[Event "Man vs Machine"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 {After the drawn match between Kramnik,V vs Deep Fritz it will be very
interesting to see how top grandmaster Gary Kasparov will do against the
improved version of world computer chess champion Deep Junior (Utzinger,K) The
first game was played under the human's command. Kasparov demonstrated better
opening preparation. With precise moves White took control over the center.
Junior's attempt to intercept the initiative with an exchange sacrifice merely
precipitated the machine's defeat. The human made several excellent
prophylactic moves, opened the position and forced exchanges. This was a great
start for the match (Shipov,A)} 1... d5 2. c4 {In a sense, this is a surprise.
Garry invariably starts with the king pawn when facing humans . Playing with
the computer he decided to try closed openings. Judging from the first game,
Kasparov is incredibly strong in all the openings! (Shipov,A)} 2... c6 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 {This is the initial position of the Meran variation
of the Slav Defense (Shipov,A)} 6. Qc2 {With this prudent move White turns
into the system called "Anti-Meran". The main path here is 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 followed by tons of variations. With the move made White is trying to save
a tempo. Capturing on c4 in this situation would be a concession on Black's
part (Shipov,A)} 6... Bd6 7. g4 {Kasparov,G as chosen a sharp opening which
seems to be dangerous against a strong computer program. / Kasparaov,G hat
eine scharfe Eroeffnung gewaehlt, was gegen ein starkes Computerprogramm als
gefaehrlich gilt (Utzinger,K) Huh ? What's this ? I've never seen such a move
in a queen's pawn opening (Amir Ban) Wow! The first moves could have misled
some spectators. They might have thought that Kasparov was trying to set up a
calm maneuvering position. Nothing of the kind! Garry opted for the sharpest,
the most irrational line of the Anti-Meran. White's g-pawn is trying to oust
the f6-knight, which is the most important piece among those fighting for the
center in Black's army. If Black captures on g4, White will get some pressure
along the g-file. It is well known that all new ideas are merely forgotten old
ones. However, this line with 7.g4!? had never been tested in tournament
practice untill the early 1990s. Great masters of the past never thought of
playing such sharp moves in closed openings. Interestingly enough, nobody else
but Garry Kasparov himself took a hand in exploring this line. He has
successfully played this variation on both sides. Other chess players followed
his example (Shipov,A)} 7... dxc4 {Book move. Okay! Boris is on top of this
(Amir Ban) Black clears the d5-square for the knight's retreat. On 7...Nxg4
White has the strong response 8.Rg1. If 7...0-0 then 8.g5 Nh5 9.Bd2! followed
by castling long. White is prepared to launch an attack both in the center and
on the kingside. The most popular continuation for Black in this position is 7.
..Bb4. Black is ready to trade his bishop in order to secure the excellent
e4-square for his knight. No doubt Garry has some secret weapon in each of
these lines...(Shipov,A)} 8. Bxc4 {This is nice. The White bishop did not have
to make any intermidiate stops and captured on c4 with one move (Shipov,A)}
8... b6 {Last book move of Deep Junior / Letzter Buchzug von Deep Junior
(Utzinger,K) Last move out of book, and probably not the best one. This line
didn't figure in our preparations and Junior is playing randomly out of the
general book (Amir Ban) Although I am not a great expert in this opening, this
move looks dubious to me. Indeed, Black has no time to arrange his pieces
properly. White's active play forced the machine to take some counter-measures.
The b7-b6 move makes sense only in one matter-of-principle line. However,
Junior did not venture upon it! I think this was the main reason behind the
computer's inglorious defeat. Other Black options look more logical. With 8...
b5 on any retreat of the white bishop Black transfers his knight to d5.
Another reasonable continuation is 8...Nd5: the black knight takes a central
square, asking White's g-pawn: "What are you doing on g4?". Finally there is
the move 8...e5: Black opens the center and the diagonal for its light-squared
bishop. By the way, on 9.g5 the knight can jump into the center with 9...Nd5 -
White's double capture on d5 gives Black a good initiative for the pawn
(Shipov,A)} 9. e4 {
White is threatening the fork e4-e5. How should Black react? (Shipov,A)} 9...
e5 {First move out of book, and Junior went deep for 25 minutes. A minor panic
occurred when the screens went black. We almost rebooted before someone asked
how long it was since any input was made, and we realized power saving was
done for the monitors, and solved the "problem" by moving the mouse. Deep
Junior didn't like the position at all, scoring it around 0.70. It never got
any better. The alternative is Bb7 with great complications. Junior spent a
lot of time dismissing the lunatic c5 (Amir Ban) This is an illogical,
inconsistent response. The moves b7-b6 and e6-e5 are from different plans!
After the move made, Black's pieces lose coordination. The main idea of this
variation is based on the unprotected position of the f3-knight. Black can
take advantage of it with 9...Bb7 10.e5 c5! In order to find the right path in
the following crazy complications, a really powerful computer is needed. For
example: 11.Be2 cxd4 12.exf6 dxc3 13.fxg7 Rg8 14.Qxh7 Nf6 15.Qh6 Bxf3 16.Bxf3
Be5 17.0-0 cxb2 18.Bxb2 Bxb2 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Bxa8 Nxg4 and Black obtained good
counterplay for the exchange (Inarkiev - Grachev/St.Petersburg/2001). Another
line goes 11.exf6 Bxf3 12.fxg7 Rg8 13.Qxh7 Nf6 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.Bg5 cxd4 16.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 17.Ne4+ Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Qc7 and leads to a balanced position,
Barsov-Reefat, Calcutta 2001. What would Kasparov have played in case of 9...
Bb7? I am afraid he won't answer this question at the press conference. Play
this line against him in a tournament game and you will find out! (Shipov,A)}
10. g5 {White is throwing the knight out of the center and getting a clear
advantage (Shipov,A)} 10... Nh5 {On 10...Ng4 White has the strong reply 11.d5!
with the idea of 11...Bc5 12.h3! Nxf2 13.Rh2 and the Black knight can't get
back. In case of 10...exd4 11.Nxd4 the weakness of the c6-pawn tells against
Black (Shipov,A)} 11. Be3 {
White is about to complete his development (Shipov,A)} 11... O-O {The chess pro
gram does not fear White's kingside attack. A human would most probably have
decided to castle long side. / Das Schachprogramm fuerchtet den Koenigsangriff
nicht. Ein Mensch haette wahrscheinlich eher die lange Rochade angestrebt
(Utzinger,K) One way or another, Black should evacuate his king from the
center. In the line 11...exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Be2 Black can't protect the
h5-knight with 13...Ng4 due to the elegant blow 14.e5! and White emerges a
piece up (Shipov,A)} 12. O-O-O {(!) White is castling on the opposite wing,
which inevitably leads to a shap position. With the kings on opposite wings, a
calm life is out of the question for both kings (Shipov,A)} 12... Qc7 {
Black played this move in this position's previous history. In my opinion the
move 12...Qe7!? is no worse. The e-file should be reserved for the rook in
some lines, whereas the queen is well-placed on e7 (Shipov,A)} 13. d5 {
Strong played by Gary Kasparov and giving the program the possibility to close
the centre with c6-c5. / Von Gary Kasparov stark gespielt. Gibt dem Programm
die Moeglichkeit, mit c6-c5 das Zentrum zu schliessen (Utzinger,K) Kasparov
took half an hour for this move (Amir Ban) This strong novelty literally
buries this line . White is cutting piercing holes in Black's defense and
taking up excellent positions with his pieces. Previously White tested 13.Be2
exd4 14.Nxd4 Nf4 15.Kb1 Be5 16.h4 Nc5 17.h5 Nce6 18.g6 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Be6! and
Black has good prospects, Ward,C-Gausel,E/Copenhagen /2002/ and 13.Kb1 g6 14.
Be2 exd4 15.Nxd4 Nf4 16.h4 b5?! (16...Nxe2!?) 17.Bxb5! Bb7 18.h5 Be5 19.Bc4
White is clearly better ,Hillarp Persson,T-Borgo,G/Batumi 1999 (Shipov,A)}
13... b5 {Not the best move in my opinion. Has Deep Junior evaluated the
coming situation incorrectly? / Meiner Meinung nach nicht die beste Antwort.
Hat Deep Junior die bald entstehende Situation falsch eingeschaetzt? (Utzinger,
K) Very much a Junior move. Of the alternative suggested: c5 is detested by
Junior, and seems to lose quickly. 13. .. Bb7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16.
Bxb5 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Qxc7 Bxc7 (or Nxc7) may be better for black, but not
by much, and with the queens off not really a practical chance (Amir Ban) Is
it possible to refrain from such a natural move? More stubborn was 13...Bb7
although White can consolidate his grip over the d5-square and obtain a
long-lasting advantage. Anyway, it was a better option for Black (Shipov,A)}
14. dxc6 {(!) When choosing between two squares of retreat, Garry decided ...
not to retreat (Shipov,A)} 14... bxc4 {The only move (Shipov,A)} 15. Nb5 {
Much stronger than 15.cxd7 Bxd7 16.Qd2. Gary Kasparov shows that he intends to
play for win. / Bedeutend staerker als 15. cxd7 Lxd7 16.Dd2 usw. Gary Kasparov
scheut sich nicht, die schaerfste Wahl zu treffen (Utzinger,K) Not so good was
15.Qd2 Bb4 16.cxd7 Bb7 and Black has a chance to capture the d7-pawn with time
(Shipov,A)} 15... Qxc6 16. Nxd6 {And now, White has a clear advantage. / Nun
hat Weiss klaren Vorteil (Utzinger,K) Now we can see the human's idea! By
sticking his knight on d6, Kasparov paralyzed Black's army. Black's rooks no
longer have the c8 and e8-squres at their disposal. Black can't exchange
White's pesky knight,so the computer has to put up with it. I daresay that
this position is already hopeless for Black (Shipov,A)} 16... Bb7 {Deep Junior
took 35 minutes for this move ! The longest Junior move ever in a competition.
The reason, of course, is that scores are starting to fall (Amir Ban) The
continuations 16...Ba6 17.Qc3! and 16...f6 17.Rhg1! are no fun for Black
either (Shipov,A)} 17. Qc3 {(!) There is no point in grabbing the c4-pawn. it
is an ideal cover for the white king! After all, the black rooks can't x-ray
through this pawn. With his last move White has attacked the e5-pawn. It turns
out that this threat is virtually impossible to repel. After long reflection,
Junior made an unexpected decision (Shipov,A)} 17... Rae8 {Was this really
necessary? If 17...f6 so 18.Rhg1 with a very nice play for White. The rest of
the game is only a technical matter for Gary Kasparov. / War dieses Opfer
wirklich notwendig? Falls 17...f6, so folgt wohl 18.Thg1 mit gutem Spiel fuer
Weiss. Was noch folgt, ist fuer Gary Kasparov nur noch eine technische Sache
(Utzinger,K) Despite its appearance this is not a desperation move. It already
appeared in PV's two moves earlier. Rather than lose e5, Deep Junior is quite
happy to give the exchange in return for temporary initiative. Kasparov's plan
of K to a1 and opening the c file is totally counter-intuitive to Junior (Amir
Ban) Sacrificing the exchange! The variations given below illustrate Black's
problems: 17...Rfd8? 18.Nxf7! Kxf7 19.Rxd7+! Rxd7 - two decoying sacrifices
helped the white knight to win the Grand Prix! 20.Nxe5+! - a triple fork! The
problems for Black are in the line 17...Nf4 18.Bxf4! exf4 19.Nf5! Black faces
an unpleasant alternative - either get checkmated on g7, or give up his queen
after the fork on e7. More reasonable was 17...Rad8 with the idea of
sacrificing another pawn for the initiative after 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxe5 c3!
Actually this line is in Junior's "spirit". I guess that Garry would not have
captured on e5. The solid move 18.Rd2! followed by doubling the rooks on the
d-file looks more practical. White has very stong pressure! Finally, Black
could have played 17...Rab8!? in the hope of putting some pressure on b2
(Shipov,A)} 18. Nxe8 {White accepted the offer (Shipov,A)} 18... Rxe8 19. Rhe1
{(!) White has ideally arranged his pieces in the center (Shipov,A)} 19... Qb5
{Black's counterplay can be based only on the knight's transfer to d3. White
can trade his bishop for a knight, but Black has two of them (Shipov,A)} 20.
Nd2 Rc8 {Only active play offered Black some chances. The question is, how to
start it? For example, on 20...Nf4 White reacts with 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Nxc4 Rc8
23.Kb1 Rxc4 24.Rxd7! and Black perishes due to the weakness of his eighth rank
(Shipov,A)} 21. Kb1 {(!) It is very important to move the king away from the
busy thoroughfare (Shipov,A)} 21... Nf8 {(?!) Where is this knight headed? it
is a mystery. Junior posed no problems to the human; it did not even make
Garry calculate lines to repell Black's attack. On 21...Nc5 White has the good
rejoinder 22.Bxc5 Qxc5 23.Nxc4! Qxf2 24.Nxe5! and White's queen is immune
because of the checkmate on the eight rank. Probably Black should have pushed
his a-pawn first 21...a5!? To make a luft with 21...g6!? was another
reasonable option (Shipov,A)} 22. Ka1 {
(!) The white king is absolutely safe now (Shipov,A)} 22... Ng6 {Too little,
too late. Nothing came out of the Deep Junior's attempts at activity. I was
greatly impressed with the way Kasparov handled this part of the game. It
looks much more than simple technique, and I'll bet many GM's will get it
wrong, especially when reduced to a minute a move (Amir Ban)} 23. Rc1 Ba6 24.
b3 {(!) Collapse. Deep Junior admits now it is a clear exchange down, and with
inferior position to boot (Amir Ban) No matter how hard Black tries, he can't
hold the c4-pawn anymore. It is all over! White's rooks are breaking free
(Shipov,A)} 24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Ra8 {
Or 25...Qe8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Bxa7+- (Shipov,A)} 26. Qxb5 Bxb5 27. Rc7 {
An excellent start for Gary Kasparov who seemed to be well prepared. On the
other hand, Deep Junior did not succeed to get the dynamical position the
program likes very much. But we should not overestimate this loss, it was just
one game. / Ein super Start fuer Gary Kasparov, der gut vorbereitet schien.
Andererseits ist es Deep Junior nicht gelungen, eine ihm liegende dynamische
Stellung zu erhalten. Aber machen wir nicht den Fehler, diesen Verlust zu
ueberschaetzen. Es war nur eine Partie (Utzinger,K) White either trades the
rooks or captures the a7-pawn. Garry's humble a2-pawn will be a forcible
argument in the endgame. The computer's evaluation of this position in
Kasparov's favor reached the critical mark. Junior resigned! The human took
the lead in the match (Shipov,A)} 1-0

[Event "Man vs Machine"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deep Junior"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 {Will Gary Kasparov be ready for a draw with the black pieces? This is
game two of six and Gary Kasparov leads by 1-0 / Wird Kasparov sich als
Schwarzspieler mit Remis zufrieden geben? Das ist die zweite von sechs Partien,
und Gary Kasparov fuehrt mit 1-0 (Utzinger,K) This is a revealing moment.
Garry has no fear of playing his favorite opening - the Sicilian Defense,
taking no heed of Junior's team preparation (Shipov,A)} 1... c5 {No draw, Kaspa
rov decided for the aggressive Sicilian defence. / Kein Remis, Kasparov waehlt
die aggressive Sizilianische Verteidigung.} 2. Nf3 e6 {The Paulsen is a minor
surprise. What does Kasparov have in store for us now? (Amir Ban) Garry
deviated slightly from his favorite systems. When facing humans Kasparov
prefers either 2...d6 followed by the Najdorf variation or 2...Nc6 swerving
into the Sveshnikov system, which is very popular now (Shipov,A)} 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 a6 {A typical prophylactic move. Black is taking control over b5-square
in good time. This old system is named after Paulsen, a well-known player of
the nineteenth century. It is appropriate to ask "which one"? Actually, there
were two brothers, Louis Paulsen and Wilfried! The former was more popular and
a strong player, but it was the latter who applied this variation in
tournaments! So, strictly speaking this variation should be named after
Wilfried Paulsen. It is not, though! This is a good time to mention that very
often variations are not necessarily named after the chess players who
deserved it the most. Adolf Anderssen, a great chess magician, started playing
this line long before Wilfried, back in 1859! So why wasn't this system called
the Anderssen system, or at worst the Anderssen-Paulsen variation? That is one
of the mysteries of chess history. My theory is that this happened because the
great German tactician did not study this system in depth. For example, he did
not develop his queen to c7. Probably for this reason this variation did not
impress his colleagues very much. On the other hand, W.Paulsen introduced a
couple of very important ideas for Black. That is why this system bears his
name (Shipov,A)} 5. Bd3 {After 5.Nc3 Wilfried Paulsen used the flexible move 5.
..Qc7! to reserve for himself different developing options for his pieces
(Shipov,A)} 5... Bc5 {This is a very important lunge. Interestingly enough,
Black started adopting this move only in the 1960s, i.e., about 100 years
after introduction of this line into chess theory. Such venerable players as
Smyslov, Polugaevsky, and Ivkov successfully promoted this move. The primary
source game Suhle - Anderssen, Cologne 1859 saw 5...Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.
f4 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nd2 and White obtained a positional advantage, which did not
prevent him from losing the game (Shipov,A)} 6. Nb3 {Here 6.Be3 is bad because
of 6...Qb6! with a double attack on d4 and b2 (Shipov,A)} 6... 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 (Amir Ban) The machine
grabs some space! Usually White immediately places the knight on c3, while the
c-pawn is still on c2 (Shipov,A)} 7... Nc6 {The opening line chosen by
Kasparov,G has not the best reputation and the results speaks cleary for the
White players. / Das von Kasparov,G gewaehlte System hat keinen guten Ruf,
zumindest sprechen die Resultate eine eindeutige Sprache zugunsten von Weiss
(Utzinger,K)} 8. Nc3 {White last book move / Weiss letzter Buchzug (Utzinger,K)
First move out of book. Junior shows a negligible advantage, but Boris
Alterman is happy (Amir Ban)} 8... d6 {The position reached now has rarely
ever been played / Die entstande Stellung wurde kaum je schon gespielt
(Utzinger,K)} 9. O-O {More than five minutes have gone. Are Black's thoughts
switching between 9...Nge7 and 9...Nf6 / Mehr als fuenf Minuten sind vorbei.
Prueft Schwarz die Zuege 9...Sge7 und 9...Sf6 (Utzinger,K)} 9... Nge7 {
(!) A flexible move! With the bishop on e7 (where it is most commonly) Black's
kingside knight has just one good square for development, namely f6. In this
particular situation it is more logical to arrange it on e7. This way Black
does not block his f-pawn, which may take part in the fight for the central
squares (Shipov,A)} 10. Re1 {Instantly pla yed by Deep Junior. But was 10.Kh1
soon followed by f2-f4 not a more accurate plan? / Sofortige Antwort von Deep
Junior. War jedoch die Fortsetzung 10.Kh1 gefolgt von baldigem f2-f4 nicht die
passendere Fortsetzung? (Utzinger,K) This rare move, which seems very logical
by itself, is for sure considered by any chess engine as one of the best
options. After all, white centralizes the rook. Humans usually prefer 10.Kh1
with the idea of advancing the f-pawn. Black's best option in this case is 10..
.e5 to exchange on f4 and secure the e5-square for its pieces. The natural 10..
.0-0 is not so good, because after 11.f4 Black can't play 11...e5 due to 12.
f5! and Black's position is pretty cramped (Shipov,A)} 10... 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 (Amir Ban) The exchange of the dark-squared bishops has its pros
and cons. On one hand, the d6-pawn becomes weak; on the other hand both of
White's advanced pawns are placed on the light squares. It is very difficult
to cover the square between them. With his next move Black emphasizes this
fact (Shipov,A)} 11... e5 {(!) This pawn structure reminds one of the
Sveshnikov system. The exchange of the dark-squared bishop favors black
(Kasparov,G) 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 (Amir Ban) Black's primary task is to seize control
over the d4-square. Besides, with his last move Black cleared the e6-square
for his bishop. However, one must pay for everything! As compensation, White
got the opportunity to fight for the d5-square (Shipov,A)} 12. Nd5 {I had expec
ted 12.Bxa7 / Ich hatte mehr an 12.Lxa7 gedacht (Utzinger,K) This is a novelty,
of, I dare say, dubious quality. Fighting for the central squares does not
necessarily mean occupying them with the pieces straight away. After the move
made Black need not worry about his weak d6-pawn. A countryman of Junior,
human, played more logically in this position. The game Kogan,A-Bezold,M/
Wuerzburg 1996 went 12.Bxa7 Rxa7 13.Qd2 Be6 14.Bf1! b6 15.Red1 Rd7 16.Rac1 and
White emerged slightly better. Black has a solid, but somewhat passive
position (Shipov,A)} 12... a5 {A surprise to me instead of aiming to close the
position with 12...Nxd5. But Gary Kasparov does surely know what he is doing.
The idea is to play a5-a4 and to take possession of the central square d4. /
Fuer mich eine Ueberraschung statt des die Stellung schliessenden 12...Sxd5.
Doch wird Gary Kasparov sicher wissen, was er tut. Die Idee besteht darin,
a5-a4 zu spielen und dasZentralfeld d4 unter Kontrolle zu bringen (Utzinger,K)}
13. Rc1 {Despite the comments of grandmaster Maurice Ashley who said this
would be a very logical move, I prefer 13.a4 to keep the well posted white
pieces at their places. It is true, after 13.a4 white weakens square b4 but in
my opinion this disadvantage is not important here. / Grossmeister Maurice
Ashley lobte dies als logischen Zug. Trotzdem haette ich 13.a4 vorgezogen, um
die gut postierten weissen Figuren zu halten. Natuerlich wuerde mit 13.a4 das
Feld b4 geschwaecht, doch spielt das m.E. in dieser Situation eine
untergeordnete Rolle (Utzinger,K) Nice move, drawing one of Kasparov's famous
frowns (AmirBan) The computer reacted with a normal developing move. White
could have tried to open the position in the center - 13.c5!? - I doubt that
the skirmish over the central squares favors Black. He has not completed his
development yet. Obviously the positionally weak move 13.a4?! is hardly worth
considering either by computer or human. White should not loosen his dark
squares further (Shipov,A)} 13... a4 {I think Black could have continued
development with 13...Be6 inviting the machine to play a2-a4. However, Garry
is a very concrete and consistent player. He is carrying out his main idea
(Shipov,A)} 14. Bxa7 {If 14.Nd2 then Bd4 15.Bxd4 Nxd4 and Black has some
problems (Kasparov,G) Sooner or later this exchange would have happened!
Obviously Kasparov did not want to trade the bishops on e3. In this case the
opponent's rook could have been transferred to g3 along the third rank,
preparing for an attack (Shipov,A)} 14... Rxa7 {In my opinion Black now has a
rather comfortable position / Nach meiner Ansicht hat Schwarz nun eine
angenehme Position. / Kasparov,G: The rook's position on the seventh rank
might serve Black in good stead when the b-pawn advances (Utzinger,K) What a
queer rook! This piece will play a key role in this game. Certainly Black
can't play 14...axb3? in view of 15.Bb6! +/-. Attention please, this is a very
important moment (Shipov,A)} 15. Nd2 {This natural retreat poses no problems
for Black. As far as I know, the computer does not use such concepts as "ugly",
"strange", etc. Expediency and purposefulness; the best evaluation at the end
of a line - these are the main guidelines for chess engines. Actually from
this standpoint better was 15.Na1!? The White knight gets out from the corner
to c2 and covers the very important squares b4 and d4 (Shipov,A)} 15... Nd4 {
Inferior was 15...Nxd5 16.exd5 Nb4 (on 16.. .Nd4 the immediate 17.c5 is highly
unpleasant for Black) 17.Bb1 a3 18.bxa3 Rxa3 19.c5 dxc5 20.Rxe5 and White
grabs the initiative (Kasparov,G) This knight is settled on d4 pretty well!
White can't drive it out by 16.Nf3 in view of 16...Bg4! (Shipov,A)} 16. Qh5 {
A typical computer move, the program smells some attacking chances. But what
about 16... Nxd5 preparing f7-f5 / Ein typischer Computerzug, das Programm
vermeint einige Angriffschancen zu haben. Was ist nun aber nach 16...Sxd5, um
bald f7-f5 zu spielen (Utzinger,K) As if someone asked "now what?", Deep
Junior answers. f4 and c5 are threatened. Kasparov's next move stops both
(Amir Ban) Junior has started active operations. The queen is closer to the
black king. She needs support in the person of the rook, which is going to
join the queen along the third rank (Shipov,A)} 16... Ne6 {What was it that
Kasparov feared after 16... Nxd5. The purely defending text move does not make
the best impression to me. Maybe I am wrong: other commentators mentioned that
it would be necessary to prevent white's coming f2-f4. This argument is not
logical for me because black's knight jumps to c5 in the next move / Was hat
Kasparov nach 16...Sxd5 befuerchtet. Der Textzug, reine Verteidigung, macht
mir nicht den besten Eindruck. Vielleicht liege ich falsch: andere
Kommentatoren meinten, es sei wichtig, den weissen Vorstoss f2-f4 zu
bekaempfen. Das leuchtet mir nicht ein, zumal das Ross im naechsten Zug nach
c5 huepft (Utzinger,K) This is a nice maneuver by the human. Garry reasoned
that c5 is the best square for the knight. From this square it puts pressure
on e4 and supports the a4 pawn, which harasses White's queenside. Besides, the
push c4-c5, possible in some lines, is not on the agenda anymore. It is
impossible to fulfill all good ideas at the same time! Nevertheless, I am
willing to point out another interesting option for Black 16...Be6 17.Re3 b5!,
and it looks like White can't preserve control over the d5-square (Shipov,A)}
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 (Amir Ban) Junior is also making
logical moves (Shipov,A)} 17... Nc5 {Now, we can see Kasparov's idea. He wants
to exchange the white coloured bishop. But White will not allow this exchange
and Black has lost much time with the maneouvre Nd4-e6-c5. Can Black find a
good defence with Nxd5, g7-g5 and f7-f5. Or would Nxd5 and then h6 be the
better continuation. Kasparov has a lot to think about. / Nun sehen wir die
Idee von Kasparov, der den weissfeldrigen Laeufer des Gegners tauschen will.
Das laesst Deep Junior natuerlich nicht zu. Schwarz hat viel Zeit mit dem
Manoever Sd4-e6-c5 verloren. Kann sich Schwarz mit Sxd5, g6 und f5 noch
verteidigen. Oder ist Sxd5 und h6 eine bessere Fortsetzung. Es gibt viel zu
studieren fuer Kasparov (Utzinger,K) Each opponent tended to his own business
during the last several moves. White is shifting his pieces to the kingside,
whereas Black is transferring his c6-knight to c5 (Kasparov,G)} 18. Bc2 Nxd5 {
Tough choice now. 19. exd5 f5 black becomes active. 19. cxd5 and draw is the
best result to hope for (Amir Ban) Sooner or later Black has to exchange on d5.
Black has already built a solid barrier on the d-file in the form of his
c5-knight. The opening of the b1-h7 diagonal is not as dangerous as it may
seem. We can see now why Garry did not place his bishop on e6 before - he did
not want to spend a tempo in case of the trade on d5 (Shipov,A)} 19. exd5 {
Played immediately. The computer is going to launch an attack on the kingside.
On the other hand, this move was almost mandatory, because after 19. cxd5 b5
Black is better (Kasparov,G) After 19.cxd5 b5! Black develops a realinitiative
on the queenside, whereas White has nothing for its pain (Shipov,A)} 19... g6 {
Isn't f5 better? (Amir Ban) After 19... f5 Black has a draw in hand - 20.Rh3
h6 21.Rg3 Rf6 22.Rg6 Rxg6 23.Qxg6 Qf6 24. Qe8+ Qf8 25. Qg6 Qf6, but I wanted
to achieve more than a half point (Kasparov, G) I guess 19...f5! was no worse.
It is not clear how White can continue its attack (Shipov,A)} 20. Qh6 f5 {
The key move! It is very important for Black to guard his best piece, the
c5-knight, against an exchange. With this in mind Garry has taken control over
the e4-square and prevented Nd2-e4 (Shipov,A)} 21. Ra3 {Deep Junior lacks a
plan. The longer I look at black's position the more I like it. / Es fehlt
Deep Junior an einem Plan. Je laenger ich die Stellung angucke, umso besser
gefaellt mir Schwarz (Utzinger,K) The machine found a target for attack. White
threatens b2-b4, winning a pawn (Kasparov,G). (?) Where? What for?
Understandably, Junior wanted to push the c5-knight away with b2-b4. However,
this threat is easy warded off, and it is even better to ignore! First of all
White should have analyzed 21.Nf3! followed by Ng5. It would have been
premature to talk about Black's advantage in this case. After all, Black
should take care of his rook-recluse on a7. In case of 21.f4 Black should
resist the temptation of the active move 21...Qb6 because White has a strong
rejoinder 22.fxe5! Black's discovered check is innocuous - 22...dxe5 (22...
Ne4+ 23.c5!; 22...Qxb2 23.Rh3!) 23.Rxe5 Ne4+ 24.c5 Qf6 25.Rxe4 fxe4 26.Qe3 and
White has a dangerous instigative for the exchange. Simpler and better is 21...
e4! and Black has some edge (Shipov,A)} 21... Qf6 {What a surprise. The top
grandmaster plays for all or nothing, very exciting but perhaps also dangerous.
/ Was fuer eine Ueberraschung. Der Supergrossmeister spielt auf alles oder
nichts, sehr spannend, aber vielleicht auch gefaehrlich (Utzinger,K) Black
ignores this threat and entices the machine into winning some material. Not so
good was 21...e4 22.h4! Qf6 23.h5 and White seizes the initiative. Black had
another decent option, 21. ..Qa5 22. Rb1 Qb4 23.Rh3 b6 24. a3 Qa5, which lead
to an unclear position (Kasparov,G) 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 (Amir
Ban) Kasparov's style in all its glory! This is a brilliant positional
decision. Most players would have directed the queen to b4 via a5 or b6. I
think Black would have had some positional advantage in this case. Garry's
move is more subtle and elegant (Shipov,A)} 22. b4 {The computer gave in to my
provocation. Much better was 22.Nf3 e4 (but not 22/\f4 in view of 23.b4 axb3
24.Bxg6!) 23.Ng5 Qg7 24.Qxg7+ Kxg7 25.b4 axb3 26.Rxa7 bxc2 27. Rc1 h6 and
Black has sufficient compensation for the exchange, but hardly more than that.
After the move made, Black is clearly better (Kasparov,G) After a long think,
no switch. Are we in for it now ? (Amir Ban) The machine failed to abstain
from such a tempting move! After all, this was the main reason behind the
rook's transfer to a3. Poor, greedy computer...(Shipov,A)} 22... axb3 23. Rxa7
bxc2 {A fantastic position I am unable to evaluate correctly without deeper
analysis. / Eine fantastische Stellung, die ich ohne vertiefte Analysen nicht
richtig bewerten kann (Utzinger,K) What an excellent exchange sacrifice! Note
that three moves earlier Black's rook was poorly placed on a7. Now White has
the same problem! As compensation for the exchange Black has a dangerous c2
pawn and good prospects of a pawn attack in the center (Shipov,A)} 24. Rc1 {
And now f5-f4 followed by e5-e4 and good attacking chances for black. I hope
Gary Kasparov will be able to win this game. This would be a great success. /
Und nun f5-f4 und e5-e4 mit guten Angriffschancen fuer Schwarz. Ich hoffe,
Gary Kasparov kann diese Partie gewinnen. Das waer ein grossartiger Erfolg
(Utzinger,K) The line 24.Nb3 f4 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26.Ra8 e4 is even worse for
White (Kasparov,G) One way or another White has to annihilate this dangerous
passer! Other options 24.Qe3 e4! and 24.Nb3 f4! were no better for White
(Shipov,A)} 24... e4 {First e5-e4 and then f5-f4: does this make any
difference? / Also zuerst e5-e4 und dann f5-f4. Macht das einen Unterschied?
(Utzinger,K) Strictly speaking, the continuation 24...f4 was of equal value to
the move that Kasparov made. However, this simple transposition would have
ruled out the mistake that Garry made just a few moves later (Shipov,A)} 25.
Rxc2 {On 25.Qe3 highly unpleasant for White is 25...f4 26.Qa3 Qd4! 27.Rxc2 e3
28.Nf1 Qd1 and it is time to resign. This is the crucial point of the game.
All Black need to clench victory is just a couple of precise moves. (Shipov,A)}
25... Qa1+ {Kasparov had another idea in mind. I however doubt that it is a
better one. / Kasparov hatte eine andere Idee im Kopf. Allerdings bezweifle
ich, dass sie besser ist. In der Zwischenzeit scheinen jedoch andere Analysen
zu bestaetigen, dass selbst 25...f4 nicht zum Gewinn fuer Weiss genuegt
(Utzinger,K) Better was the immediate 25...f4! I failed to find a good defense
for White. Both White's queen and a7-rook are cut from the rest of the army.
The other white pieces can't protect their king! For example, if White
proceeds with the moves that it made in the game, 26.Ra8 e3 27.Nf1 then Black
has a very powerful resource 27...Qf5! - White's rook can't leave the second
rank due to e3-e2, but it has no good squares there! On 28.Rb2 Black finishes
the game with 28...Nd3!, whereas 28.Re2 fails to 28...Qd3! The only option
left for White is to return the exchange by capturing on c8. It is as clear as
day, though, that in this case Black has a menacing initiative for free
(Shipov,A) This is a mistake. I thought I was winning by force and went for
this variation. The correct way was 25...f4!, since after 26.Nf1 e3 27.Re2
exf2+ 28.Rxf2 Nd3 Black is in full command, White has no other choice than the
line 27.Nxe3 Bf5! 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Rd1 fxe3 30.Qxe3 Bd3 and Black should
convert his advantage. After the move made, White escapes (Kasparov,G). In the
meantime it seems from other analysis as if even 25...f4 would also not lead
to a won game for black (Utzinger,K) 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 (Amir Ban)} 26. Nf1 f4 {
Funny how you can misplace a queen on h6 and a rook on the 7th rank (Amir Ban)}
27. Ra8 {Junior found a way to make use of both of his exiled rooks (Shipov,A)}
27... e3 {This leads to a forced draw. Kasparov was already short of time at
this point . For this reason he did not venture upon an unclear continuation
after which all three outcomes would have been possible - 27...Qb1 28.Rd2 Qc1
with the idea of snatching the a4 pawn, keeping the e4-e3 option in reserve.
Garry was right! The point is that instead of 28.Rd2 White can play 28.Rc3!?
in order to meet 28...Nd3 with the exchange sacrifice 29.Rxc8! Rxc8 30.Qh3!
and the white queen penetration to Black's rear is highly unpleasant for the
human. No, Garry did not need all of these problems (Shipov,A)} 28. fxe3 {
White avoids the last trap, 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qxf4 Qd1! (Kasparov,G).} 28... fxe3
29. Qxf8+ {Maybe the only but sufficient defence. I do not agree with the
comments given on the spot that Deep Junior should be better now. /
Wahrscheinlich die einzige, aber genuegende Verteidigung. Ich kann die Meinung
der anwesenden Kommentatoren nicht teilen, dass Deep Junior nun besser steht
(Utzinger,K) The point! By exchanging the queen for the rook and the bishop,
White restores the material balance and depletes Black's attack (Shipov,A)}
29... Kxf8 30. Rxc8+ Kf7 {And here a draw was agreed as white has nothing else
then to repeat moves by rook checks against black's king. A great game on the
part of Gary Kasparov. / Und hier wurde Remis vereinbart, denn Weiss hat
nichts Anderes, als mit seinem Turm ewiges Schach zu bieten. Eine von Gary
Kasparov beeindruckend gespielte Partie (Utzinger,K) When calculating this
line, I missed the fact that after 31.Re2 Ne4 32.Rxe3 Nd2 33. Rc7+ Kf6 White
could insert a check - 34.Re6+ Kg5 - and protect the knight with another rook
- 35. Rf7. Therefore, Black has to play 33..Kf8 conceding the perpetual. A
draw was agreed (Kasparov,G) 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 (Amir Ban) A draw was agreed. Why? The point is
that after 31.Re2 Ne4 32.Rc7+ Kf8 33.Rxe3 Nd2 34.Rc8+ Kf7 35.Rc7+ Black can't
push for a win by 35...Kf6 36.Re6+ Kg5 37.Rf7. It is too risky. The f1-knight
is protected, whereas two White's coordinated rooks become a real factor. For
this reason Black should retreat his king to f8, which leads to perpetual
check. Draw! This game is an incomplete masterpiece (Shipov,A)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Man vs Machine"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 {I was operating again, and this time the guest of honour was legendary
director Milos Forman. He made this move for white, then sat down in the VIP
section of the playing room for the rest of the game. There are about 10
chairs for VIP's about four meters from the board, but they are usually
unoccupied because it's much more interesting three floors down where Ashley
and Seirawan are commenting for the crowd. Klara Kasparova, however, is always
there, keeping an eye on her son (Ban,A).} 1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6
5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 {The Anti-Meran system emerged on the board again.
Understandably, Kasparov repeated the favorable opening of the first game.
Actually, the repetition of variations which yield good results is considered
to be the right match strategy. Let the opponent find an improvement in a
short time! It is pretty much like in a boxing match: having spotted a weak
point, punch it over and over again (Shipov,A)} 6... b6 {In game one, Deep
Junior played 6...Bd6 and lost after only 27 moves; Im ersten Spiel spielte
Deep Junior 6...Ld6 und verlor die Partie in nur 27 Zuegen (Utzinger,K) /
Here's where we differ from the previous game's 6...Bd6. Are we now going to
see a conventional line from the Semi-Slav ? Not if Kasparov can help it (Amir
Ban) Naturally, Junior was the first to deviate. Black's plan is to complete
the development of the queenside first (Shipov,A)} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Be7 {
We are out of book here (Amir Ban) This move hurts my eyes a bit. As soon as
Black played b6-b7, the computer should have proceeded with its fianchetto
idea. Safer was 8...Bb7 (Shipov,A)} 9. Bd2 {A normal waiting move with the
expectation that black will castle in the next move. / Ein typischer Wartezug
in der Hoffnung, dass Schwarz die Rochade folgen laesst (Utzinger,K) / What's
this ? Is he going to castle queenside (Amir Ban) This is an interesting
novelty (Shipov,A)} 9... O-O {Another unhuman move. Usually humans are very
careful about determining the king's location. Would Black have been deprived
of this castling option later on? Obviously not. With this in mind the machine
could have made the useful move 9...Bb7 and waited for White's reaction
(Shipov,A)} 10. g4 {Kasparov's playing styling is very fascinating: he
sacrifices a pawn in the hope to get attacking chances on the open g-file;
Kasparov's Spielweise ist faszinierend. Er opfert einen Bauern, um auf der
halboffenen g-Linie Angriffschancen zu bekommen (Utzinger,K) So that's the
idea again. This time, we have to take (Ban,A) In this particular case
Kasparov's favorite move meets all the requirements of the position. Before
the evacuation of his king to the queenside, White is trying to create the
basis for an attack on the opposite wing. if White succeeds, Black won't have
enough time for its counterattack on the queenside (Shipov,A)} 10... Nxg4 {
Deep Junior expects 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. h3 Ngf6. While Kasparov was considering
his next move I went out to the computer room and found Boris, much troubled,
analysing continuations after this line. I asked him: "Will he take on h7?".
"He has to", says Boris. "Can't he play say Rg1 ?". "No, then I play Ndf6"
says Boris (Ban,A) The right decision. Otherwise White would have a dangerous
attack for free. Note, that the knight impedes White's castling long - the f2
pawn is under attack (Shipov,A)} 11. Rg1 {Kasparov is not listening to Boris.
Maybe in the spirit of the g4 move, white doesn't want the pawn back, but much
more. I believe he was out not only to win, but to completely humiliate the
program and get it over by move 15. This may yet happen on another day, but
today Junior found the right moves (Ban,A) Garry did not want to spend a tempo
on retreating his bishop from h7 if he captured there. In my opinion the
capture on h7 makes sense. For example 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Rg1 Ndf6 (on 12...Ngf6
White can leave his bishop on h7 for a while 13.Ng5!?) 13.Bd3 c5 (the most
aggressive course) 14.h3 Nh6 15.e4!! and White has a powerful attack (Shipov,A)
} 11... Ndf6 {At first glance a strange move allowing white to demolish
black's kingside pawn structure. Only deeper analysis will show if 11...Ngf6
is stronger. / Auf den ersten Blick ein komischer Zug, der dem Weissen erlaubt,
die gegnerische Bauernstruktur am Koenigsfluegel zu zerstoeren. Erst tiefere
Analysen werden zeigen, ob nicht 11...Sgf6 besser war (Utzinger,K) What a
queer move! Junior does not mind sending the knight to h6, where it
immediately fell under attack. I think the machine liked the fact that after
the move made, the c8-bishop got into action. After 11...f5 White should not
fall into the trap 12.Bxf5? Rxf5! 13.Qxf5 Nde5-+. The move 12.h3 is much
better. In case of the retreat to f6, White captures on f5 with the advantage,
whereas the greedy 12...Nh6 fails to 13.Nxd5! cxd5 14.Qc6 with a double attack
on a8 and h6. The most reliable continuation was 11...Ngf6 It is not that easy
for White to create a real attack. I think in this case White should simply
castle and wait for Black's reaction. The e3-e4 break is brewing... (Shipov,A)}
12. h3 Nh6 {
White can't abstain any longer. The h6-knight is asking for it (Shipov,A)} 13.
e4 {Garry has jumped into hand-to-hand combat. I am sure that after both 13.
Ne5 ; and 13.0-0-0 White also has a dangerous intiative (Shipov,A)} 13... dxe4
{This looks dangerous now, but Deep Junior is not concerned. Evaluations are
level, and not falling. Every iteration that doesn't bring a massive fail-low
is a relief (Ban,A)} 14. Bxh6 {The less spectular looking move 14.Bxe4 may
even be stronger. Fritz8 would have preferred this continuation; Das wenig
spektakulaer ausssehende 14.Lxe4 koennte gar staerker sein. Fritz8 jedenfalls
haette diese Fortsetzung vorgezogen (Utzinger,K) We expected 14. Bxe4 Kh8 15.
Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Qd2 Bxh3 18. Qxh6 Bg4 with advantage for white (Ban,
A) The temptation is too much. It appears that after 14.Bxe4! the encounter
could have followed the scenario of the first game - 14...Kh8 (even worse is
14...Nxe4 15.Bxh6!) 15.Bxh6 (but not 15.Bxc6 in view of 15...Bf5!) 15...gxh6
16.Bxc6 and here, bearing in mind Junior's priorities, I suppose the machine
would have opted for 16...Bxh3 (16...Rb8 is met by 17.Qd2! and White has a big
advantage. ) 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.Ne5 and although not without a fight, White
should convert his extra exchange to victory (Shipov,A)} ({Fritz 8:} 14. Bxe4
Kh8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. O-O-O Bxh3 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Rh1 Be6 20. d5 {
1.06/15}) 14... exd3 {Judging from the machine's long reflection, Junior was
also considering the knight sortie 14...Ng4, which can be met with 15.Bxe4
Nxh6 16.0-0-0 and then the knight jumps to e5. White has an overwhelming
advantage in the center which must be decisive against Black (Shipov,A)} 15.
Rxg7+ {15.Bxg7 would be met by 15...Ng4 / 15.Lxg7 wuerde mit 15...Sg4
beantwortet (Utzinger,K) No less tempting was 15.Bxg7 with the child's trap of
delivering checkmate in case of the capture on c2. After the forced moves 15...
Ng4 16.Qxd3 Kxg7 17.hxg4 a position with a slight but long-lasting advantage
for White emerges. It is vexing for White that the Black king is covered by
the white g-pawn. There is another factor in this position, namely Black's
bishops. A human does not feel very comfortable facing the computer's pair of
bishops. On the other hand, White's knights are no worse in this position. The
bishops are strong in the endgame, but Black might not survive in the middle
game (Shipov,A)} 15... Kh8 16. Qxd3 {It looks very dangerous for Black but the
situation is less worse than imagined. / Es sieht fuer Schwarz schlimmer aus,
als es ist (Utzinger,K)} 16... Rg8 {At the right moment. / Genau zur rechten
Zeit (Utzinger,K) Black must get rid of White's dangerous rook (Shipov,A)} 17.
Rxg8+ {Further gluttony is too dangerous - 17.Rxf7 Qe8! 18.Ne5 Be6 and White
has to sacrifice the exchange on e7. White has some compensation, but not
enough (Shipov,A)} 17... Nxg8 {(!) A good retreat attacking white's bishop. /
Ein guter Entscheid mit Angriff auf den weissen Lh6 (Utzinger,K) An excellent
defensive maneuver, which was easy to overlook... Inferior was 17...Qxg8 18.
0-0-0 and Black faces real problems containing White's attack. After 18...Qg6
White virtually decides the game with 19.Qe3! threatening Rd1-g1 (Shipov,A)}
18. Bf4 {During the game I thought that better was 18.Be3 with the idea of
sacrificing the d-pawn with d4-d5, clearing the d4 square for the bishop. For
example, 18...Be6 19.d5! cxd5 20.Bd4+ Nf6 (20...Bf6 21.Ng5!) 21.Ng5 Qg8 22.
Qe3! and after white rook's comes into action, Black is in real trouble.
Probably Black should place his pawn on f6. Would Junior have done so? That is
a question (Shipov,A)} 18... f6 {And again well played by Deep Junior who
overprotects the weak squares e5 and g5. / Und erneut ein guter Deep Junior
Zug, der die schwachen Felder e5 und g5 ueberdeckt (Utzinger,K) Deep Junior
didn't like 18... Qd7 19. Ne5 Qxh3 20. Qxh3 Bxh3 21. Nxc6 Bh4 22. d5 and
instead opted for this key defensive move, shutting out e5 and g5 for white's
minors. With the knight at g8 the king looks well protected now. At around 0.5,
this was the most negative score in the game, but in the next few moves Deep
Junior believes it equalizes (Ban,A) It is very important to rob the white
pieces of the e5-square! Even if the g8-knight looks ugly and poorly placed,
White's attack is repelled! In case of the trite 18...Be6? the game would have
been ended on the spot. 19.Be5+ and on any Black move the white knight takes
up the g5 square (Shipov,A)} 19. O-O-O Bd6 {(!) Brings the bishop on the
strong diagonal and wants to exchange pieces in order to minimize white's
attacking chances; Stellt den Laeufer auf die gute Diagonale und strebt
Figurentausch an, um die weissen Angriffschancen zu verringern (Utzinger,K)
This is an interesting and again somewhat unhuman decision. It looks like the
two-bishop advantage is not such a big factor on Junior's scale of preferences.
Simply bad was 19...Bxh3? 20.Rh1 Qd7 21.Nh4! and Black can't sufficiently
protect the h7-square. The normal developing move 19...Be6 deserves a closer
look (Shipov,A)} 20. Qe3 {Quite a logical decision. White is using the
exchange procedure to transfer his queen to a better position. After 20.Bxd6
Qxd6 Black completes development, with good counterchances. Don't forget that
White's h3-pawn is under attack (Shipov,A)} 20... Bxf4 {Other options are not
nearly as good 20...Bxh3? fails to 21.Ne5; whereas 20...Bf5?! is met by 21.Nh4
(Shipov,A)} 21. Qxf4 Bxh3 {A typical computer move. A human would rarely have
taken this pawn. But we know that computer programs know better than human to
defend such positions. / Ein typischer Computerzug, den ein Mensch kaum
waehlen wuerde. Doch wissen wir, das Computer solche Stellung zaeher als
Menschen verteidigen koennen (Utzinger, K) This looks safe now. It is rare to
see Junior defending a pawn up. It goes against its temperament (Ban,A) Junior
is right in his judgment that an extra pawn won't hurt. There is no direct
refutation of this bold capture (Shipov,A)} 22. Rg1 {White is gradually
transferring his pieces toward the black king, the usual course in such
positions. In some lines White has a chance to exploit the opening of the
h-file with Qf4-h2 followed by Nf3-h4-g6+! The continuation 22.Rh1 Bg2 23.Rh4
Bxf3 24.Qxf3 Qd7 does not promise much. Black can hold this position. My
analysis of the sharp line 22.Ne4 Be6 23.Nfg5!? showed that the opponents
could have sealed a draw - 23...Qd5 (way too dangerous is 23...Qe7 24.Rh1 and
Black has to advance his pawn to h6) 24.Nxf6 Qc4+ 25.Kd2 Qxa2! (after 25...
Qb4+ White may not agree with the perpetual: 26.Ke3! Qe7 27.Nxg8 Bxg8+ 28.
Qe5+! Qg7 29.Rg1! and after the exchange on e5 White gets two connected
passers. ) 26.Qe5 Qa5+! 27.Qxa5 bxa5 and both sides have minimal chances to
avoid the peaceful outcome of the game (Shipov,A)} 22... Qb8 {In principal a
logical move. My first comment it would be hard to find it for human players
was wrong. / Eigentlich ein logischer Zug. Mein erster Kommentar, dass er fuer
Menschen schwierig zu finden sei, trifft nicht zu (Utzinger,K) Equalizing
(Amir Ban) Black is true to its plan aimed at exchanges. It looks quite
logical. If you have an extra pawn, trade pieces, and your small advantage
will transform itself into a decisive one (Shipov,A)} 23. Qe3 {(!) The best
move. Take my word for it; I am not going to give other White options (Shipov,
A)} 23... Qd6 24. Nh4 {(!) In my opinion it is White to still have the
initiative and some advantage. Black has nothing concrete and can only wait
what White will do. It is however difficult for white to improve the position.
/ Nach meiner Meinung steht Weiss noch immer besser, er hat die Initiative und
Schwarz kann nur abwarten, was Weiss zu tun gedenkt. Allerdings wird es
schwierig sein fuer Weiss, Fortschritte zu machen (Utzinger,K) Garry is
carrying out the above-mentioned idea (Shipov,A)} 24... Be6 25. Rh1 Rd8 {
Deep Junior is not at all impressed and is going to attack d4. / Deep Junior
ist wenig beeindruckt und greift den d4-Bauer an (Utzinger,K) On 25...Bd5!?
White can either repeat moves by 26.Rh3 Be6 27.Rh1 or press for victory with
26.Nf5 (the continuation 26.f3!? also deserves attention) 26...Qd7 27.Nxd5
Qxf5! (in case of 27...cxd5 28.Qf3 the difference between the knights is
blatant. ) 28.Nf4 Rd8 29.Rh5 Qg4. Here White has several interesting ways to
continue his attack. One of them is 30.f3!? followed by the queen's transfer
to e4. I think that all these lines do not change the overall evaluation -
White has sufficient compensation for a pawn. The chances are about equal
(Shipov,A)} 26. Ng6+ Kg7 {This is a pleasant moment for White. He managed to
extract the black king lazy-bones from the corner (Shipov,A)} 27. Nf4 Bf5 {
Considering that the maneouvre Nh5 is no danger for black, there was no need
to play the bishop to the weaker post f7. / Angesichts des Umstandes, dass Sh5
fuer Schwarz keine Gefahr darstellt, bestand keine Notwendigkeit, den Laeufer
auf das schlechtere Feld f7 zu stellen (Utzinger,K) The continuation 27...Bf7
doesn't look very attractive. After 28.Qg3+ Kh8 29.Qh4 Black has to loosen his
kingside even more. There is no defense against checkmate except 29...h6
White's best continuation is probably 30.Rg1 with a dangerous attack (Shipov,A)
} 28. Nce2 {Defends the d4-pawn and brings the knight to the kingswing for
attack. / Schuetzt den Bauer d4 und bringt den Springer an den Koenigsfluegel
zum Angriff (Utzinger,K) White's second knight is is going to take part in the
attack, protecting the d4-pawn on his way (Shipov,V)} 28... Ne7 {Finally the
black knight can make a move. This one is useful - the knight has protected
the f5-bishop (Shipov,A)} 29. Ng3 {I failed to find a reasonable continuation
of White's attack in the line 29.Nh5+ Kf7 30.Qh6 Rg8! (Shipov,A)} 29... Kh8 {
(!) Strong defence / Starke Verteidigung (Utzinger,K) The most accurate
defence! White has no more checks, whereas his d4 pawn is under attack (Shipov,
A)} 30. Nxf5 {The continuation 30.Rh5 leads nowhere after 30...Bg6! (Shipov,A)}
30... Nxf5 31. Qe4 Qd7 {We are showing draw scores for several moves now, and
are now pondering 32.Qg2, which for a while looks like flat draw, until we see
32... Qxd4 breaking out. This should be interesting to analyze. Of course
there's the more direct 32. Ng6+. Black's next move, however, is no way to
draw. I don't think Kasparov was conceding a draw yet, either (Amir Ban) This
is the crucial moment of the game. The opponent was playing extremely well up
to this point. The sword was worthy of the shield. A draw would have been a
logical result of this encounter. However, Garry was eager to win. I think the
computer's dubious play in the opening incited him. His desire to punish Black
had fatal consequences. By the way, Garry did not have much time left on his
clock (Shipov,A)} 32. Rh5 {With only 10 min left on the clock, this is a
mistake on the part of Kasparov who must have overlooked something. A draw was
perhaps still possible with 32.Ng6. But we have a typical example here when
human players are somewhat in time trouble. Instead of seeking a draw, or just
holding the position, strong players are still seeking a win / Das ist ein
Fehler von Kasparov, der etwas uebersehen haben muss. Remis war vermutlich
noch mit 32.Sg6 zu haben. Ein typisches Beispiel, wenn menschliche Spieler in
Zeitnot geraten und trotzdem noch immer den Gewinn suchen (Utzinger,K) This
weak move looks very natural. It looks like the black knight is dislodged from
a good square. The main drawing line goes 32.Ng6+ Kg7 33.Nf4 Kh8 (the
variation 33...Re8 34.Qg2+ Kf8 35.Ng6+ hxg6 36.Qxg6 is dangerous only for
Black ) 34.Ng6+ Kg7 and so on. There is another interesting drawing path: 32.
Qg2 Ne7 33.Qe4 Qf5 (an imitation of a fight!) 34.Qxe7 Qxf4+ 35.Kb1 Qf5+ 36.Ka1
Rg8 and White forces a perpetual with the elegant rook sacrifice 37.Rxh7+!
Qxh7 38.Qxf6+ and the white queen jumps around the squares d8, f6 and h4. 32...
Nxd4! Suddenly it turns out that Black's threats were more dangerous. The
machine is threatening check from b3 followed by checkmate on d1. This detail
is fatal for Garry. White can guard against checkmate, but this means playing
a technical position two pawns down. Garry tossed in a couple of checks
(Shipov,A)} 32... Nxd4 {Kasparov had 10 minutes to time control here, and was
behing the curtain of his private corner. When I played 32... Nxd4, he was
audibly dismayed while still behind his curtain without coming to the board!
He then spent a full 5 minutes reprimanding himself, and with 5 minutes left,
got back to thinking about the position (Amir Ban)} 33. Ng6+ {Deep Junior
suggests 33.Rh1 and it's still playable for white. Does it work ? I don't know,
but I think Kasparov didn't consider it for even a second. It seems that human
players are incapable of accepting the price of a mistake and rethinking the
position objectively. The knight manouevre gets it over quickly (Amir Ban)
After 33.Rh1 Kg8 34.Rg1+ Kf8! White's end would have been more lengthy and
painful. The shot 35.Rh1 fails to the rejoinder 35...Qg4! (Shipov,A)} 33... Kg8
34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nd5 {What else? (Shipov,A)} 35... Qg7 {After this queen move,
the game is over for White. / Nach diesem Damenzug ist das Spiel fuer Schwarz
gewonnen (Utzinger,K) A mortal clencher! The black queen is going to penetrate
to g1 (Shipov,A)} 36. Qxd4 Rxd5 {White resigned: the match is now 1.5-1.5 /
Weiss gab auf: das Match steht nun 1.5-1.5 A very nice comment about this game
by Mig Greencard can be found at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.
asp?newsid=766 / Einen huebschen Kommentar zu dieser Partie von Mig Greencard
steht auf http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=766 zur Verfuegung
(Utzinger,K) This was a dramatic encounter! Junior made several dubious moves
in the opening and found itself under strong attack. At this point the machine
defended excellently! No human would have contained Kasparov's onslaught.
However, computers do not feel fears and doubts. It grabbed a pawn and proved
that White's threats were not that dangerous. At the critical moment of the
game Kasparov played somewhat recklessly. Having a clear draw with repetition
in hand, Garry decided to continue his attack, but miscalculated. Junior cooly
snatched another pawn and posted victory with several precise moves (Shipov,A)
This game proved once again how hard is to battle computers in a sharp,
attacking manner. Machines are matchless defenders (Shipov,A)} 0-1

[Event "Man vs Machine"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deep Junior"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {The Sicilian Defense appeared on the board again. This
time Garry slightly modified the system (Shipov,S)} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 {
This is the so-called modern interpetation of the Paulsen variation. On 5.Nc3
Black reacts with 5...Qc7! in the spirit of this old system (Shipov,S)} 5. Nb5
d6 {In case of 5...Nf6 6.N1c3 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 the game would have transposed
into the Sveshnikov system. Such transpositions are typical for modern chess
theory (Shipov,S)} 6. c4 {This continuation used to be quite popular. 6. Nc3
is more common nowadays (Kasparov,G) White seizes some space. This
continuation was quite fashionable up to the 1980s. However Black found
several good ways of creating counterplay and forced White to switch to the
variation with 5.Nc3 (Shipov,S) Weiss errichtet den Maroczyaufbau. Er hat mehr
Raum, doch Kasparov baut sich einfach igelartig auf (Mueller,K)} 6... Nf6 7.
N1c3 a6 {(!) The white knight has to wander around the board. There are two
knights in White's army, but only one good c3-square (Shipov,S)} 8. Na3 {
Why did White retreat his knight to the edge of the board? The point is that
after 8.Nd4 Black has two equalizing options. The first one isastraightforward
breakthrough in the center with total exchanges - 8...Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0
d5!? 11.exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 White's slight advantage is
virtually impossible to convert. The second one is 8...Bd7. After the knights
exchange, Black can break either in the center with d6-d5 or on the queenside
with b7-b5. In other words, Black has good chances in this position (Shipov,S)
Dieser Springer steht nicht gluecklich und hat schon oft gezogen. Schwarz
sollte Ausgleich haben (Mueller, K)} 8... Nd7 {Black introduces a novelty. My
plan was to drive the opponent off the beaten theoretical track as soon as
possible (Kasparov,G) Kasparov took here 20 minutes to take Deep Junior out of
book. Is that any way to spend your time ? (Amir Ban) Here we go! After long
reflection, Kasparov made an unusual new move. Instead of developing, Black
started strange maneuvers with his cavalry! The reason is quite simple. Garry
took Junior out of its opening library and made the machine play on its own.
This approach immediately yielded fuit! The computer did not manage to figure
out an optimal opening setup. Black's usual continuations in this position are
8...Be7 and 8...b6 (Shipov,S) This might be a novelty in this opening. In my
opinion Kasparov however needed too much time for this move / Das koennte eine
Neuerung in dieser Eroeffnung sein. Kasparov hat m.E. dafuer jedoch zu viel
Zeit investiert (Utzinger,K) Mit diesem Zug wirft Kasparov Deep Junior aus
seinem Eroeffnungsbuch, ueblich ist 8...Le7 (Mueller, K)} 9. Nc2 {This move alr
eady looks like an inaccuracy. White should not bring its knight-wanderer into
action so early. It is more important first to evacute the king from the
center - 9.Be2 (Shipov,S) Now, Deep Junior is out of book. But the program
found a logical move to bring the knight to a better place / Deep Junior war
aus dem Buch, spielt jedoch einen logischen Zug, der den Springer auf ein
besseres Feld bringt (Utzinger,K)} 9... Be7 10. Be2 {I am almost sure that
Kasparov is going to play 10...b6 with the idea Bb7, Qc7 and perhaps - by way
of exception - castling longside / Ich bin mir fast sicher, dass Kasparov 10...
b6 antworten wird mit der Idee Lb7, Dc7 und vielleicht - als Ausnahme - der
langen Rochade (Utzinger,K)} 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 {A typical hedgegog
formation has arisen on the board. The black pawns bristle on the sixth rank
like spines! They control all the squares on the fifth rank and hinder White's
attacking rush. Actually, the hedgehog guards itself against predators in a
similar way - it curls up into a spiny ball. I should note that chess engines
are not very familiar with hedgehog-like setups. They tend to overestimate
White's space advantage and can't come up with (or calculate?) proactive plans.
No wonder (Shipov,S)} 12. h3 {This move is not mandatory, to put it mildly. It
is hard to say what the reason is behind this continuation (Kasparov,G) There
is no need of this cautious move. Why not continue the development? Is this
luft really more important? (Shipov,S) It's already clear that this game is
evolving in a different way than previous ones. Kasparov, whether out of
choice or out of necessity, is not grabbing the initiative and is letting Deep
Junior develop its game. He may be using Levy's "Do nothing, but do it well"
advice, essentially meaning that if the program is given enough rope it will
hang itself. This move is somewhat pointless, but in the end it didn't matter
(Amir Ban) What's the intention of this move? / Was ist die Absicht dieses
Zuges? (Utzinger,K) Einer von den schwaechenden Bauernzuegen, die Weiss im
Igel so gerne macht. Er passt ueberhaupt nicht zum folgenden Spiel von Weiss
(Mueller, K)} 12... O-O 13. Be3 Rc8 {Black has created his first threat. After
Nd7-e5, the c4 pawn will be in danger; in case of b2-b3 White should reckon
with b6-b5, because the c3-knight remains unprotected (Shipov,S)} 14. Qd2 {
Another prop for the knight (Shipov,S) Due to his space advantage, white has
an easy play. On the other hand, black's pieces stands rather flexible /
Aufgrund seines Raumvorteils hat Weiss leichtes Spiel. Aber die schwarzen
Figuren stehen sehr flexibel (Utzinger,K)} 14... Nce5 {Yasser Seirawan thought
that Gary Kasparov had trained against Junior and wants to play g7-g5 to keep
the strong placed e5-knight in the center / Yasser Seirawan glaubt, dass Gary
Kasparov gegen Junior trainiert hat und g7-g5 spielen moechte, um das starke
e5-Ross im Zentrum zu behalten (Utzinger,K) Der Sc6 war ein kleines Problem in
der schwarzen Aufstellung, weil er im Weg stand. Normalerweise waere er via e5
nach d7 ueberfuehrt worden, was Kasparov nun dank h3 problemlos nachholt
(Mueller,K)} 15. b3 Nf6 {Looks much better than g5 with pressure to e4 and
enabling Ne5-d7 if necessary / Sieht besser aus als g5, drueckt auf e4 und
erlaubt den Rueckzug Se5-d7 falls notwendig (Utzinger,K) This is a good
transposition of the knights. First, Black attacks the e4-pawn, forcing
further loosening of White's position. Second, the d7-square is cleared for
the other knight (Shipov,S)} 16. f3 {It is obvious now that White could have
managed without the h3 move. The dark squares around the white king are
loosened (Kasparov,G) An alternative was f4 followed by Bf3, but the great
merit of this move is that it focuses the program on the queenside for the
rest of the game (Amir Ban)It is absolutely clear that the h2-h3 move was bad.
The dark squares are really weakened in White's camp (Shipov,S) Passt zwar
nicht zu h3 - die schwarzen Felder am Koenigsfluegel sind nun schwach -, ist
aber dennoch nicht so schlecht, weil er signalisiert, dass im Folgenden am
Damenfluegel gespielt werden soll, was ich hier fuer besser halte als am
Koenigsfluegel anzurennen (Mueller,K)} 16... Qc7 {Black's pieces will soon
stand on their best places. But what then? Kasparov can demonstrate to me how
to deal such positions / Die schwarzen Figuren stehen bald auf ihren besten
Plaetzen. Aber was dann? Kasparov wird es mir zeigen, wie es weitergeht.
(Utzinger,K) The break b6-b5 is on the agenda again (Shipov,S)} 17. Rac1 {
Suddenly things get exciting. This allows 17... b5, after which Deep Junior
would have sacrificed a piece by 18. cxb5. Although the masters in the
computerroom shook their head in disapproval, I personally would welcome this
discussed over the board. Kasparov did not take up the challenge (Amir Ban)
Garry sensibly declined this invitation to complications (Shipov,S)} 17... Rfe8
{Quickly played. Garry decided not to investigate his opponent's reasons.
Instead he made a good move in the spirit of the hedgehog system. Black's rook
is very useful on the e-file. In case of the center opening, it will have a
lot of work! If 17...b5!? (this move can't be bad) Junior the romantic might
have sacrificed a piece with 18.cxb5!? Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Rxc3 20.bxa6 Ba8 21.Bd4.
Then White would have gradually advanced its queenside pawns. Does White have
sufficient compensation? Unbiasedly speaking, I doubt it. From the practical
standpoint, the human's decision is understandable (Shipov,S) That's the
difference between a grandmaster and a patzer like me. I would most probably
have played automatically 17... Rfd8 / Das ist der Unterschied zwischen einem
Grossmeister und einem Patzer wie ich es bin. Ich haette wahrscheinlich
automatisch 17... Tfd8 gespielt (Utzinger,K) 17...b5? scheitert an 18.cxb5
Dxc3 19.Dxc3 Txc3 20.Ld4 Tc7 21. bxa6+- (Mueller, K)} 18. a3 {Is this a sound
move? I doubt and maybe black can reply 18...b5. On the other hand, I would
hesitate to open the position too early. I am disappointed that nobody at New
York has the courage to give some online analysis (Utzinger,K) Such an
inarticulate move can not but please real hedgehog fans! After all, it is a
mere weakening of the queenside (Shipov,S) Kann das gut sein? Ich zweifle und
vielleicht ist nun 18... b5 moeglich. Andererseits wuerde ich zoegern, die
Stellung zu rasch zu oeffnen. Enttaeuscht bin ich darueber, dass in New York
niemand den Mut hat, Online-Analysen zu machen. (Utzinger,K)} 18... Ned7 {
On 18...b5 White should not sacrifice a piece - after 19.cxb5 Qxc3 20.bxa6 Ba8
21.Bb5 Rf8, compensation is insufficient. However, in case of 19.Nd4 bxc4 20.
f4 Ned7 (bad is 20...Bxe4 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Rxf6! - white has a
strong initiative) 21.Bxc4 Black's achievements are in question (Kasparov,G)
Same challenge again, declined again. This is a victory of sorts (Amir Ban)
Finally Black completes an IDEAL setup. The d7-knight protects the b6-pawn,
which allows Black to retreat his queen to b8 from the x-ray of the c1-rook.
There is another nuance in this position. If the opportunity presents itself,
Black can exploit the weakness on b3 (Shipov, S) Very cautious played but
surely correct / Vorsichtig gespielt, aber sicher richtig (Utzinger, K)
Schwarz hat eine typische Igelformation eingenommen (Mueller,K)} 19. Rfd1 {
My expectation was 19.Nd4 / Erwartet hatte ich 19.Sd4 (Utzinger,K) Starting
now, Garry's play raises some questions. He misses a couple of good moments to
start active play. It looks like the shock that he experienced after the third
game was so strong that the human decided to play in a safer manner in the
next encounter (Shipov,S)} 19... Qb8 {Black had the very tempting option 19...
Nc5 20.Rb1 (20.b4? Nb3) 20...d5! 21.exd5 (21.b4 Ncd7!) 21...exd5 22.Nxd5 (or
22.cxd5 Bd6! with dangerous threats on the kingside) 22...Nxd5 23.cxd5 Rcd8
(or 23...Red8!?) and Black has a strong intiative. Black would have run only
one 'risk - White can stand his ground and hold a draw. I can't rule out than
on 19...Nc5 the computer would have hit upon the original move 20.Na1!? - with
the quite human idea of transferring the knight to b3... (Shipov,S) / A
typical maneouvre in this kind of position, but the white pawns normally
stands at a3 and h2 / Ein typisches Manoever bei diesem Stellungstyp.
Allerdings stehen der weisse a- und h-Bauer normalerweise noch auf der zweiten
Reihe (Utzinger,K) Geht aus dem vis a vis mit dem Tc1 und erhoeht die Harmonie
im schwarzen Lager (Mueller,K)} 20. Bf2 {Kasparov has to decide whether to try
something active now himself or just wait around to see if white can improve
its position. Both plans have a level of risk / Kasparov muss sich nun
entscheiden, entweder selber aktiv zu werden oder abzuwarten, ob Weiss seine
Stellung verstaerken kann. Beide Plaene bergen ein Risiko in sich (Seirawan,Y)
Personally, I do no longer like black's passive position / Persoenlich habe
ich an der schwarzen passiven Stellung keine grosse Freude mehr (Utzinger,K)
20.Sd4?! laesst 20...d5 zu (Mueller,K)} 20... Rcd8 {Is this a defending or
attacking move? Defending pawn d6 in case of the coming Bg3 or attacking with
the idea to play d6-d5 / Ist das ein Verteidigungs- oder Angriffszug? Will
Schwarz den d6-Bauern verteidigen oder gar d6-d5 spielen (Utzinger,K) An
inaccuracy. Apparently, better was 20...Red8 - Black needs a rook on the
d-file. By the way, the move 12.h3 stands White in good stead in this
particular position. Black can't conduct a standard maneuver with his
dark-square bishop (Be7-d8-c7), because after 20...Bd8 21. Qxd6 the typical
move Bc7 makes no sense - White's pawn is no longer on h2 (Kasparov,G) Long
preparations! Again the sequence 20...Nc5 21.Rb1 d5 deserves a closer look. In
case of 22.b4 Black should refrain from sacrificing a piece: 22...dxe4?! 23.
bxc5 exf3 24.Rxb6! fxe2 25.Rdb1 and Black is in deep trouble. Much better is
to retreat the knight to d7. After the captures on d5, Black has good
compensation: the c2-knight is weak, the dark squares around the white king
are loosenend, and the rook is loafing on b1. There are tons of variations,
but I am sure about my evaluation. Probably Black can start with 20...d5!? The
weakness of the a3 and b3 pawns will tell against White later on (Shipov,S)
Dieser Zug laedt Junior dazu ein, am Damenfluegel zu kommen, was ich nicht
fuer gut halte, weil der Rechner dann wieder einen sinnvollen Plan verfolgt,
20...La8 gefaellt mir besser (Mueller,K)} 21. b4 {White is seizing space on
the queenside (Kasparov,G) The commentary by Ashley and Seirawan devotes a lot
of time to black's possible strikes against white's supposed weaknesses, but
it's becoming hard to deny that white is taking the advantage (Amir Ban) Since
the pressure from the c4-pawn is removed, it is time for White to undertake
some activity on the queenside (Shipov,S) A logical, powerful move from Junior.
Kasparov is shaking his head, he looks unhappy and surprised that Junior is
playing this position so well / Ein logischer, kraeftiger Zug. Kasparov
schuettelt den Kopf und ist erstaunt, dass Junior in dieser Stellung so gut
agiert (Greengard,M) 21.Lg3 wehrt Schwarz locker mit 21...Se5 ab (Mueller,K)}
21... Ba8 {In my opinion, black has a somewhat difficult position now / Meiner
Meinung nach hat Schwarz nun keine leichte Stellung (Utzinger,K) By defending
the b6-pawn with his queen, Black unties the d7-knight. On the other hand, the
a6 pawn is unprotected in some lines. It looks like a trifling thing, but in a
game with computers all details are important (Shipov,S)} 22. a4 {The question
: is this a good or bad move? / Hier stellt sich die Frage: ist dies gut oder
schlecht? (Utzinger, K) (!) White has started real activity on he queenside
(Shipov,S) Weiss entwicklelt Initiative am Damenfluege l (Mueller,K)} 22... Rc8
{As a matter of fact, Black admits that his last move was a mistake. The break
in the center no longer offers Black sufficient counterchances. For example,
22...d5 23.cxd5 exd5 24.exd5 Ne5 (24...Bd6 25.Bxa6!?) 25.Qd4!? Nxd5 26.Nxd5
Rxd5 27.Qxb6 - winning a tempo! Further exchanges are inevitable; White is
better (Shipov,S)} 23. Rb1 {The white rook is radiating quite an x-ray. The
machine is preparing the break on the queenside (Kasparov,G) With this subtle
prophylactic move White gradually prepares his attack on the queenside. The
white rook is x-raying the black queen (Shipov,S) This kind of position is
very hard to play for human beings. There is the danger to come in time
trouble and thus to lose the game / Dieser Stellungstyp ist schwierig zu
spielen fuer menschliche Spieler. Es besteht die Gefahr, dass man in Zeitnot
geraet und die Partie verliert (Utzinger,K)} 23... Qc7 {Another inaccuracy.
Better was 23...Bb7. After 24.a5 bxa5 25.bxa5 Nc5, Black is OK. The sequence
25.b5 axb5 26.Nxb5 d5 is not so dreadful for Black either. If White does not
hurry with the break, for example with 24.Ne3, then Black simply plays 24...
Qc7 (Kasparov,G) This logical retreat aims to exploit the unstable positions
of White's knights. ..but does not foil Junior's plan! Actually, Black can't
distract the machine from active operations any more. Maybe he should have
tried the cavalry raid 23...Ne5 24.Ne3 Nh5!? I couldn't find a convincing
answer for White. The position is not that simple, after all (Shipov,S)} 24. a5
{That's the right idea, but was it played too soon ? Deep Junior played this
immediately to Qc7, after its evaluation dropped somewhat, but not enough to
trigger more time (Amir Ban)An excellent pawn sacrifice for a long-lasting
intiative. Actually this move, which looks like a human decision, does credit
to the creators of Junior (Shipov,S) Yow, a5 immediat ely. That's a real
surprise. Now bxa5 and b5 is very complicated / Wau, sofort a5. Das ist
eineechteUeberraschu ng. Sowohl bxa5 wie auch b5 ist sehr kompliziert
(Seirawan,Y) Laut Anand ein korrektes Manoever des Rechners (Mueller,K)} 24...
bxa5 {Upon closer examination the logical move 24...b5 turns out to be very
dangerous for Black. White can react with a knight sacrifice followed by the
advance of its pawn mass on the queenside. Here is an illustrative line: 25.
Ne3 bxc4 26.Bxc4 Ne5 27.Bxa6! Qxc3 28.Bxc8 Qxd2 29.Rxd2 Rxc8 30.b5 and White
has a substantial advantage in this endgame. Probably 25...Ne5 is better.
However, Black has to analyze Rc1 (any rook!) as well as the interesting
sacrifice 26.Nxb5!? There are tons of variations (Shipov,S)} 25. b5 {(!) A pith
y decision! White gets a strong passer and a powerful knight on b5 (Shipov,S)}
25... Bb7 {The position that could have arisen after 25...Ne5 26.b6 Qb7 27.Ne3
looks unpleasant for Black. It is well known that the queen is a terrible
blockader. On 25...Nb6, White can react with 26.Na3 d5 27.bxa6 Bxa3 28.Bxb6
Bc5+ 29.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30.Qd4, transposing into a better endgame (Kasparov,G) I
think Kasparov has defended very well. Maybe Deep Junior's attack was too fast
/ Ich finde, dass Kasparov sich gut verteidigt hat. Moeglicherweise hat Deep
Junior zu hastig angegriffen (Utzinger,K) Black has switched to defense. Black
could have created some counterchances in a hand-to-hand fight with 25...Nb6
and on 26.Ne3 or 26.Na3, Black explodes the center with 26...d5. It is
virtually impossible to calculate all the variations over the board. It is not
an easy task even in postmortem. It looks like White has better chances.
Playing such a position with Black against an all-seeing machine is a very
risky enterpirse. So Garry was right to avoid all these complications (Shipov,
S) / 5...axb5? 26. Sxb5 Dd8 27. Sxd6 +/- (Mueller,K)} 26. b6 {This passed pawn
has the tendency to become weak / Dieser Freibauer neigt zur Schwaeche
(Utzinger,K) I think the move 26.Nd4!? was also a good option. If need be,
White can transfer the knight to a5 via b3. Black's putting pressure on the c4
pawn with 26...Ne5 is repelled by 27.Na4! (Shipov,S) 26.Sd4 kam auch stark in
Betracht (Mueller,K)} 26... Qb8 27. Ne3 {Another good move by the machine.
Inferior was 27.Na4 d5 28.cxd5 exd5 29.exd5 Bd6, and Black has an excellent
position (Kasparov,G) Now 27.Nd4 is met by 27...Ne5 28.Qa2 Nh5 and Black
intercepts the initiative (Shipov,S)} 27... Nc5 {It looks like at this moment
of the game Black was under the impression that he would be able to round up
and capture the b6-pawn. It did not work out that way! This was the last
moment in the game when the hedgehog's trade-marked break could work: 27...d5!
28.exd5 (28.cxd5 Bb4!) 28...Bb4 29.Nc2 Bxc3 30.Qxc3 exd5 and probably White
has some initiative for the pawn. It is hard to say, though, whether it is
sufficient or not. At any rate, it leads to a complicated position with mutual
chances. However, Garry consistently avoided such positions in this encounter!
(Shipov,S)} 28. Qa2 Nfd7 29. Na4 {This is a wise decision. The computer is
building up pressure. The machine sensibly resisted the temptation to regain a
pawn straight away - after 29.Qxa5 Rc6 30.Nc2 Bd8 31.Na4 Nxa4 32.Qxa4, Black
might capture the dangerous passer on b6 (Kasparov,G) This way Junior
preserves the pride of his position, the b6-pawn. This pawn could have
perished in case of 29.Rb2 Bd8 30. Rdb1 Rc6 31.Qxa5 Rxb6! 32.Rxb6 Bxb6 33.Rxb6
Qd8! -/+ (Shipov,S)} 29... Ne5 {Active play with the possibility to retreat
this knight to c6 / Aktives Spiel mit der Moeglichkeit, den Springer nach c6
zurueckzuziehe (Utzinger,K) Probably better was 29...Rc6 (Kasparov,G)} 30. Nc2
{In case of 30.Nxc5 dxc5 31.Qxa5 Nc6, Black is just in time to take control
over the central squares (Kasparov,G) A strong waiting move / Ein starker
Abwartezug (Utzinger,K) Gute Prophylaxe: 30.Sxc5?! dxc5 31.Dxa5 Sc6 ist nicht
im weissen Sinn (Mueller,K)} 30... Ncd7 {From here on I was no longer online /
Von hier ab war ich nicht mehr Online dabei (Utzinger,K) White was threatening
the exchange on c5 followed by the capture on a5 - the machine has already
covered the important b4 and d4 squares (Kasparov,G)} 31. Nd4 {Centralizing
the knight is quite normal. If black cannot win the weak b6-pawn, it is
perhaps easier for white to improve his position / Zentralisiert den Springer,
ein normaler Zug. Falls es Schwarz nicht gelingt, den schwachen b6-Bauern zu
erobern, so duerfte es fuer Weiss eher moeglich sein, seine Stellung zu
verstaerken (Utzinger,K) A scary ghost, the knight on a5 looms over Black's
position. If this ethereal substance materializes into a real piece on the
board (Shipov,S)} 31... Red8 32. Kh1 {A mysterious maneuver. The computer sees
no way to develop his initiative. If a human were playing White, one could say
that White was waiting for Black to commit himself somehow (Kasparov,G)
Suddenly White is playing for zugzwang. White can't put his idea into effect
yet - 32.Nb3 Nxc4 33.Bxc4 Rxc4 34.Nxa5 Rcc8 and the coveted a5-knight is
traded off with Nd7-e5-c6! (Shipov,S) Only Deep Junior could tell us the
purpose of this move / Nur Deep Junior koennte uns dieses Koenigsmanoever
erklaeren (Utzinger,K) So ein Computerzug zeigt immer, dass der Rechner nicht
weiss, wie er seine Stellung vertaerken soll (Mueller,K)} 32... Nc6 {Hard to sa
y if the exchange of knights favours white or black / Schwierig zu sagen, ob
der Springertausch fuer Weiss oder Schwarz guenstig ist (Utzinger,K) This is
not the best reaction. Much better was to make a useful luft with 32...h6 and
pass the buck to White. After all, I did not have much time left (Kasparov,G)
Kasparov is exchanging the knight before it reaches its final destination.
Alas, this was not a great relief for Black (Shipov,S)} 33. Nxc6 Rxc6 34. Kg1 {
The king comes back, but this time it makes sense. Since Black was going to
double his rooks on the c-file and break on c2 (after d6-d5), White protects
one of the bishops (Kasparov,G) This move a s well as the 32nd betray an
indecisiveness about how to proceed in this position. Computer programs do not
play like masters. Masters often follow a plan that is set in operative terms.
The program's plan is its evaluation function, which is an implicit plan and
it's up to the search to find the best way to execute. Every move is a fresh
look into that problem. Sometimes this search comes up blank (Amir Ban) Is
this real derision at the human? What are these enigmatic maneuvers for? The
king returns to g1, right into a possible check from the a7-g1 diagonal
(Shipov,S)} 34... h6 {To open a whole for black's king seems logical / Dem
schwarzen Koenig ein Luftloch zu oeffnen, scheint logisch (Utzinger,K)} 35. Qa3
{(!) The new plan is to pressure the d6 pawn, which is going to be pinned in
three different directions (Amir Ban)This is a strong, inhuman maneuver. The
queen is attacking the pawn protected by the bishop (Shipov,S) White is
putting some extra pressure on d6 (Kasparov,G) Junior nimmt wieder Fahrt auf
(Mueller,K)} 35... Rdc8 {Probably better was 35...Bf6, because on 36.Bg3 there
is the reply 36...Ne5 (Shipov,S) Kasparov hatte nun nicht mehr viel Zeit auf
der Uhr und musste sich beeilen (Mueller,K)} 36. Bg3 {Double x-ray! Black is
having serious problems with the squares d6 and c5, which are under the
control of the white pieces. Besides, Black should reckon with the threat
e4-e5 (Kasparov,G) There is no such reply any more! The black knight can't
jump to e5 to cover the d6-pawn, because this pawn is pinned - the e7-bishop
is unprotected (Shipov,S)} 36... Bf8 {Was 36...Kf8 not an interesting move.
The idea would be to still have Bf6 at disposal should white's queen go to c3 /
War 36...Kf8 nicht ein interessanter Zug. Die Idee waere, das Manoever Lf6 in
petto zu haben, falls die weisse Dame nach c3 geht (Utzinger,K) nun ist Ld8
keine Option mehr, 36... Se5?? 37.Lxe5 dxe5 38. Dxe7 +- ;36...Kf8!? Anand
(Mueller,K)} 37. Qc3 {As a result of its subte maneuvers, White can capture
the a5-pawn. White's powerful b6-passer presses down on Black's entire army to
the last rank. Frankly speaking, I expected the worst at this point (Shipov,S)}
37... Ne5 {Had 37...Be7 not prevented the coming break c4-c5? / Haette 37...
Le7 den folgenden Durchbruch nicht verhindert? (Utzinger,K) Garry precipitates
the crisis himself. Passive defense is not an option - 37...Be7 38.Qxa5 Bf6 39.
Rd2! and White's pressure on d6 is unbearable (Shipov,S) I made this move
reluctantly. Alas, Black has no choice (Kasparov,G)} 38. c5 {(!?) If a strong
computer program makes such a move, human beings begin to feel very
uncomfortable (Utzinger,K) White had another good option: 38.Bxe5 dxe5 39.Qxa5
and Black is in very deep, long-lasting trouble. For example, 39...Rd8 40.c5
Rxd1+ 41.Rxd1. Such positions are particularly difficult to defend against
computers. However, the machine calculated that after c5 its advantage would
be even more substantial (Kasparov,G) 38. Bxe5 must have been the way to win,
but Deep Junior's evaluation is already blinded by winning chances that will
soon prove to be non-existent (Amir Ban)This interesting move, made in time
trouble, did not bring success. The continuation 38.Bxe5 dxe5 39.Qxa5
suggested itself. White should have good winning chances. Black's f8-bishop
breaks free. Is that really important? On the other hand, White's d1 rook also
gets some extra options. Its infiltration to d7 looks very unpleasant for
Black (Shipov,S) / Wenn ein starkes Schachprogramm solche Zuege macht, dann
fuehlt sich der menschliche Spieler nicht mehr sehr wohl (Utzinger, K) Oeffnet
die Fluttore (Mueller,K)} 38... Nd7 39. Qxa5 Nxc5 40. Nxc5 Rxc5 41. Qa4 {
Deep Junior is a pawn down, but his position has much improved. Kasparov
perhaps felt that it was high time to find the best moves to survive this game.
And so, the champ found a strong plan after a thinking time of 20 minutes (
Utzinger,K)The opponents passed the time control (for the first time in this
match). Despite his extra pawn, Black can fight only for a draw. I thought for
20 minutes and found the most precise way to escape (Kasparov,G) Now if black
tries to hold on to the pawn by 41... a5 42. Bb5 will be painful (Amir Ban)
This is the key of Junior's plan. After some exchanges, White is going to
capture on a6 and penetrate with his queen to a7. Probably even better was 41.
Qa1!? placing the queen on a protected square. If 41...a5 then 42.Bb5!, when
White can pragmatically capture on a5, taking no heed of a possible pin
(Shipov,S) / Deep Junior hat einen Bauern weniger, aber seine Stellung sieht
stark aus. Vermutlich fuehlte Kasparov, dass er sich gewaltig anstrengen muss,
um die Partie zu halten. Und schliesslich fand der der Champion einenstarkenVer
teidigungsplan, brauchte dafuer jedoch 20 Minuten Bedenkzeit (Utzinger,K)}
41... R5c6 {(!) Not so good was 41...a5. The machine would not have fallen for
the exchange bait. After 42.Bf2 d5, Black's threats are too obvious. For
example, 43.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 44.Kh1 Qf4 - with a dangerous attack. The computer
would have coolly played 42.Bb5, with an excellent position (Kasparov,G)
Kasparov now has time to think, and he spends more than 20 minutes over this
move, and finds a way to hold the draw (Amir Ban)An excellent defensive
maneuver by Garry. Black clears the c5-square for the dark-squared bishop
(Shipov,S) a5 Lb5 ist ebenfalls sehr gut fuer Weiss (Mueller,K)} 42. Bf2 {
After 42.Bxa6 Qa8 43.Bb5 Rxb6 Black captures the b6-pawn (Kasparov,G) On 42.
Bxa6? Black pins the bishop with 42... Qa8! and the b6-pawn falls. That is why
the white queen is better placed on a1! (Shipov,S) 42.Lxa6? Da8 43.Lb5 Txb6
ist falsch (Mueller,K)} 42... d5 {(!) Again an excellent move of Kasparov /
Erneut ein glaenzender Zug von Kasparov (Utzinger, K) Thank God! Better late
than never. After all, this strike in the center saves the hedgehog (Shipov,S)
Black quickly trades the dark-squared bishops thus relieving the tension
(Kasparov,G)} 43. Bxa6 Bc5 {Here we go! This is the saving line. With the
bishop on the board virtually any engame is hopeless for Black (the b6-pawn
will cost Black dearly), whereas in a heavy-pieces ending the b6 passer is
much more vulnerable (Shipov,S)} 44. Bxc5 Rxc5 45. Bxb7 {The sequence 45.exd5
exd5 46.Bd3 Qd6 47.Qd4 is much more unpleasant for Black. I would have been in
for a tough defense in this case. However, the machine decided to trade my
blocking piece (Kasparov,G) 45.exd5 exd5 (45...Lxa6 46.Dxa6 exd5 47.b7 und der
b-Bauer ist eine Macht) 46.Ld3 (Knaak) war viel besser. Es ist sehr fraglich,
ob Schwarz sich nun halten kann (Mueller,K)} 45... Qxb7 46. exd5 exd5 47. Qa7 {
At this poi nt Garry managed to suprise spectators all around the world
(Shipov,S)} 47... R5c7 {(!) The computer can't refuse to snatch a pawn,
although it leads to a positional draw (Kasparov,G) Deep Junior gets excited
with +2 scores, but in the computer room we were less excited as we have been
discussing the ensuing endgame for some time and recognizing it as a draw
(Amir Ban)This nice trick with a pawn sacrifice is a little joke of the human
genius at the computer's naivete. By the way, it is not that easy to reach a
draw with simple, natural moves. For example 47...Rb8 48.Re1! Rc7 49.Rb5! and
Black has problems untying the tangle of his heavy pieces. Then White proceeds
with 49...Rd7 50.Rc1 Kh7 51.Qxb7 Rbxb7 52.Rc6 and its king marches to the
center (Shipov,S) The last move of a sequence of moves that allows black to
obtain a drawn rook ending / Der letzte Zug einer Zugfolge, die dem Schwarzen
erlaubt, ein Remis im Turmendspiel zu erreichen (Utzinger,K) Kasparov stellt
dem Rechner eine Art Falle, die dieser nicht durchschaut/ durchschauen kann;
47...Tb8 48.Te1 Tc7 kam auch in Betracht (Mueller,K)} 48. Qxb7 {
If 48.Ra1 then 48...Rd7! (Shipov,S) 48.Qa5!? (Mueller,K)} 48... Rxb7 49. Rxd5 {
No computer can resist the temptation of accepting such a valuable gift!
(Shipov,S) Dieses Doppeltumenspiel ist trotz Mehrbauer remis (Mueller,K)} 49...
Rc6 50. Rdb5 h5 {The only chance for a win is if the rooks leave the b6 pawn
to create mayhem on the kingside pawns. Kasparov shuts off all such
possibilities (Amir Ban) It turned out at this point that Black builds a
fortress. The white rooks are tied to the b6-pawn, whereas the king can't
penetrate to the queenside to help his heavy pieces (Shipov,S) Schwarz hat
eine uneinnehmbare Festung, weil sich die weissen Tuerme nicht vom b-Bauern
loesen koennen. Der Rechner versteht die Natur dieses positionellen Remis
nicht und spielt noch etwas weiter (Mueller,K)} 51. Kf2 {
Certainly, the continuation 51.Rxh5 Rcxb6 leads nowhere (Shipov,S)} 51... Re6 {
(!) The king is restricted to the kingside. All Black needs to seal a draw is
to demonstrate some accuracy (Kasparov,G) Cutting off the White king (Shipov,S)
Prevents whit e's king to support his b-pawn / Verhindert, dass der weisse
Koenig den b-Bauern unterstuetzen kann (Utzinger,K) Sichert ab, dass der
Koenig nicht eingreifen kann (Mueller,K)} 52. f4 g6 53. Kg3 {This is White's
last shot. Maybe White can capture on h5 with the king...(Shipov,S)} 53... Kg7
54. Kh4 Kh6 {(!) Not a chance! (Shipov,S)} 55. R1b4 Rd6 56. g3 f6 {With the thr
eat Rbxb6 Rxb6, g5 and white is lost / Droht Tbxb6 Txb6?? g5 nebst matt
(Mueller,K)} 57. g4 {(!) Junior did not blunder into checkmate in two
(Kasparov,G) Junior reasonably declined the offer to become part of the
history of curious chess incidents. 57.Rb3? Rbxb6! 58.Rxb6 g5 59.fxg5 fxg5
checkmate! (Shipov,S)} 57... hxg4 58. hxg4 Kg7 59. Rb3 Rc6 60. g5 f5 61. Rb1 {
Junior's operators could not stand the side-glances of spectators andjournalist
s anymore. The machine still evaluates the position as favorable for White -
an extra pawn is on the board. However, White can't make any further progress.
Draw! Both opponents played well. Some of their decisions are worth publishing
in chess books (Shipov,S) Agreed as draw after move since white cannot improve
his position. A great game and congratulations to Gary Kasparov, who had hard
to work for this draw / Remis vereinbart, weil Weiss keine Fortschritte machen
kann. Gratulation an Gary Kasparov, der fuer dieses Remis hart arbeiten musste
(Utzinger,K) It was a strange and complex game. Commentators Ashley and
Seirawan took turns admitting they had no idea what was going on and no idea
what the players were doing. Several guest star analysts like Joel Benjamin,
Jennifer and Greg Shahade, and Susan Polgar were also brought up to the stage
to confess that they had no idea either. They often wondered if the players
had any idea themselves! Several redundant-looking knight maneuvers were later
declared essential while others stayed redundant. Kasparov was happy that he
had managed not to blunder in a tricky position with under 10 minutes on his
clock before move 40 (ChessBase)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Man vs Machine"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Black "Deep Junior"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 {This time the Junior team avoided the Semi Slav (Utzinger,K) Dieses
Mal vermeidet das Junior-Team die Halb-Slawische Verteidigung (Utzinger,K)
This is a match novelty! Junior suffered enough in the Slav Defense. This time
the machine switched to another opening (Shipov,S) Enough Semi-Slav for this
match (Amir Ban)} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {
The Nimzo-Indian is a very solid and pithy opening (Shipov,S)} 4. e3 {
This reserved developing move is the onset of the Rubinstein system. In his
games with humans for the last 10-15 years, Garry has most often played 4.Qc2
(Shipov,S)} 4... O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 {With this move, White stabilizes the
center, but makes Black's life easier as well. Black's c8 bishop and the rook
on e8 will take an active part in the battle. The sharpest and most principled
lines start with 6.Nf3 (Shipov,S)} 6... exd5 7. Nge2 {Eine fuer mich
raetselhafte Eroeffnungswahl Kasparows, gilt dieses Abspiel doch als sehr
wenig ergiebig fuer Weiss, waehrend der Schwarze viele aktive Moeglichkeiten
erhaelt (Kindermann,S)} 7... Re8 8. O-O Bd6 {(!) Black is regrouping his
forces to aim at the white king. The Carlsbad structure has arisen on the
board. The difference from that of the Queen's Gambit is the position of
White's dark-squared bishop. In contrast to the Queen's Gambit, White did not
develop this bishop on g5. It is not that easy to activate it in this
particular position (Shipov,S)} 9. a3 {With this rarely played move, Kasparov
throws Deep Junior out of book. White can either win space by b2-b4 or go for
a kingside attack by f2-f3, then e3-e4 and Qd1-e1-h4 (Utzinger,K) We are out
of book here (Amir Ban) Mit diesem selten gespielten Zug wirft Kasparov die
Maschine aus dem Buch. Entweder kann Weiss auf Raumvorteil am Damenfluegel mit
b2-b4 spielen oder einen Koenigsangriff in die Wege leiten, f2-f3, e3-e4,
Dd1-e1-h4 (Utzinger,K) A cunning maneuver. The most popular move nowadays, 9.
Bd2, is useful in all variations (Shipov,S) Seltsam, Kasparov folgt Van Welys
traurigem Beispiel. Kannte er diese Partie nicht, wollte er mit 10.Sf4 das
weisse Spiel verstaerken, oder glaubte er an Remis durch Zugwiederholung nach
14. Kg1 (Kindermann,S)} 9... c6 {A positional sound reply. Deep Junior
protects its central pawn and avoids Nc3-b5. A more active alternative was 9...
c5 (Utzinger,K) Eine positionell gesunde Antwort. Deep Junior ueberdeckt
seinen Zentralbauer und vermeidet Sc3-b5. Eine aktive Alternative bestand in 9.
..c5 (Utzinger,K) Two strong GMs played a nice miniature recently: 9...Ng4 10.
h3? (the correct continuation was 10.Nf4 c6 11.h3 Bxf4 12.exf4 Nf6 13.Be3 with
a slight edge for White, Obukhov,A-Ikonnikov,V/Cheliabinsk 1989) 10...Nh2! 11.
Re1 Nf3+! 12.gxf3 Qg5+ 13.Kh1 Qh4 14.Nf4 (14.Kg1!?) 14...Bxh3 15.Ncxd5 (15.Nb5
Re6! 16.Nxd6 Rh6 -+) 15...Re6! 16.Nxe6 (hastened the inevitable defeat) 16...
Bf5+! 17.Kg1 Qh2+ 18.Kf1 Bg3!! There is no defense against checkmate. White
resigned - Van Wely,L-Acs,P / Hoogeveen/2002. The sequence 9...h5 10.f3!? c5
11.Qe1 Nc6 12.Qh4 (Baumegger,S-Wells,P/Germany 1997) yielded White a slight
advantage. The bishop sacrifice 9...Bxh2+ 10.Kxh2 Ng4+ is premature in view of
11.Kg3 Qg5 (11...h5 12.Rh1!) 12.f4! and 12...Qh5 can be met with 13.Rh1+-
Finally, Black has also tested 9...Nbd7 in this position. The main idea is to
transfer the knight to g6 via f8 (Shipov,S) Anscheinend stellt dieser
natuerliche Zug eine Neuerung dar (Kindermann,S)} 10. Qc2 {(?!) In my opinion,
10. f3 was more precise. On the other hand I cannot imagine that Kasparov had
not thought about the coming sacrifice. (Utzinger,K) Nach meinem Gefuehl war
10.f3 genauer. Andererseits ist es schwer vorstellbar, dass Kasparov das
folgende Opfer nicht analysiert hat (Utzinger,K) Spiel mit dem Feuer, wollte
Kasparow das folgende Opfer provozieren oder glaubte er umgekehrt, ein
Schachprogramm wuerde "so etwas" niemals spielen? (Kindermann,S) Frankly
speaking, White's two last moves do not look like two links of the same chain.
The move order is somewhat unusual. After Black played c7-c6, the move 10.f3!?
looks like an interesting option for White. The idea is to create a strong
pawn center. The break in the center with c7-c5 is considered to be the main
counter-plan for Black. However, Black has already moved his pawn to c6! It is
a pity to spend an extra tempo! I don't think, though, that the machine uses
such concepts as 'pity'...(Shipov, S)} 10... Bxh2+ {Wow!! Deep Junior
sacrifices his bishop. Can Kasparov hold this position? Or is this only one of
those speculative moves that are so typical for Deep Junior? We shall soon
know for sure (Utzinger,K) Sehr direkt, wann musste ein Weltmeister das letzte
Mal ein solches Laeuferopfer -noch dazu mit Weiss - erdulden? Die objektive
Bewertung des Opfers haengt wohl am Abspiel mit 16.g3: Kann Weiss auf Gewinn
spielen? (Kindermann,S) Aua, Deep Junior opfert den Laeufer. Kann sich
Kasparov noch verteidigen? Oder handelt es sich hier nur um ein spekulatives
Opfer, das fuer Junior so typisch ist? Wir werden es bald wissen (Utzinger,K)
A well-aimed counter-blow! Junior quickly made up his "mind". This program
values the initiative very highly (Shipov,S)} 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 {All this w
as 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 (Amir Ban) Forced activity. White must not
allow the black queen to go to h4. Certainly not 12.Kg1? Qh4 13.Rd1 Qxf2+ 14.
Kh1 Re6! and White's king inevitably perishes (Shipov,S) Absolut erzwungen,
wie mag Kasparov sich hier einem taktischen Monster gegenueber gefuehlt haben?
(Kindermann,S)} 12... Qg5 {(!) Black is threatening a discovered check (Shipov,
S) From here on all evaluations are 0.00 (Amir Ban)} 13. f4 {Now Kasparov
starts to think, and takes more than an hour for the next four moves (Amir,Ban)
Naturally, no sane person would have captured on h7 in between. Wasting two
tempi with the king exposed is way too risky (Shipov,S) 13.e4 haette immerhin
ein originelles Mattbild zur Folge gehabt: 13. ... Se3+ 14. Kf3 Lg4+ 15. Kg3
Sxf1 (Kindermann,S)} 13... Qh5 {Now the black queen can't be dislodged with
Rf1-h1 because the white queen no longer supports the rook (Shipov,S)} 14. Bd2
{(!) The rooks are connected. After 14.Ng1 with the idea of transferring the
knight to f3, Black has at least a draw - 14...Qh2+ 15.Kf3 Qh5 16.Kg3 Qh2+ etc
(Shipov,S)} 14... Qh2+ {Black should hurry up; otherwise White will be clearly
better. There is no point in considering the capture on e3. Two pawns can't
offset the piece in the middle game. Black must keep creating threats to the
white king (Shipov,S)} 15. Kf3 Qh4 {A very difficult situation for Kasparov.
He can play 16.Ng3 with a draw by perpetual check. Or he can try to go for a
win with 16.g3 in the hope to escape with his king to e1 (Utzinger,K) Eine
fuer Kasparov schwierige Situation. Er kann Remis durch 16.Sg3 mit Dauerschach
haben. Er kann auch auf Gewinn spielen mit 16.g3 in der Hoffnung, mit seinem
Koenig auf e1 einen Unterschlupf zu finden (Utzinger,K) In case of 15...Qh5?
White repells all the threats with the cool 16.Rh1! and Black's checks are not
dangerous. This is the critical moment in the game. Kasparov sank into long
reflection. He had two options: to force a draw and to press for a win at any
cost. The second option is somewhat risky (Shipov,S)} 16. Bxh7+ {I had indee d
not expected this. But this move in conjunction with the following move leads
to a draw by perpetual check. Just a great game of Deep Junior (Utzinger, K)
Das hatte ich nicht erwartet. Doch fuehrt dieser Zug zusammen mit dem
folgenden zu einem Remis durch Dauerschach. Eine grossartige Partie von Deep
Junior (Utzinger,K) Eine erstaunliche Entscheidung, das Endspiel nach
Damentausch wuerde ich lieber auf der schwarzen Seite spielen; 16.g3 Zumindest
bei allerdings recht oberflaechlicher Betrachtung scheint Weiss hier im
Vorteil zu sein! Allerdings ist es nur zu verstaendlich, dass Kasparow eine
solche Position gegen ein Schachprogramm lieber vermeiden wollte...
(Kindermann,S) This is one of two drawing variations. White could have played
Ng3 and Black would have forced a draw by perpetual on h2 and g4 with its
knight. I think Garry decided to check Junior just in case. What if he went
for an inferior ending? The consequences of the matter-of-principle
continuation 16.g3 are hard to calculate not only over the board, but also in
the postmortem. Check out one of the possible lines: 16... Nh2+ (the variation
16...Qh2 17.f5 h5 18.e4 dxe4+ 19.Bxe4 Nd7 20.Bg5 c5 leads to a crazy position
in which, objectively speaking, White should win, but only a computer can find
the right path... ) 17.Kf2 (Bad is 17.Kg2 Qh3+ 18.Kg1 Ng4 19.Rf2 Nxf2 20.Kxf2
Qh2+ 21.Kf3 in addition to having a perpetual in hand, Black can continue its
attack with 21...Nd7!) 17...Ng4+ 18.Ke1 (the variation 18.Kg2 Qh2+ 19.Kf3 h5
brings about the position from the 16...Qh2 line, but Black has an extra tempo.
The white king is in for a real ordeal.) 18...Qh3! Exactly this move. It is
very important to attack the f1 rook, to foil the white king's run along the
first rank to the a2-square.All the forced lines stop here and the game takes
a positional course. Black should complete its development and build up
pressure in the center. It is not that easy for White to consolidate his
position and evacuate the king to a safe place. No doubt, Garry would love to
play this position with Black. On the other hand, floundering on the first
rank even with an extra piece is not pleasant work. The chances of making a
fatal mistake are too great! For example 19.Rg1 Nd7 20. Kd1 Nf2+ 21.Kc1 Nf6 22.
Nd1 (22.Kb1? Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bf5) 22...Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Bf5 24. Qb3 Qh2 25.Ndc3 Ng4!
and the white king is under a mating attack after all. More stubborn is 19.
Nd1! Nh2 20.Rf2 (again it is very dangerous to spend a tempo on capturing the
h7-pawn 20.Bxh7+ ) 20...Bg4 21.Bc3 Nf3+ 22.Rxf3 Bxf3 23. Kd2 Nd7 24.Kc1 Nf6
(The immediate 24...Be4 should be considered as well) 25. Kb1 Be4!? (Black can
also snatch a pawn - 25...Bxe2 26.Qxe2 Qxg3) 26.Ka2 a5 Black has many
positional pluses and material is about equal. I can't rule out the
possibility that further analysis will find better continuations for White. It
is absolutely clear, though, that a human would not have had great chances to
beat a machine in such a position. Actually, he would have more chances tolose
(Shipov,S) 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 ?
(Amir Ban)} 16... Kh8 {(!) A precise reaction by the machine. After 16.. .Qxh7
17.Qxh7+ Kxh7 18.Rh1+ White can either raise Black's light-squared blockade
with Rh1-h4! or force his opponent to play f7-f5, which does not look good
from the positional standpoint (Shipov,S) 16. ... Dxh7 17. Dxh7 Kxh7 18. Th1+
Kg8 und in Anbetracht der strukturellen weissen Defekte und des besseren
schwarzen Laeufers sehe ich eher Schwarz leicht im Vorteil! Allerdings
scheinen weder Kasparow noch Junior meine Meinung zu teilen! Hm..19. e4!?
dxe4+ 20. Sxe4 Le6 (20. ... Txe4 21. Kxe4 Sf2+ 22. Kf3 Sxh1 23. Txh1 Le6 24.
Sc3 Sd7 25. g4 g6) 21. Tae1 (Kindermann,S)} 17. Ng3 {Now, with the bishop on
h7, the move 17.g3 is even more dangerous (Shipov,S) Erzwingt nun doch das
Unentschieden (Kindermann,S)} 17... Nh2+ {Black has no reason to play for a
win either. White threatens Rf1-h1; 17...Qxh7 fails to 18.Rh1 Nh6 19. Qxh7+
Kxh7 20.f5! and White grabs the initiative (Shipov,S)} 18. Kf2 Ng4+ 19. Kf3
Nh2+ {Draw! Now the situation mirrors that of the match with Deep Blue. It is
a tie. The tension in the match has reached its culmination (Shipov,S)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Man vs Machine"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deep Junior"]
[Black "Kasparov, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 {There was huge excitement everywhere for this final deciding game. ESPN
had done a long interview with us the day before, and were now covering it
live, the first time ever they have covered a chess event. Every game so far
had been exciting, with creativity and good chess shown by both. It was a
shame that this last deciding game was to be different: uneventful and
somewhat lacking in content (Amir Ban)} 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 {This is a small
surprise! Garry is ready to play his favorite variation of the Sicilian
Defense (Shipov,S)} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {This is the Najdorf
variation. White has a wide range of options here (Shipov,S) Najdorf at last
(Amir Ban)} 6. Be2 {This is the most solid positional move. Another option, 6.
Bg5, was the main continuation in the 1950s-70s. The end of the last century
saw the proliferation of sharp lines which start with 6.Be3. Humankind
accumulated a huge amount of theoretical knowledge in both topical lines. By
the way, Kasparov is the universally recognized expert and creator of opening
theory in this variation. Understandably, Junior's team opted not to engage in
a risky competition (Shipov,S)} 6... e5 {Kasparov used to play 6...e6, a move
which leads to the Scheveningen formations (Shipov,S)} 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O {
Black has repulsed the white knight from the center to b3, where it is
somewhat passive. On the other hand, Black has loosened the key square d5. The
fight centers on d5 in such a pawn structure (Shipov,S)} 9. Kh1 {Deep Junior
has avoided the sharpest line with 6.Bg5 (Utzinger,K) Deep Junior hat die
scharfen Varianten mit 6.Lg5 vermieden (Utzinger,K)} 9... Bd7 {What a strange
move? I see dark clouds coming over black's position (Utzinger, K) Was fur ein
exklusiver Zug in dieser bekannten Stellung (Utzinger,K) Another anti-computer
discovery by Kasparov! He skillfully took the computer out of its opening
library and made it make its own decisions. I doubt that this particular
system is extensively covered in the computer's library. Black has many moves
and plans at his disposal. Numerous games saw 9...Nc6, 9...Be6, 9...Nbd7, 9...
Qc7, as well as 9...b6, which has become fashionable lately (Shipov,S) A
strange move to play here. This match had undercurrents and one of them was
the battle of opening preparations. Kasparov, with his team, is acknowledged
as the world's best in this regard, and after game one we feared that he is
going to kill us with preparation alone. However, as the match progressed,
with the intense effort that Boris Alterman was putting into this, it became
clear that we are getting the upper hand, what with Nfd7 in game 4 and this
move. We did not play the expected Rauzer 6. Bg5 and this move seems designed
to avoid anything Boris had in mind (Amir Ban)} 10. Be3 {Not the best move in
my opinion and if so, Kasparov has succeeded in 'outbooking' Deep Junior
(Utzinger,K) Nicht der beste Zug, so dass sich das Eroeffnungsexperiment fur
Kasparov gelohnt hat.} 10... Bc6 {Now we can see the human's idea. As the
light-squared bishop pressures the e4-pawn, the knight can take up the ideal
d7-square. Besides, Black keeps the option of arranging the queenside pawns to
his advantage (Shipov,S)} 11. Bf3 {It is somwhat astonishing how harmless Deep
Junior plays the opening (Utzinger,K) Es ist irgendwie erstaunlich, wie
harmlos Deep Junior die Eroffnung behandelt (Utzinger,K) A novelty! This looks
like a solid but dull move. I used to place the bishop this way in the
Sicilian Defense as an under-1800 player. I think that all experts and players
of a higher level should feel some sort of repulsion at seeing this move. The
bishop transforms itself into a pawn! What makes it even worse, this piece is
blocking the f2-pawn. That is a flagrant violation of Philidor's principle!
According to the great Frenchman the piece should march into battle BEHIND the
pawns. The Be2-f3 move would have made some sense if White had either launched
an attack with g2-g4, or planted the knight on d5 to extend the diagonal for
its f3-bishop. Neither of these actually happened. Humans have tested the
logical moves 11.Nd5 and 11.f3 in this position. However, because only a small
number of games have been played, the real theory of this line is yet to be
created. Still, I have no doubt that Kasparov has his own deeply analyzed
theory (Shipov,S) With both bishops misplaced Deep Junior is unable to develop
any meaningful initiative for the rest of the game. We knew that in this sort
of position Junior does not much like the move f4, and we debated whether we
want to play this move out of book. The decision taken was not to do so, and
let the engine make the choice. This move shuts out this possibility (Amir Ban)
} 11... Nbd7 12. a4 {Prevents b7-b5-b4. In this way white is fighting for the
square d5 (Utzinger,K) Verhindert b7-b5-b4. Auf diese Weise kaempft Weiss um
das Feld d5 (Utzinger,K)} 12... b6 {Kasparov d oes obviously not like a4-a5.
Otherwise 12...Nc5 would have been a good alternative (Utzinger,K) Kasparov
hat offenbar keine Lust, a4-a5 zuzulassen. Ansonsten stand in 12...Sc5 eine
gute Alternative zur Verfuegung (Utzinger,K) Black is playing very logically.
With his last move, Kasparov prevented the machine from clamping down the
queenside with a4-a5. On the other hand, the venturesome 12...b5 would be
severely punished with 13. Na5!, and after 13...Qxa5 14.axb5 White captures on
c6 with a clear advantage (Shipov,S)} 13. Qd3 {The machine sticks to the same
safe and solid style. The transposition of the passive knight to c4 did not
work - 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rfc8! (Shipov,S)} 13... Bb7 {A most appropriate move.
If now 14.Nd5 so Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 with attacking chances against white's
kingside (Utzinger,K) Ein passender Zug. Falls nun 14.Sd5 so Sxd5 15.exd5 f5
mit Angriffschancen gegen die weisse Koenigsstellung (Utzinger,K) Garry
conducted this portion of the game brilliantly (Shipov,S)} 14. h3 {What the hel
l is this? (Utzinger,K) Fuer was soll denn nun dies wieder gut sein? (Utzinger,
K) No comment (Shipov,S)} 14... Rc8 {A good waiting move bringing the rook to
an optimal place, but 14... Nc5 was another option (Utzinger,K) Ein guter
Abwartezug, der den Turm auf ein starkes Feld stellt, aber 14...Sc5 war eine
beachtliche Alternative (Utzinger, K) Now Black is ready to meet any sharp
move by White with an exchange sacrifice on c3! (Shipov,S)} 15. Rad1 {
And now 15...Nc5 16.Nxc5 dxc5 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 and soon drawn? It's however not
so easy because of 17.Nd5 instead of the exchange of queens (Utzinger,K) Und
nun 15...Sc5 16.Sxc5 dxc5 17.Dxd8 Tfxd8 und bald Remis? Es ist jedoch nicht so
einfach, denn Weiss kann 17.Sd5 statt den Damentausch wahlen (Utzinger,K) The
silicon monster is very careful! In case of 15.g4?! Black gets a crushing
initiative with 15...Rxc3! 16.bxc3 Qa8. A possible sequence then could be 17.
Nd2 d5 18.exd5 e4! 19.Nxe4 Ne5, and White is losing the battle for the central
squares (Shipov,S)} 15... h6 {There is a big difference between white's
useless h2-h3 and black's h7-h6. The latter move prevents Bg5 thus doing a
good job to keep the important square d5 under control (Utzinger, K) Zwischen
h2-h3 und h7-h6 gibt es einen grossen Unterschied. Der weisse Zug war sinnlos,
der schwarze verhindert Lg5 im Kampf um das Feld d5 (Utzinger,K) This move is
useful in every respect (Shipov,S)} 16. Rfe1 {We have a typica l positon here
where computer programs are unable to play according to a given plan (Utzinger,
K) Wir haben hier eine typische Stellung, wo Computer unfaehig sind, einen
Plan zu formulieren (Utzinger,K) An overly solid move! White is banally
arranging its pieces closer to the center. The computer has not a single
active plan at its disposal. This is not the way to play the Sicilian Defense.
Sooner or later Black will intercept the initiative. Actually, it happened in
the game. In case of a more aggressive approach, 16.g4 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Qa8 18.Nd2,
a complicated and balanced position arises. There is no clear advantage for
Black in sight. Nevertheless, the human has a couple of good options: 18...
d6-d5, and 18...Rd8, with the idea of preparing this pawn break (Shipov,S)}
16... Qc7 {Avoids the exchange of some pieces after 16...Nc5 and shows that
Kasparov is more interested in an unbalanced game (Utzinger,K) Vermeidet
einigen Figurentausch nach 16...Sc5 und impliziert, dass Kasparov einem
dynamischen Kampf nicht abgeneigt ist (Utzinger,K) It looks like the c8-rook
won't have a chance to fall in action as a hero on c3 in the near future. The
black queen got sick of waiting and stepped on the c-file. Black had another
way of regrouping his forces - 16... Rc7!?; then the queen goes to a8,
clearing the c-file for the other rook (Shipov,S)} 17. g3 {This was more
logical one move before with the rook still standing on f1 and the aim Lf3-g2,
followed by f2-f4 at the right moment (Utzinger,K) Das waere einen Zug frueher
- mit Turm auf f1 - logischer gewesen. Die Idee muesste Lf3-g2, gefolgt von
f2-f4 zur rechten Zeit sein (Utzinger,K) This move looks like a humble attempt
to make White's previous play more presentable. No, such a comment does not
work, it is not chessic enough. White is trying to transfer its bishop to a
better position. That is better. Having left the f3-square, the bishop will
clear the way for the f2-pawn (Shipov,S) An attempt to put the bishop on a
more sensible square and get white's game going, but it's too late since that
exchange of queens can no longer be avoided (Amir Ban)} 17... Rfd8 {
The move 17...Qc4 already suggested itself (Shipov,S)} 18. Kh2 {
Junior has no clue what to do. The machine is just marking time (Shipov,S)}
18... Re8 {Both players seem to follow a doing nothing strategy (Utzinger,K)
Beide Spieler scheinen eine 'Tu nichst Strategie' zu verfolgen (Utzinger,K)
Garry is waiting for the best moment to start active operations. In contrast
to White, Black has plenty of opportunities! White has to reckon with the
breaks d6-d5 and b6-b5 on every move (Shipov,S) Who's the computer here, white
or black? (Amir Ban)} 19. Re2 {
White keeps centralizing its overly centralized pieces (Shipov,S)} 19... Qc4 {
(!) Kasparov made the simplest and most practical decision. Everybody knows
that Sicilian endgames with the white pawn on c2 favor Black. Besides, with
the queens swept off the board the computer's calculating power becomes less
important (Shipov,S)} 20. Qxc4 {White can't avoid the exchange with 20.Qd2 in
view of the bold capture 20...Nxe4! If White had not reacted, Black first
could have captured on d3 himself, and second retreated the queen to b4
followed by doubling his rooks along the c-file, with heavy pressure on the
queenside (Shipov,S)} 20... Rxc4 21. Nd2 Rc7 {The exchange of queens has lead
to a slight advantage for black (Utzinger,K) Der Damentausch hat zu leichtem
schwarzem Vorteil gefuehrt (Utzinger,K) First, Black should double his rooks.
The white knight can't leave his sentry post on c3, because it covers the c2
pawn. That is the most annoying aspect of this position for White. In addition
to the exchange sacrifice, Black has another plan: a slow attack with his
b-pawn (b6-b5-b4). Certainly, Black did not fall for 21...Rb4? 22.b3 Rc8 23.
Na2! and his rook is trapped. The exchange sacrifice on c3 is still premature
(Shipov,S)} 22. Bg2 Rec8 23. Nb3 {(?) Carelessly played. In case of 23.Ra1,
Black can rattle his saber with 23...Rxc3 24.bxc3 Rxc3 25.Ra2 d5! with a
dangerous initiative. However, it is not as dangerous as the pressure that
Black actually had in the game! The most stubborn move looks like 23.Ndb1!
(Shipov,S)} 23... Rxc3 {(!) A nice but typical sacrifice of the rook, black
gets the centre pawn e4 and obtains a strong position (Utzinger,K) Ein
huebsches aber typisches Qualitaetsop fer. Schwarz erobert noch den weissen
Zentrumsbauer e4 und steht dann sehr gut (Utzinger,K) Of course! This
operation is not a sacrifice in the finest sense of this word. Black captures
one pawn straight away; another is going to fall pretty soon (Shipov,S)} 24.
bxc3 Bxe4 {(!) This is a very important acquisition. Now Black dominates the
center. The white rooks have problems of showing their worth because the
position remains closed. Therefore, Black's main task is to collect White's
pawns while keeping ALL the files closed (Shipov,S)} 25. Bc1 {Right! Junior is
going to transfer the bishop to a3. The counterattack on the d6 pawn is
White's best chance (Shipov,S) Kasparov overlooked this strong move. It's
probably here that he decided it's time to draw (Amir Ban)} 25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Rxc3 {And here Kasparov offered a draw, that's a surprise but even more
surprising is that the Junior team declinded the offer (Utzinger,K) Hier
offerierte Kasparov voellig ueberraschend Remis, und noch erstaunlicherweise
wurde dies vom Junior Team abgelehnt (Utzinger,K) A well-calculated move!
Since Black holds his pawn frame in the center, another white pawn can be
captured. It remained only to move the king closer to the center (Shipov,S)
Draw was offered here by Kasparov. He told the arbiter that since the program
was showing negative score, he can claim a draw. He has no such right in the
rules, and the arbiter quite properly answered "no comment". In fact Deep
Junior was showing +0.40, but Boris said white has no advantage and was
inclined to accept. We initially declined the offer and then a debate started
between me and Boris, with Shay (who was operating) joining us every few
minutes. Boris suggested 27. Ba3 Rc4 and we let DJ analyze on the backup
machine. It would continue 28. a5 and felt quite good about itself (Amir Ban)}
27. Ba3 {The move 27.f4!?, with the same idea of clearing some space for the
rooks, deserved attention. Certainly, White weakens its position, but in such
a passive situation all means are good! Black has several decent options.
After the most consistent 27. ..e4 28.Ba3 Nc5, Black must reckon with the
thrust 29.a5! Another path, 27... Kf8 28.Ba3 Nh5!?, requires precise
calculation. One way or another, this move would have posed more problems for
the human (Shipov,S)} 27... Ne8 {(!) This is not very elegant, but it is a
strong move! White can't build up further pressure on the d6-pawn. It is very
important that the f7-pawn is ready to take part in the fight. When it
advances to f5 or f6, the black king will take its place, cementing Black's
formation in the center. White can't break it! Indeed, on a4-a5 Black closes
the queenside with b6-b5. In some lines, White may jump with its knight to d4,
but Black can always meet it with g7-g6, stalling White's activity (Shipov,S)
After this move Boris, in his gentle way, became more insistent: 28. f4 f6 and
the black king comes to e6. If white now plays a5, said Boris, then I as black
play b5 and I want to win! We both could see on the analysis machine that
Junior wanted to play a5 in every possible variation. I had to agree that
Boris was making more sense than Deep Junior (Amir Ban)} 28. f4 {A logical cont
inuation. And here the game was agreed draw. The match is thus tied 3-3
(Utzinger,K) Eine logische Fortsetzung. Und nun wurde Remis vereinbart, so
dass das Match 3-3 endet. (Utzinger,K) At this point, Junior's team offered a
draw and Garry made his worst move in the match - he accepted! I have no doubt
that Black's position is better. Black can fortify his position in the center
with 28/\f6 and move his king closer to the center. The next step is the
attack on the a4-pawn. White can't do much about Black's gradual pressure. I
can't see any real counterplay. The draw in this game means a tie in the match.
The human did not manage to get revenge. In a nutshell, the match saw the
human's preponderance. He outplayed the computer several times (the fourth
game is the only exception), but failed to convert all his chances. Sometimes
Kasparov was unable to carry the game to its logical conclusion. Garry
committed only two serious mistakes during the entire match. Actually, only
one of them was chessic - 32.Rh5 during time trouble in the third game. In all
other encounters, the quality of his game was very high. Only the human's
prudence allowed the machine to tie the match (Shipov,S) In the ESPN interview
held while still in the playing room, and later in the press conference
Kasparov quite candidly said that he thought he had the better position but
would not risk losing (Amir Ban)} 1/2-1/2


