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[#]1.¤f3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 e6 5.e3 ¤bd7 6.£c2 ¥d6 7.g4 Kasparov has already played so against computer and noticed that the chess programs had some problems with reacting adequately to this advance. Apparently, Kasparov gropes after the computer's weak points. 7...¥b4 On the top level, it was Kramnik who implemented this move for the first time, when playing against Gelfand (Berlin 1996), and scored a convincing victory. Opposing White's flanking strategy, Black fights for the central squares. 8.¥d2 £e7 9.¦g1 Gelfand played 9.a3?! that actually was a grist into Black's mill - he wants to exchange on c3 anyway. 9...¥c3 10.¥c3 ¤e4 11.O-O-O Oddly enough, this natural move seems to be a novelty. Only 11.¥d3 happened previously. 11...£f6 It is a 'purely computer' move aimed at winning a pawn that a 'protein' player would hardly have dared to capture. 12.¥e2 (in contrast to 12.¥g2, White does not interpose the g-file) 12...¤f2 13.¦df1 ¤e4 [White gets nothing with 14.¤e5 , since after 14...£g5 White cannot capture on f7: 15.¤f7 (or 15.¦f7 £e3) 15...£e3 16.¢b1 O-O] 14...c5 The only move - Black cannot survive without castling. 15.cd ed [Definitely, 15...cb 16.£e4 does not suit Black.] 16.dc £e7 It is all in the same 'silicon' spirit. The machine does not know what fear is; it plays any position without the emotions, taking into account only concrete variations. 17.¤d4 O-O Some annotators added an exclamation mark to this move, pointing out that the quality of play of the 'cyborg' player grew significantly - it sacrificed the exchange! One should note however that Black has no other possibilities. It was rather so that Fritz calculated the position until the checkmate. 18.¤f5 £e5 19.c6 [GM Shipov (www.worldchessrating.com) suggested 19.¥d3 as a more justified practically continuation aimed at exchanging the black knight outpost in the center on e4.] It is possible to accept this suggestion only partially. It seems to us that the prevailing majority of the grandmasters would have captured the exchange, which is a more natural and, perhaps, stronger continuation. 19...bc 20.¥f8 ¢f8 21.¤g3! ¤dc5 22.¤e4 ¤e4 23.¥d3 ¥e6 24.¥e4 de 25.¦f4 ¥d5 [Deserving attention is 25...¥a2 , though teaching a computer how to defend itself seems rather a thankless occupation.] 26.£c5 ¢g8 27.¦gf1 Perhaps, this is aimed at expelling the black queen from the center - White threatens with ¦xf7. 27...¦b8 28.ٽf2 £c7 29.¦c2 £d7 30.h4 Perhaps, White should not give away an important pawn covering his king. Kasparov underestimated Black's next move most probably. [The continuations 30.b3; or 30.¦d2 seem quite plausible for White.] [After the immediate 30...¥a2 , White obtains a winning endgame by 31.£c6 £d8 32.£c7] 31.g5 ¥a2 32.¦e4 £d3 Black seems to obtain sufficient counterplay. 33.¦d4 £e3 34.¦cd2 £e1 35.¦d1 £e3 36.ٽd2 £g1 37.¦d1 , with draw that cannot be considered an unsatisfactory outcome for White in the given position. [1/2:1/2] |
