Author: Amir Ban
Date: 23:23:32 02/06/03
[Event "X3D man-machine match"]
[Site "New York City"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "*Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "*Deep Junior 8"]
[Result "*1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6
{Enough Semi-Slav for this match}
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. a3
{We are out of book here}
10... c6 10. Qc2 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3
{All this was surprising, to say the least. Kasparov raised his eyebrows at move
10, but took the bishop without much thought. He played Kg3 derisively, looking
left and right, as if asking "Is this serious ?". I understand why: the pattern
of this sacrifice and what happens next is well-known. With black's pieces
undeveloped and no other supporting feature in black's position what is there to
consider ? and moreover, how can it succeed ? Good questions, but not the kind
that Deep Junior asks itself}
12... Qg5
{from here on all evaluations are 0.00}
13. f4
{Now Kasparov starts to think, and takes more than an hour for the next four
moves}
13... Qh5 14. Bd2 Qh2+
{14... f5 15. Rh1 Qf7 16. Rh4 is inferior}
15. Kf3 Qh4 16. Bxh7+
{The final decision, with the last hope that Deep Junior will err into 16...
Qxh7 to get an inferior endgame. The alternative is 16. g3. In the post-game
press conference said he was concerned by 16... Qh2. Junior's analysis: 16...
Qh2 17. f5 h5 [17... Qh3 18. Rh1 Nh2+ 19. Rxh2 white advantage] 18. e4 [or
18.Rae1 Nd7] dxe4 19. Bxe4 c5!
If 16. g3 Nh2+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ 18. Ke1 Qh3 19. f5 [or 19. Rg1 Nd7 =] Nd7 20. e4
dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nb6 22. Nf4 Qh2 23. Kd1 it looks like white manages to regroup and
retain some advantage, but what if 19... Rxe3 ? If 20. Rg1 Re8 or 20. f6 Nd7
black is ok, but what if 20. Nxd5 ?}
16...Kh8 17. Ng3 Nh2+ 18. Kf2
{Kasparov put on his watch here, his usual signal for "game over"}
18... Ng4+ 19. Kf3 Nh2+ {I offered a draw here. Draw agreed. This was the
shortest game yet at 2 hours, but the crowd got their money's worth} 1/2-1/2
Amir
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