Author: Tanya Deborah
Date: 23:42:16 04/24/01
Here is a little interview about * Kramnik-Junior 6 game * in the past Dortmund GM tournament in where Kramnik beat Junior in a very easy way. Please read this : ChessBase: Did you prepare for today’s game? Kramnik: Yes, it was generally my plan to get the computer into time trouble so it would blunder something... CB: And seriously? Kramnik: Okay, I played some training games with Fritz, and I tried all kinds of setups, because to go for the main lines against the computer makes no sense at all – you simply forget something and the computer never does this at all. That is why you have to find an interesting setup where the computer can go wrong. I tried several different things and finally decided that this setup is the best: Stonewall, 1.d4 d5 2.e3 and then the computer always plays 2...Nf6 and after 3.Bd3 it is very good that the computer plays 3...e6. It is okay but it gives you very pleasant type of play against the computer. Then you go 4.f4 and finally you get what you want. I tried several setups, as I already mentioned, but in this setup the computer was doing extremely badly. In one training game I mated the computer very similar to this, even faster. I think in 25 moves. CB: So actually you got what you wanted in the first four moves. Kramnik: That’s not the end of the story. I didn’t get any advantage out of the opening, maybe my position was even slightly worse, but I was happy with it, because it is exactly the position you need to get against the computer. The objective evaluation doesn’t really matter so much. I expected the computer to go wrong at some point and it did so. 13...g6 and 15...Nxd2 were very bad. But it was very natural. In fact when I was backstage during the game I mentioned to Piket that I think the computer will play Nxd2 at some point, because this is an aweful positional move. And finally in two or three move the computer took on d2. I simply understand the mentality of the computer and that is why I am so successful. ******************** The Interview is very CLEAR. I think, that the program that play against Kramnik in October will need to have more than a Super fast computer. I think that it will be very good to make a Special opening book to avoid some unknown openings that Kramnik will have prepare for the machine. A new opening book-with some help by GrandMasters to know how to play better against the best Anti computer technique by Kramnik. Kramnik will know very good the program and he will prepare for a secure win. I wish that the program can show to us a very good chess in October, and also I will not like to see Kramnik winning almost all the games. Kramnik is very dangerous!!! with a copy of the program three months before!! Please, we need to make something to avoid the disaster! Tanya Deborah.
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