deep Junior mauled top GMs Illescas and even
top-10 Michael Adams at this time control, but GMs learn from their peers'
experiences!} 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 {Frederic: Sophia is quite a killer herself --
cute and gentle as anything off the board, a chainsaw killer over it.; Mig:
I'm really looking forward to seeing GM Boris Alterman face the programs in a
few days, Frederic.; Frederic: Remember Rome, many years ago, where she scored
the highest performance ever in the history of chess.; Mig: He works with the
programmers to tune Junior and its book and knows all of the program's tricks.
Plus he was 2600+ when he was active.; Frederic: Boris Alterman is a problem,
he understands the machine extremely well.; Mig: He will be a serious test for
the programs.; Frederic: Sophie will play 18.e4.} 18. h3 {Mig: That's what
your Fritz is recommending, but it's a passive move in the long term. Solid,
but passive.; Frederic: Dang!; Mig: Right!; Mig: The e4 square might be a nice
home for the white knight, and she wants to keep the position a little more
open for her bishop.; Mig: But e4 might be required by white at some point if
she can't prevent the same move by black.} 18... Ngf6 {Mig: If Fritz can play .
..e4, then e5 is a great square for its knight.; Frederic: No more prediction
(except that she's going to play a rook to d1)} 19. c5 {Frederic: No more
predictions!; Mig: Frederic, give it up! Aren't you the one who said Nader was
going to win the election?; Mig: No more predictions from you.; Frederic: The
next election in the US we are sending UN observers...} 19... Red8 {Frederic: M
ig, the position is fairly open (good for Fritz) but fairly solid (good for
Sophia).; Frederic: Is Sophia sitting in the office of KC? Is Deep Fritz in
the same room?} 20. Rad1 Nf8 21. f4 Rxd1 22. Qxd1 Rd8 {Mig: White grabs some
more space, just like we talked about.; Frederic: Is 23.Bxe5 possible?!
Probably not.; Mig: They are both in the Herzlia office, Fred. But not in the
same room.} 23. Qa1 N6d7 {Frederic: That's good. Then Fritz can hum.; Frederic:
Fritz played instantly because it was expecting Qa1 and had already calculated
a reply.; Frederic: My Deep still thinks White is slightly better.} 24. Rd1 {
Frederic:} 24... exf4 {
Mig: Okay, things are getting tactical now. The g7 pawn is under fire.} 25.
Bxg7 fxe3 26. Rd6 {Mig: That's usually nto a problem for Sofi Polgar, her
tactical skills are still sharp even though she doesn't play too much these
days.; Frederic: Oops, that may not have been good...; Frederic: Now 26...e2;
Mig: She's expecting a baby next month, which could explain things...; Mig: ...
e2 looks very strong. Maybe she should have kept the rook back to defend.}
26... e2 27. Bh6 {Frederic: That pawn on e2 is going to be troublesome.; Mig:
Threatening mate in one, but I think Fritz will notice!; Frederic: Omygod, we
forgot the mate detect code!; Mig: Frederic Friedel is here commentating from
Hamburg, Germany. He is one of the directors of ChessBase, the company that
publishes Fritz and Junior.; Frederic: 27...Nf6, but will Fritz see it?; Shay:
<27... Nf6 28. Nc3 Rxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. Nxe2 N8d7>with a pawn up for black;
Shay: -0.78} 27... Nf6 {Mig: Right, the c-pawn will be lost. Still good
drawing chances for Sofi, though.; Frederic: Fritz say: Hallo Kolleague from
Israel. What do you think of these humans?; Shay: Humans are usually nice
people to para George W. Bush Frederic :); Frederic: Fritz: I think I'm going
to eat a pawn on d6...; Frederic: Fritz: Humans are great, but they are so
sloooooooow.; Mig: You can actually buy Fritz and Junior from the ChessBase
store here at KC. Along with ChessBase 8 all the pros use this software.; Mig:
But I'm sure Sofi isn't too happy with it right now!; Shay: yes Sophia played
a very good game but missed the nasty Nf6!; Mig: If Qxf6 threatening mate,
then e1Q+ Kh2 Ne6 kills the threats and wins.; Frederic: Who's annotating with
DJ? Shay? Boris?; Mig: And if rook takes knight, then Rd1+ wins immediately.;
Shay: Shay here; Frederic: Fritz: Obviously! Simple tactics.; Frederic: Hi
Shay, I hear the beastie has four 500 MHz processors.; Shay: eval now -0.76
(this is Deep Fritz's eval); Shay: That is correct Frederic!; Frederic: Can
you give us a node count?; Mig: (That's how many positions per second for you
normal people out there.); Shay: Node count is 1222KNpSecond; Frederic: That's
one point two million positions per second, folks!; Shay: It means Deep Fritz
can count the Florida vote in 6 seconds!; Frederic: And get it right!} 28. Qe1
{Mig: Hey now, just because the US education system eliminated counting from
the curriculum a few years ago...; Frederic: You know that 99.99999% of
everything Fritz looks at is JUNK. That's the way programs work.; Mig: Hmm, it
looks like this could get messy. Nc3 looked essential.; Shay: It does require
that the humans sign their votes correctly on the form} 28... Rxd6 29. cxd6 {
Mig: Now the pawn is lost anyway, but the knight is still in limbo on a4.;
Shay: <29... Qxd6 30. Qxe2 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 Ne6 32. Nb2 Qd6+>; Shay: -0.91} 29...
Qxd6 30. Qxe2 {Shay: Fritz sees very little compensation for the extra pawn it
posses; Mig: A solid pawn advantage for Fritzy. Can it convert the point?; Mig:
Having a bishop is a little compensation with pawns on both sides of the board.
; Frederic: With queens on the board it should normally be a wizz.; Shay: to
Fritz's advantage the board is open for its queen; Mig: And we've seen the
machines be vulnerable in endgames. But with queens still on it looks tough
for Sofi.; Shay: Hey Frederic stop thinking what I'm thinking; Mig: You guys
both think like your programs, that's the problem!} 30... Qd4+ {Frederic: But
you know I've seen plays of this caliber do incredible things. Look at the
first round, with two miracle saves.} 31. Kh2 Ne6 {Shay: <30... Qd4+ 31. Kh2
Ne6 32. Nb2 Qd6+>; Shay: -0.88; Frederic: Another problem dear Sophia has is
the two knights. Fritz will keep threatening 13-move forks.; Mig: You can also
watch the Human-Machine games in the KC Playing Zone if you like to chat with
other spectators.; Mig: Yes, years ago GM Bent Larsen said that if you take
the knights off the board the computers drop 200 points in strength!; Shay:
Yona Kosashvili the computer killer kibitzes here Qe3; Mig: It's just that for
a human, the knight move is not geometrical and it's harder to visualize than
bishops and rooks.; Frederic: One of the problems humans face is that these
monsters keep threatening minor tactics EVERY single move of a game.; Shay:
Not that he would play it against a human but exchanging the queens here would
help his wife!; Mig: But for computers, seeing a seven-move knight combination
is no problem.; Frederic: And for computers the knight is the easiest piece
(nothing can block it).} 32. Nc5 {Frederic: When the first computer program
was written to play chess, in Los Alamos about 50 years ago, they did it for a
6x6 board. They left out the bishops, because they were so hard.} 32... Nxc5 {
Frederic: Poor Sophie, it's all over (after Nc5)} 33. bxc5 {Mig: Sofi realizes
that she has good chances of forcing a perpetual check draw if she can
distract the black pieces away from the king. Fritz might not realize that...;
Shay: <33... Qxc5 34. Qf3 Qe5+ 35. Bf4 Qe4 36. Qg3+ Qg6>; Frederic: Deep Fritz
has routines to detect that (theoretically)...; Mig: As we saw in the game 1.1
with GM Bezgodov, that sort of repetition draw can be easily missed by a
computer. That was Junior though. Fritz is different?} 33... Qxc5 {Shay: -+1.63
; Mig: Hmm, I don't see much real compensation, but black's open king gives
humanity hope!; Frederic: My program is going down 14 ply, with 35-ply
extensions, and seeing no perpetuals.; Shay: This is very psychological -
Sophie felt too confident and played f4 for the initiative; Shay: then she
blundered the Nf6 which can happen to every human; Frederic: Yeah, it's a
shame. People have to avoid daring, attractive moves against computers.;
Frederic: In Dortmund the world's top players were not playing anti-computer
chess, they were playing anti-chess. That got them 50% against the machine.
Not pretty, but effective!} 34. g3 {Shay: well, to be honest, it wasn't bad to
play for the initiative but need to play with 7 eyes} 34... Qh5 {Shay: -+ 1.97}
35. Qxh5 Nxh5 36. g4 {Frederic: Fritz: Kolleague DJ, I think too 1.97
precisely; Mig: Nice shot by Fritz. The Queen exchange was forced and now it's
pretty much over.; Shay: <35. Qxh5 Nxh5 36. g4 Nf6 37. Kg3 Ne4+>; Mig: If
Sofia had played Qd2 then Ng4+! won.} 36... Nf6 {
Shay: <36... Nf6 37. Kg3 Nd5 38. Kf3 f6 39. Ke4>} 37. Kg3 {Shay: -+2.2} 37...
Nd5 {Frederic: Poor Sophia, she's going down fast.} 38. Kf3 f6 {
Frederic: Fritz: 2.16 I think, Kolleague DJ} 39. Ke4 {
Shay: <38. Kf3 f6 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Bd2 Ke6 41. Be1 b5 42. h4>; Shay: -+2.38}
39... Kf7 40. Bd2 {
Shay: <40... Ke6 41. Kd4 f5 42. gxf5+ Kxf5 43. Kc5 Nf6 44. Kc4>} 40... Ke6 {
Shay: -+2.59} 41. h4 {
Mig: We'll see if it can find a winning line. Darn machines.} 41... c5 {
Shay: -3.00} 42. a4 {
Frederic: Fritz: Why "darn", Mig? You vill be punished for that.} 42... Nb6 {
Shay: <42... Nb6 43. a5 Nc4 44. Bc3>} 43. a5 {Shay: -3.31; Mig: I'm rooting
for the humans, of course! You'd better watch it or I'll add myself to the
player list and make your machines look silly!} 43... Nc4 44. Bc3 {
Frederic: Fritz: Mig, ve meet over the board, okay?} 44... b5 {Shay: <44... b5
45. axb6 axb6 46. Kf4 b5>; Shay: -3.41; Mig: I'll stomp it to pieces.} 45. a6 {
Shay: <45. axb6 axb6 46. Be1 Ne5 47. g5 f5+>; Frederic: This is really bad for
Sophie.; Shay: -4.31; Mig: Care to put your money where your processors are,
Fred?} 45... b4 {Mig: Ouch. The b-pawn rolls all the way home. A tough loss
for Sofi. She was a good sport to play with so many other things on her mind
these days!; Frederic: Any time, any place, Mig.} 46. Be1 Ne5 {Frederic: BTW
there's a guy named Graham Laight watching and rooting for Fritz. Hi Graham!}
47. g5 f5+ 48. Ke3 {Shay: Junior will come back Grahm!} 48... f4+ 49. Ke4 f3 {
Mig: Oh the humanity.} 50. h5 {Shay: <50. h5 f2>} 50... b3 {Mig: Stampede!;
Shay: -11; Frederic: 10 pawns.; Mig: Time for Sofi to sneak up and pull
Fritz's plug.; Frederic: 12 pawns. It's over. {Sophia Polgar resigned} 0-1
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Deep Fritz"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 Rf7 {Shay:} 13. c5 g5 14. Bc4 {
Shay: Hello from Israel where we monitor the playing program and try to give
you the evaluations live; Shay: <14... dxc5 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Qb3 Qg6 17. Bxc5
Nc6 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7>; Shay: 0.91; Shay: We have an exciting game here where
Deep Fritz thinks it is winning after the opening!; Shay: Vladimir Belov is a
young International Master; Shay: he resides in Moscow,Russia} 14... Bf8 {
Shay: At this position DeepFritz is calculating 784,000 positions per second;
Shay: <15. Qa4> ! with +1.00eval} 15. Qa4 {Shay: <15. Qa4 b6 16. c6 a6 17. Rc1
Ng6 18. Nd3 Bg7>0.93; Frederic: Hello everybody, here is Frederic Friedel from
ChessBase in Germany.; Frederic: Hallo allerseits, hier ist Frederic Friedel
von ChessBase in Deutschland.} 15... Rg7 {Shay: <15... b6 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. cxb6
cxb6 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. Nd3 g4 20. Ne1 a6>0.94; Frederic: Nach 15 Zuegen sieht
sich Deep Fritz bereits mit knapp einem Bauern in Fuehrung.; Shay: <16. c6
bxc6 17. dxc6+ Kh8 18. b4 Nf6 19. b5 g4 20. Bh4 Ng6>1.00} 16. Rc1 {Shay: <16...
a6 17. b4 g4 18. Bh4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Bg4 20. Qc2 a5 21. b5 Rb8 22. c6 bxc6>0.94;
Shay: <16... a6 17. b4 Nf6 18. b5 g4 19. bxa6 gxf3 20. Nxf3 bxa6 21. Rb1 Ng6
22. c6 Ng4>0.91} 16... Kh8 17. Be2 {Shay: <17. Be2 dxc5 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. Nxc5
Nd6 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Bd7 22. Nxd7>1.06; Frederic: It looks as though the
young Russian GM wants to launch a kingside assault. But doesn't he need more
pieces?; Shay: <17... dxc5 18. Nd3 Ng6 19. Nxc5 Nd6 20. Rc2 b6 21. Na6 Qf6 22.
Nb5 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 Qd6>1.00} 17... Ng8 {Shay: <18. c6 Ne7 19. cxb7 Bxb7 20. Ba6
Qb8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nd3 g4 23. fxg4 Rxg4>1.25} 18. c6 {
Frederic: Now probably 18.c6} 18... b6 {Frederic: Belov is trying to close the
position and then maneuver for a kingside attack.; Shay: <19. Ba6 Bxa6 20.
Qxa6 g4 21. fxg4 Rxg4 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. b4 Qf6 24. Qb7 Qd8>1.19; Frederic: We
have seen this kind of thing in recent tournaments, with devastating effect.;
Frederic: Fritz thinks it's 1.22 pawns ahead.; Shay: <19. Ba6 Bxa6 20. Qxa6
Nh6 21. h3 Be7 22. Qb7 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. Nd3 Nf7>1.19; Frederic: Deep Blue
also sees White in the lead.} 19. Ba6 {Frederic: Any humans out there
watching? Mig? Shay?; Shay: <19... Bxa6 20. Qxa6 Nh6 21. Rc2 g4 22. fxg4 Nxg4
23. Nf3 Nxf2 24. Rcxf2 Be7 25. Qd3 Bh4>1.16} 19... Bxa6 20. Qxa6 h5 {Frederic:
Okay, the GM strategy is clear. Both sides are going to maneuver behind the
locked pawns, only one side is going to understand the long-term implications.;
Frederic: Will this be one of those memorable games?; Shay: <21. Ra1 g4 22.
fxg4 hxg4 23. a4 Qc8 24. Qd3 Ngf6 25. a5>1.53; Frederic: Fritz does not appear
to smell the danger?!} 21. Nb5 {Shay: <21. Ra1 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. a4 Rh7 24.
a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Qg5 26. Qb7 Qd8>1.34; Shay: <21... h4 22. h3 Qc8 23. Qxc8
Rxc8 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. Nd3 Ngf6 26. a3 a6 27. b3 Be7>1.41; Frederic: Deep Junior
neither. Both computers are busy on the queenside.; Frederic: I would be
terrified of the kingside pawns bearing down on me, but hey, Fritz is much
stronger than me...; Shay: <21... h4 22. h3 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc4 a6 25.
Nc3 b5 26. Rb4 Ngf6 27. a4 Rb8>1.60; Frederic: Now Fritz expects 21...g4, and
its value is slowly going down (1.19)} 21... Nef6 {Frederic: Analysis by Deep
Fritz: 21...g4 22.fxg4 hxg4 23.Rc3 Rh7 24.Nc2 Ngf6 25.Rc4 Qc8 (1.19) Depth: 14/
42 00:02:04 59397kN; Shay: <22. Rc4 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. a3 g4 26.
Bh4 a6 27. b3>1.47; Shay: <22. Rc4 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. b3 a6 26.
Nc3 Be7 27. a3 g4>1.63; Frederic: Analysis by Deep Fritz: 22.Rc4 Qc8 23.Qxc8
Rxc8 24.Ra4 Ra8 25.Ra6 (1.47) Depth: 14/33 00:00:24 11564kN} 22. Rc4 {
Frederic: Both computers want to go after the a7 pawn. I think Fritz may be
humiliated by the young Russian GM.; Frederic: Mathias Feist, the programmer
of Deep Fritz, says the position is not bad for White.; Shay: <22... Qc8 23.
Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra4 g4 25. Kh1 gxf3 26. gxf3 a5 27. Nxc7 Rgxc7 28. Bxb6 Rg7>1..
56; Frederic: He thinks Fritz has achieved one important goal, to neutralise
the most dangerous piece, the black bishop on f8.} 22... g4 {Frederic: Correcti
on: the most dangerous attacking piece was the bishop on c8 (which is now gone.
} 23. Ra4 {Shay: <23. Ra4 Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Kh1 Ra8 26. Ra6 g3 27. hxg3
fxg3>; Shay: <23... Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Kh1 gxf3 26. gxf3 a5 27. Nxc7 Rgxc7
28. Bxb6 Rg7 29. Rxa5 Ne7>1.59; Frederic: The white queen can get back in two
moves (Nxa7 + Qe2); Frederic: Mathias Feist: He's doing that well. He's using
long-term plans which Fritz does not understand.; Frederic: Mathias: Sigh!;
Shay: <23... Qc8 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Kh1 Ra8 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Nxa7 g3 28. hxg3
fxg3 29. Be3 Rf7>1.38; Frederic: The question is why do Fritz and Junior think
the position is so good for White?; Frederic: One reason is that White has
lots of "good" pawns, and Black has only "bad" ones.} 23... Nh7 {
Shay: <24. fxg4 hxg4 25. Nxa7 Ng5 26. Qc4 Rh7 27. Nb5 Rxa4 28. Qxa4>1.41} 24.
fxg4 hxg4 25. Nc3 {Frederic: Shay, are you giving the lines of Deep Junior or
Deep Fritz??; Shay: <25... Ng5 26. Qe2 f3 27. Qd3>1.13; Shay: <25... Ng5 26.
Qe2 f3 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Qd3 Nxe4+ 29. Kh1 Nxf2+ 30. Rxf2 Nh6 31. Nxf3 Be7>1.
03; Frederic: After 25...g3 Fritz will defend everything with 26.Nf3.} 25... g3
{Frederic: I mean after the pawn exchange 28.Sf3} 26. hxg3 fxg3 {Shay: <26.
3 fxg3 27. Be3 Rg6 28. Nf3 Bh6 29. Bxh6 Rxh6 30. Ne2 Rg6 31. Qb7 Nhf6>1.66} 27.
Be3 {Shay: <27. Be3 Rg6 28. Nb5 Bh6 29. Ra3 Bxe3+ 30. Rxe3>1.63; Frederic:
Analysis by Deep Fritz: 27...Rg6 28.Nf3 Bh6 29.Bxh6 Nxh6 30.Nb5 (1.69) Depth:
12/33} 27... Qh4 28. Nf3 Qh5 {Frederic: The key defensive move is 28.Nf3.} 29.
Ne2 {Frederic: Now it's make or break for Black.} 29... Be7 30. Bd2 {Shay: <30.
Bd2 Ng5 31. Nxg3 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxg3 33. Rxg3 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxd2 35. Qb7 Rf8>;
Shay: 1.34} 30... Rf8 {Frederic: Black has stopped threatening to threaten
something, he is now actually threatening something; Shay: <31. Be1 Bh4 32.
Ra3 Ngf6 33. Qd3 a5 34. Ra4 Ng5 35. Nxh4 Qxh4>} 31. Qd3 {Frederic: WOW:
Analysis by Deep Fritz: 31.Be1 Qh2+ 32.Nxh2 gxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Rxf1 34.Ng3 Rxe1 35.
Nf5 +/- (0.84); Frederic: So 31.Qd3 was necessary.; Frederic: Fritz is really
walking the edge...} 31... Rg4 32. Be1 Qg6 33. Rxa7 {
Shay: <33. Rxa7 Nhf6 34. Rxc7 Nxe4 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Bg5>2.41} 33... Bd8 {
Frederic: Make or break it is for Black. He must get the white king or go down
trying.} 34. Nd2 {
Shay: <34. Nd2 Ngf6 35. Nxg3 Rg8 36. Rf3 Nh5 37. Ra8 Ng5 38. Re3 Nf4>2.22}
34... Ngf6 35. Nxg3 Rg8 {
Shay: <36. Rf3 Nh5 37. Ndf1 Nxg3 38. Rxg3 Qxe4 39. Qxe4 Rxe4 40. Bf2 Rxg3>1.63}
36. Rf5 Ng5 {
Shay: <36... Rxg3 37. Bxg3 Qxg3 38. Qxg3 Rxg3 39. Kf2 Rg8 40. a4>1.78} 37. Ra4
Nh5 {Frederic: This is extremely dangerous for Belov, who has less than six
minutes left. The position is too complex.} 38. Nxh5 {Frederic: Queen has to
recapture, then Fritz wants to stroll his king over to the queenside.} 38...
Qxh5 39. Kf1 {Shay: <38... Qxh5 39. Kf1 Rxg2 40. Kxg2 Qd1 41. Bg3 Qxa4 42. a3
Qd1 43. Qe3 Qg4>; Frederic: Ah, Fritz sees a rook sac for Black; Frederic:
Rook takes g2!?} 39... Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Rxg2+ {Frederic: Anyway, the king has
walked over to the queenside. Black has a pawn less, no real compensation and
just three minutes left.} 41. Kd1 Rg1 42. Qe2 {Frederic: Analysis by Deep
Fritz: 42...Kg7 43.Ra8 Kg6 44.Rf2 Nh3 45.Rf3 Rxe1+ +- (1.87)} 42... Rg2 43. Rf1
{Shay: <43. Rf1 Qh2 44. Rf2 Rxf2 45. Bxf2 Rf8 46. Be3 Qxe2+ 47. Kxe2>1.81}
43... Qh2 {Frederic: Now Fritz is going to win.} 44. Qd3 Rg1 {Frederic: Belov
should have spent a few more moves threatening, before he opened up the
position.; Frederic: Black has no attack, just problems, problems, problems.;
Shay: <45. Ra3 Rg2 46. Kc1 Kg7 47. Qc4 Rg1 48. Ra8 Qh1 49. Rxg1 Qxg1>2.31} 45.
Rxg1 Qxg1 46. Qe2 Qh1 {Frederic: This game should be studied. I'm convinced
that Black was winning (against a computer) at some point.} 47. Ra3 {
Frederic: Fritz has ten times more time than the opponent.} 47... Nh7 {
Frederic: Moving in for the kill.} 48. Ra8 Nf6 49. Kc2 Qh7 50. Qd3 Nh5 51. Bf2
Nf4 {Frederic: Why is Fritz playing so quickly?} 52. Qb3 Qh5 {
Frederic: Belov has half a minute left, he has to blitz.} 53. Qc4 Bg5 54. Rxg8+
Kxg8 55. Bxb6 {Shay: 2.44} 55... Qh2 56. Bxc7 {Shay: 4.19} 56... Ne2 {
Frederic: It's over.} 57. Bxd6 Nd4+ {Shay: 6.97} 58. Qxd4 {VBelov resigned} 1-0
[Event "KasparovChess Human-Machine Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.11.07"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Kxd1 g6 {
Shay: We are in the Kasparov-Kramnik nightmare again; Shay: Sorry a repeat of
Adams-Deep Junior in Dortmund; Shay: Then it ended in a draw where Adams had a
difficult time} 14. Kc1 Bg7 {
Shay: <15. h4 b5 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Kd7 19. a4>-0.19} 15. Rd1 {
Shay: <15... g5 16. Bg3 Re8 17. h4 Bxa2 18. b3 gxh4 19. Bxh4 Ng6 20. Nf5 Nxh4
21. Nxg7 Rxe4>-0.43} 15... g5 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {Shay: <18. f4 h5 19.
h4 g4 20. f5>-0.35; Shay: <18. f4 Bd7 19. f5 Bc6 20. Nc3 Nc8 21. Nc4 Kd7 22.
Nd5 Nd6>-0.07; Frederic: Hello everybody, here is Frederic Friedel from
ChessBase in Hamburg.; Frederic: Belov has decided to play a different
strategy against Deep Junior: keep the position simple, avoid dangerous
tactics, rely on superior human strategic understanding.} 18. f4 Bd7 {
Frederic: I've been studying the previous game against Fritz. I'm convinced
Belov could have won that one.} 19. f5 {Shay: <19. h4 h6 20. f5 Bc6 21. Nc3
Nc8 22. hxg5 hxg5>0.00; Shay: <19... h5 20. h4 Bc6 21. hxg5>-0.18; Frederic:
Greetings to Graham Laight who once again has been rooting for Fritz.} 19... h5
{Frederic: Deep Fritz sees a 0.34 advantage for Belov} 20. c4 {Frederic: I can
feel 20...h4 coming; Shay: <20... h4 21. Bf2 Nc8 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nc3 Bc6 24.
Ned5 b6>-0.17} 20... h4 {Shay: <20... h4 21. Bf2 Nc6 22. Ng4 Be8 23. Bxc5 Bh5
24. h3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe2 26. Ng4 Bxc4 27. Bd4 Ke7>-0.17; Frederic: And come it
did. After 21.Bf2 Fritz thinks White has a small positional advantage.} 21. Be1
{Shay: <21... Nc8 22. Nc3 Nd6 23. b3 Bc6>-0.13; Shay: <21... Nc8 22. Kd2 Bc6
23. Nc3 Nd6 24. Kd3>-0.29} 21... Be8 22. Kc2 {Shay: <22... Kd7 23. g3 Nc6 24.
gxh4 Nd4+ 25. Kd3 Nf3 26. Bc3 gxh4 27. Nd5>-0.14} 22... Kd7 23. Kd3 {Shay: <23.
.. Nc6 24. Bc3 Nb4+ 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. g3 Kd6 27. Nd5 c5 28. gxh4 gxh4>-0.14;
Frederic: This is the kind of position in which humans can out-manoeuvre
computers. Deep Fritz thinks White has half a pawn advantage.} 23... b5 {
Frederic: Deep Fritz is a new ChessBase program which runs on up to eight
processors. My machine has just one, but DF is hitting around half a million
positions per second on it.} 24. b3 {Shay: <24... b4 25. g3 Nc6 26. gxh4 Ne5+
27. Kd2 Nf3+ 28. Kd1 gxh4 29. Nf4 c6 30. Ng6 Bh6>0.02} 24... b4 {Frederic: Anal
ysis by Deep Fritz T29a: 25.g3 hxg3 26.Bxg3 Bh5 27.Ng1 c6 28.h4 gxh4 29.Bxh4
Nc8 30.Nc2 a5 +/= (0.47) Depth: 14/31 00:00:22} 25. h3 {
Shay: <25... Nc6 26. Ng4 Bh5 27. e5 Nxe5+ 28. Nxe5+ fxe5>-0.27} 25... Nc6 {
Frederic: Graham, post your assessment of the current game and I'll cross-post
it here.; Frederic: Sorry for the sparse commentary, this game is competing
with the recount in Florida.} 26. Bf2 {Shay: <26... Kd6 27. Kd2 Bh5 28. g4>-0.
10; Frederic: Deep Fritz now thinks the game is about equal. Both programs
agree on this.} 26... Kd6 27. Bg1 {
Shay: <27... Ne5+ 28. Kc2 Bc6 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 c6>-0.12} 27... Ne5+ {
Frederic: Fritz: +0.38 for Belov. Florida: +327 for Dubya} 28. Kd2 Bc6 29. Nd5
{Frederic: Fritz did not like the last two white moves (-0.13), but I trust
Belov's instincts more than the 0.5 billion positions Fritz has analyzed} 29...
Bxd5 {Frederic: We can learn a lesson by watching which way Belov will
recapture. Fritz thinks with the e-pawn} 30. exd5 c6 {
Frederic: E-pawn it was...} 31. dxc6 Kxc6 32. Bh2 Nf7 33. Ke3 Bf8 {
Shay: <34. Kf3 Bd6 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. g4 hxg3 37. Nxg3 Kd7 38. Ke3>-0.16} 34.
Kf3 a5 35. Nc1 {Frederic: Fritz has been expecting each of the last four or
five moves. There is some strategy here that both it and Belov are following.}
35... Bd6 36. Bg1 {Frederic: Black seems to be making more progress than White.
} 36... Ne5+ 37. Ke4 {Frederic: 37...a4 is coming.} 37... a4 {
Frederic: Mathias Feist says this is a dead draw.} 38. Nd3 {Frederic: Black
has no way to penetrate.; Shay: <38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Kxd3 a3 40. Bf2 Bh2 41. Ke3
Bf4+ 42. Kf3>-0.11} 38... Nxd3 39. Kxd3 {
Frederic: The black bishop cannot touch the white pawns.} 39... a3 40. Ke4 {
Frederic: Here's a simple draw for White: The wK goes back to e4, the white
bishop moves around and does nothing.} 40... Be7 41. Bf2 {
Frederic: Probably Belov will now offer a draw, and DJ will accept.} 41... Bf8
{Frederic: Fritz calls the position 0.00. Mathias Feist says 0.00001.} 42. Be3
{Frederic: Okay, he followed our suggestion and offered a draw.; Frederic: DJ,
accept!} 42... Bd6 43. Bf2 {Frederic: Mathias has corrected to 0.00; Frederic:
Hey, DJ, accept the draw. This ain't Florida. {Game drawn by mutual agreement}
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