Author: Chris Carson
Date: 05:04:24 01/29/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 01:36:37, Amir Ban wrote:
>[Event "X3D Man-Machine match"]
>[Site "New York City"]
>[Date "2003.01.28"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Deep Junior 8"]
>[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[Opening "Sicilian: Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
>[ECO "B42"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
>
>{The Paulsen is a minor surprise. What does Kasparov have in store for us now ?}
>
>3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4
>
>{But this is a counter surprise for Kasparov, who did not seem happy after this.
>He never planned to play the kind of game this leads to}
>
>7... Nc6 8.Nc3
>
>{First move out of book. Junior shows a negligible advantage, but Boris Alterman
>is happy}
>
>8... d6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3
>
>{Shay was operating, and I was in the adjoining room with Alterman, Levy and
>others. The masters didn't like Deep Junior's last two moves, preferring 10.Kh1
>and 11.f4}
>
>11... e5
>
>{I went downstairs at the public hall here, where Ashley & Seirawan dragged me
>onstage and asked for questions from the crowd. A kid asked "Can't you play Nd5
>now ?". I was non-commital, pleading ignorance of chess. Nd5 is a novelty}
>
>12. Nd5 a5 13. Rc1
>
>{Nice move, drawing one of Kasparov's famous frowns}
>
>13... a4 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Qh5
>
>{As if someone asked "now what?", Deep Junior answers. f4 and c5 are threatened.
>Kasparov's next move stops both}
>
>16... Ne6 17. Rc3
>
>{The move 17.g3 appeared in Deep Junior's mainline for a long time. Alterman and
>I were watching and immediately liked it, cheering the monitor to move now, but
>Junior had to change its mind}
>
>17... Nc5 18. Bc2 Nxd5
>
>{Tough choice now. 19. exd5 f5 black becomes active. 19. cxd5 and draw is the
>best result to hope for}
>
>19. exd5 g6
>
>{Isn't f5 better ?}
>
>20. Qh6 f5 21. Ra3 Qf6
>
>{If there is luck in chess (and there is), this move represents it. Deep Junior
>was pondering 21... e4 and it was seeing that 22. b4 leads to real trouble (no
>draw here, it loses), and switched to 22. Bb1.
>
>Kasparov's much vaunted Qf6 appears to be inferior to an immediate e4. For one
>thing, it commits the queen, instead of keeping the options of Qb6 or Qa5. After
>Qf6, Junior sees trouble from b4, but not half as after e4, so it sticks to it.
>
>Furthermore, 21... Qf6 allows 22. Nf3 e4 23. Ng5 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. b4 axb3
>26. Rxa7 bxc2 27. Rc1 h6 28. Ne6+ Bxe6 29. dxe6 and black has to fight for a
>draw.
>
>Interesting to take note of the reactions of the two masters in the room while
>waiting Junior was working out the fallout of b4: Boris Alterman gloomily said
>that b4 is a "must" move, whatever the consequences, while David Levy
>immediately said it will be a mistake and suggested Nf3.}
>
>22. b4
>
>{After a long think, no switch. Are we in for it now ?}
>
>22... axb3 23. Rxa7 bxc2 24. Rc1 e4 25. Rxc2 Qa1+
>
>{After the game Kasparov blamed this move, and said f4 wins. He repeated this at
>the press conference minutes later. However, half an hour later a member of his
>team told Shay that they analyzed f4 and found it is a draw (25... f4 26.h3)}
>
>26. Nf1 f4
>
>{Funny how you can misplace a queen on h6 and a rook on the 7th rank}
>
>27. Ra8 e3 28. fxe3 fxe3 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxc8+ Kf7
>
>{Kasparov offered draw and we accepted. Kasaprov said that in his calculations
>before 25... Qa1+ he calculated after here 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Re2 Ne4 33. Rxe3 Nd2
>but now missed the saving 34.Re6+!
>
>Stunning tactical ability by Kasparov (remember Kramnik dropping a piece?), and
>an all-around high-class game}
>1/2-1/2
>
>Amir
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