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Garry Kasparov vs X3D Fritz (Computer)
"On the Fritz" (game of the day Dec-07-2008)
Man - Machine World Chess Championship (2003), New York Athletic Club, Manhattan, rd 3, Nov-16
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Meran Variation (D45)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 7...b6 = +0.11 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.92 (22 ply)better is 9.Be2 e4 10.Nd2 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rb1 Nb8 13.h3 Be6 ⩲ +0.95 (27 ply)= +0.28 (26 ply)better is 12.Rb1 O-O 13.Be2 Re8 14.O-O Nf8 15.Qd1 Bf5 16.Na4 N6d7 ⩲ +0.72 (25 ply)= +0.01 (25 ply) after 12...Qb8 13.Be2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Bxf3 Be6 16.O-O Ng6 better is 13.Be2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 Bf5 16.Nh4 Be6 17.O-O N8d7 = +0.46 (22 ply)= -0.26 (22 ply)better is 18.Be2 Re8 19.O-O Qf5 20.Qc2 Qg6 21.Kh1 Na6 22.a3 h6 ⩲ +0.94 (27 ply)better is 18...Na6 19.a3 h6 20.Be2 Qf5 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 = +0.44 (22 ply)better is 19.Ne2 Nfd7 20.Qd1 Nxb6 21.Bc3 N6d7 22.Nxb7 Qf6 23.Nf4 ⩲ +1.13 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (21 ply) after 19...Na6 20.a3 Re8 21.Be2 Qf5 22.O-O Qg5 23.Kh1 Nd7 better is 20...Re8 21.Be2 Qg6 22.O-O Nf6 23.Kh2 Qg5 24.Ra2 h6 ⩲ +0.64 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.22 (22 ply)better is 22...Na6 23.Ne2 Re8 24.Bc3 Nf8 25.g3 Bf6 26.Bg2 Ne6 ⩲ +0.69 (24 ply) 23.g3 Bg5 24.h4 Ng4 25.Bh3 Be7 26.Ne2 g6 27.Nf4 Qg7 ⩲ +1.31 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.53 (24 ply) after 23...Na6 24.g3 Bg5 25.Kc2 Re8 26.Kb1 Nd7 27.Ba5 Be7 better is 24...Na6 25.g3 Bg5 26.Ba5 Nb8 27.Kb1 Qg6 28.Ne2 h5 29.Qe1 ⩲ +0.57 (24 ply) 25.a4 Na6 26.Ba3 Nd7 27.a5 Be7 28.Kb1 Nab8 29.Ra2 Nf8 ⩲ +1.31 (25 ply) 25...Na6 26.g3 Bg5 27.Ba5 g6 28.Ne2 Qg7 29.g4 Qh6 30.Bg2 ⩲ +0.51 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.35 (26 ply) after 26.a4 Bg5 27.Kb1 Nb8 28.Qe1 Re8 29.Be2 Nfd7 30.a5 Na6 better is 26...Nb8 27.a4 Na6 28.Ba3 Nd7 29.Qe1 Re8 30.a5 Nab8 ⩲ +0.90 (27 ply) ⩲ +1.42 (25 ply) after 27.g3 Bg5 28.a4 N6d7 29.Qd1 Nb8 30.a5 Na6 31.Ba3 Nd7 27...N6d7 28.a5 Nb8 29.Qd1 Na6 30.Ba3 Nd7 31.g3 Be7 32.f4 ⩲ +1.10 (27 ply) ± +2.12 (28 ply) after 28.g3 Bg5 29.a5 Ne7 30.a6 bxa6 31.Rc1 Rdb8 32.Ra1 Nd7 better is 32.Rc1 Qg6 33.Be2 Nd7 34.Na4 f5 35.Qd1 Nf6 36.Qg1 h5 ± +2.30 (28 ply) ± +1.67 (27 ply) after 32...Nd7 33.Na4 Nf8 34.h4 Bf6 35.Bf1 Bg4 36.Be2 Qh5 better is 33.Qe1 Nd7 34.Bf1 f5 35.Be2 Qe8 36.Kb1 Nf6 37.Ra2 Qd7 ± +2.11 (28 ply) ± +1.53 (24 ply) after 33...h5 34.Bf1 Nh7 35.Kb1 h4 36.Ne2 Bd7 37.Nf4 Qf6 38.Be2 34...h5 35.Bc3 Nd7 36.Rb1 h4 37.Qe2 hxg3 38.fxg3 Bh6 ± +1.92 (23 ply)+- +2.68 (28 ply) 36...Nc8 37.b7 Ra7 38.bxc8=Q Rxc8 39.Ra2 Nc7 40.h4 Bd8 ± +2.33 (28 ply)better is 37.Qe2 Nf5 38.Rb1 Ned6 39.Nbxc6 Nb5 40.Nxb8 Rxb8 41.Rb3 +- +4.06 (25 ply)+- +2.61 (26 ply)45...Rg8 46.Rba3 Qf5 47.Nb4 Nd7 48.Ra7 Rxa7 49.Rxa7 Qe6 +- +3.36 (23 ply)1-0

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Dec-07-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  sleepyirv: It's too bad computers don't know shame or Fritz might have given up chess after this.
Dec-07-08  SuperPatzer77: Holy Toledo!!! This computer (X3D Fritz) has finally resigned to a human being like Gary Kasparov. I thought almost all the chess computers would refuse to resign - LOL.

Bravo, Kasparov!! Kasparov must have smiled at this computer because it resigns. Naturally, it is not premature. Kasparov creates powerful pressure on the Queen side.

SuperPatzer77

Dec-07-08  SuperPatzer77: <lefthandsketch: in response to argishti- no, this is the greatest anti-computer game ever: Rybka v.s. Hikaru Nakamura 2008- six underpromotions and mate with 5 bishops. >

<Lefthandsketch> Yeah, it is very interesting. I want to mention to you: Crafty (Computer) vs Hikaru Nakamura - ICC Blitz 2007 with five underpromotions and mate with six knights.

It is awesome, <Lefthandsketch>, right?

SuperPatzer77

Dec-07-08  Once: <SuperPatzer77: I thought almost all the chess computers would refuse to resign - LOL.>

More likely Fritz's operators decided that they had seen enough and resigned on behalf of the computer.

Modern chess software can be made to resign early, later or never. Just tweak the settings.

Dec-07-08  Marmot PFL: No point in resigning here. Even the best human can blunder.
Dec-07-08  lefthandsketch: super patzer- I wanted to list that one too- I think it is something nakamura likes to do in blitz games with computers to further humiliate them. In any case, it's hilarious anti-computer absurdity.
Dec-07-08  SuperPatzer77: <Lefthandsketch> Yeah, that's awfully hilarious below:

White King represents the British investigator Ichabod Crane. Six Black Knights represent the six headless horsemen in the scary town of Sleepy Hollow, England. LOL

That's what I wrote in the game between Crafty (White) and Hikaru Nakamura (Black) - a hilarious commentary.

SuperPatzer77

Dec-07-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: Perhaps the computer got dispirited.
Dec-07-08  WhiteRook48: How can the computer resign?
Dec-07-08  tatarch: This game was featured live in its entirety on ESPN-- the title of the program was "Man vs. Machine." ESPN tried to do move-by-move color commentary throughout, like you would hear for other sporting events. I remember thinking how hokey it sounded, since none of the commentators really understood what Kasparov was doing anyway.
Jan-12-09  jovack: game would have been much better if the computer was forced to play to the end.

It's a computer, what does it care if it's going to lose eventually.

Feb-25-09  WhiteRook48: why not 45. h4?
Apr-13-09  WhiteRook48: computers can't resign!
Apr-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  CalvinT: Kasparov made it look way too easy! I remember watching these games back ESPN, if only K could have one the match.
Apr-28-09  Udit Narayan: Garry playing anti-computer chess FTW!!!
Jun-27-09  suplexer: Mr Kasparov dished out a well deserved life sentence on the machine known as 'fritz x 3d'
Jul-06-09  WhiteRook48: 14...Bd6?!!?!?!?!??
Aug-04-09  Colonel Mortimer: It's all about sending a Black trooper to f4 and getting a pawn break going on there - now how do you translate that into binary?
Feb-10-10  aazqua: Poor silicon beast. This is the perfect anti computer game. Lock up the position, maneuver on the wings, take 20 moves to line your pieces up and then poor salt water on the poor things circuits.
Feb-21-10  JohnstownChess: I dont have the skill to beat computers..so usually what i like to do is give myself odds..like take away its queen a rook and both bishops...damn i suck...
Apr-18-10  SoundWave: Man 1 - Computer 0..take that Fritz! It didn' stand a chance against King Kasparov.
Nov-02-12  Patanjali: Does anyone know when Fritz was out of book? was it after 6. c5 or 7. b4 ?
Jun-01-14  mdt: @WhiteRook48 if 15.cxd6 Nxb6 traps Q
Nov-01-14  kia0708: b r i l l i a n t
Oct-02-15  DarthStapler: Why do people say computers can't resign? It's easy to program them to do so if the evaluation of their position falls below a certain number.
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