D45 Kasparov Garry (RUS) - Comp X3D Fritz New York 16.11.2003

[#]1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.¤c3 c6 5.e3 a6 Obviously, Fritz was not satisfied with results of the opening in game one. 6.c5! ¤bd7

[6...b6!? 7.cb ¤bd7 8.¥d3 c5 9.O-O ¥b7]

7.b4 a5? Well, the chess program errs already on its move seven. Perhaps, Kasparov managed to grope for one of the weak spots of his silicon opponent. Though his move 6 is not the most popular, it turns out to be an extremely efficient there. As it is well known, the chess programs are not especially strong when playing in positions with the locked pawn chains.

[7...g6 8.¥b2 ¥g7 9.¥e2 O-O 10.O-O £c7 11.£c2 ¦e8 12.e4 de 13.¤e4 ¤e4 14.£e4 ¤f6 15.£c2 ¤d5 16.a3 a5 17.ba ¦a5 18.¤d2 ¥d7 19.¤c4 ¦a7 20.¥c3 ¦ea8 21.¦ab1 ¦a4 22.¦b3 ¥c8 23.¦d1 e5 24.de ¥e6 25.¥b2 ¤f4 26.¥f1 ¥c4 27.¥c4 ¥e5 28.¦b7 £b7 29.¥e5 ¤e6 30.h4 £e7 31.¥b2 ¦a3 32.£e4 h5 33.£e5 ¢h7 34.¥e6 fe 35.¥a3 ¦a3 36.¦d6 ¦a7 37.g3 ¦c7 38.¦e6 £f7 39.¦f6 £g7 40.£d6 ¦c8 41.¦e6 ¦c7 1-0, Donner Jan Hein (NED) 2500 - Wade Robert G (ENG) 2365, Munich (Germany) 1954]

8.b5 e5

[8...¤e4 9.¤e4 de 10.¤d2 f5 11.f3 £h4 12.g3 £h6 13.£e2 ¥e7 14.¥g2 O-O 15.O-O ¤f6 16.¤c4 ¥d8 17.fe fe 18.¤d6 £g6 19.b6 ¥e7 20.¤c4 £g5 21.¥d2 e5 22.¤e5 ¥e6 23.¦f4 £h6 24.a3 g5 25.¦f2 £g7 26.¦af1 h5 27.¢h1 £h7 28.¥c3 h4 29.gh £h4 30.¤g6 £h7 31.¤f8 ¦f8 32.d5 ¤d5 33.¦f8 ¥f8 34.¥d4 ¥e7 35.£f2 £h4 36.£h4 gh 37.¥e4 ¥d8 38.¥f5 ¥f5 39.¦f5 ¤e7 40.¦f6 ¤c8 41.¦c6 1-0, Euwe Max (NED) 2670 - Alekhine Alexander A (RUS) 2700, Netherlands 1935]

9.£a4 £c7

[9...e4 10.¤d2 ¤b8 11.b6 g6 12.¤b3 ¥h6 13.¥d2 O-O 14.¥e2 ¤e8 15.O-O-O ¤d7 16.£a3 f5 17.g3 ¦f7 18.¤a4 ¥f8 19.£b2 ¥g7 20.£c2 ¤ef6 21.¦df1 ¤f8 22.¢b1 ¤e6 23.h3 ¤d7 24.¥c3 £f6 25.a3 h6 26.¢a2 £e7 27.£d2 ¥f6 28.h4 ¦g7 29.¢b2 ¦h7 30.¥d1 ¥g7 31.¦fg1 £f8 32.¢a2 ¤f6 33.¤c1 ¤g4 34.¦f1 ¥f6 35.¥a5 g5 36.hg hg 37.¦h7 ¢h7 38.¦h1 ¢g6 39.¥b4 ¥g7 40.¤c3 ¤f6 41.a4 ¢f7 42.a5 f4 43.gf gf 44.f3 ef 45.¥f3 ¤g5 46.£g2 ¤f3 47.£f3 fe 48.¤d3 ¢g8 49.£e3 ¤e4 50.¤e4 de 51.¤e5 £f5 52.¦g1 ¥e6 53.¢a3 ¥d5 54.£g3 £f6 55.¥d2 ¥f7 56.¦g2 ¥h5 57.£b3 ¥f7 58.¤f7 £f7 59.¥h6 ¦a5 60.¢b2 1-0, Muller Hans (AUT) - Herrmann Hans, Bad Elster (Germany) 1940]

10.¥a3 e4?! This alleviates the tension in the center. Did Fritz really think that White would castle kingside? 11.¤d2 ¥e7 12.b6 Now the black a5-pawn is doomed.

[12.¥e2 h5 13.b6 £d8 14.h3 ¤f8 15.O-O-O ¤e6 16.¤de4 ¤e4 17.¤e4 h4 18.¤d2 O-O 19.¦hg1 ¦e8 20.¥d3 ¥f8 21.¥b2 ¤g5 22.£c2 a4 23.a3 £e7 24.¦de1 ¤e4 25.¤f1 £g5 26.f3 ¤f6 27.¢b1 ¤h5 28.¥c3 ¥d7 29.f4 £h6 30.£f2 £f6 31.¢b2 ¥f5 32.£c2 ¥e4 33.g4 hg 34.¤g3 ¤g3 35.¦g3 ¥d3 36.£d3 ¦e4 37.¦eg1 ¦ae8 38.¦f1 £h4 39.¦fg1 ڄe6 40.£d2 f5 41.£d3 £h5 42.¥d2 g6 43.¦g5 £h3 44.ٽg3 £h2 45.¦g6 ¦g6 46.¦g6 ¢f7 47.¦g5 ¥e7 48.¦f5 ¥f6 49.¢c3 £h3 50.¦f6 ¢f6 51.£c2 £f1 52.£a4 £a1 53.¢c2 ¦e8 54.£b3 ¦a8 55.¥c1 ¦h8 56.e4 ¦h1 57.e5 ¢e7 58.£e3 £a2 59.¢c3 ¦h2 60.£d3 £a1 61.¢b3 £c1 62.f5 £b2 63.¢a4 ¦h8 0-1, Reshevsky Samuel H (USA) 2550 - Keres Paul (EST) 2615, Hague/Moscow (Netherl./Russia) 1948]

12...£d8 13.h3 O-O 14.¤b3 ¥d6 I do not know what mark this replica deserves. It is as witty as meaningless. We may only suppose that Fritz cherished hope for the next blunder from Garry. If one could ask the computer... 15.¦b1

[Naturally, 15.cd?? fails to 15...¤b6 , trapping the white queen.]

15...¥e7 It does not work... 16.¤a5 ¤b8 It seems that Fritz sets the array for a new game... 17.¥b4 £d7 18.¦b2 £e6 19.£d1 ¤fd7 It is not with the idea of f7-f5 as one might suppose. 20.a3 £h6 21.¤b3 ¥h4 Black threatens with £xe3. Fritz consequentially implements the strategy of the one-move traps.

[21...f5 22.g3 g5 23.¥g2 ¤f6]

22.£d2 It does not work again! 22...¤f6

23.¢d1 This may seem funny, but the 13th world champion demonstrates for yet another time that Mikhail Botvinnik considered him to be the best pupil not in vain. Transferring the white king to the queenside deprives Black of any counterplay, resembling a famous game Botvinnik - Ostoic, Belgrade 1969. 23...¥e6 24.¢c1 ¦d8 25.¦c2 ¤bd7 26.¢b2 ¤f8 27.a4 ¤g6 28.a5 ¤e7 29.a6 ba 30.¤a5 White plays consequentially and inexorably. The game is already done, and it is not necessary to be Kasparov to win it. 30...¦db8 31.g3 ¥g5 32.¥g2 £g6 33.¢a1 ¢h8 34.¤a2 ¥d7 35.¥c3 ¤e8 36.¤b4 ¢g8 Black waits for its destiny like a lamb. There is a lot of space for improvement in the chess program... 37.¦b1 ¥c8 38.¦a2 ¥h6 39.¥f1 £e6 40.£d1 ¤f6 41.£a4 ¥b7 42.¤b7 ¦b7 43.¤a6 £d7 44.£c2 ¢h8 45.¦b3 Perhaps, the operators get ashamed with their program's performance and they resigned. There was no limit to a gloating delight on ICC... [1:0]