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| Chess by Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph   Malcolm Pein writes for the Daily Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk)
you can read his chess columns along with those of Nigel Short and David
Norwood at their new
Chess
Club (to read the columns you need to register which is free). The world number one Garry Kasparov drew the first game of his match against X3D Fritz after around three and a half hours of play at the New York Athletic Club. The match is the best of four with Kasparov taking home $150,000 or $200,000 if he wins. It was a typical human - computer game and a quite annoying one as yet again the human player secured a clear advantage in the opening through superior understanding only to lose it as the time control approached when the computer was allowed a tactical chance to save itself. The opening was similar to the first game of the match between Kasparov and Deep Junior in February, a game Kasparov won convincingly but the FritzX3D opening book varied on move seven. As soon as Kasparov played a move the computer had not seen before it reverted to type and promptly grabbed a pawn for which Kasparov had plenty of attacking chances. Kasparov won a rook for a bishop and a pawn but FritzX3D had a very solid but passive position. Kasparov began a kingside pawn advance, which looked sure to open up the computer's king but it responded by grabbing a pawn which suddenly made the white monarch look insecure. Kasparov, after a long think could do no better than to allow perpetual check. He must play black in game two. Kasparov is playing on a 3D chess board in virtual reality projected from a new type of PC developed by the match sponsors and he calls his moves out rather than move real pieces. Voice recognition software then sends the move to Fritz. Kasparov,G (2830) - X3D FRITZ [D45] X3D Match New York USA (1), 11.11.2003 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4  Going straight onto the attack but the computer's opening book told it to spurn the pawn sacrifice and it replied 7. ..Bb4 pinning the Nc3 and preparing ...Ne4. [ 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.e4 e5 10.g5 Nh5 11.Be3 0-0 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.d5 b5 14.dxc6 bxc4 15.Nb5 Qxc6 16.Nxd6 Bb7 17.Qc3 Rae8 18.Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Rhe1 Qb5 20.Nd2 Rc8 21.Kb1 Nf8 22.Ka1 Ng6 23.Rc1 Ba6 24.b3 cxb3 25.Qxb3 Ra8 26.Qxb5 Bxb5 27.Rc7 1-0 Kasparov,G-DEEP JUNIOR/New York USA 2003/The Week in Chess 429 (27). ] 8.Bd2 Qe7 9.Rg1 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.0-0-0 New Move. [ 11.cxd5; 11.Bd3] 11...Qf6 12.Be2 Nxf2 13.Rdf1 Ne4 14.Bb4 [ 14.Ne5 Qh4 15.Nxf7 0-0! and takes on h2 later.] 14...c5 15.cxd5 [ 15.Ba3!? idea g5 and Bd3.] 15...exd5 16.dxc5 Qe7 17.Nd4 0-0 18.Nf5 Qe5 19.c6  Winning the exchange. 19...bxc6 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Ng3 [ 21.Qxc6 Rb8 22.Qc2 Ndc5 23.Nd4 Bd7 and Black is alarmingly active.] 21...Ndc5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bd3 Be6 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rf4 Bd5 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Rgf1 Rb8 28.R1f2 Qc7 29.Rc2 Qd7 30.h4 Qd8 31.g5 Bxa2 32.Rxe4 [ 32.Rd2 was the critical move when 32...Bd5 ( 32...Qe8 33.h5 Bd5 34.h6 Qf8 is double edged.) 33.Rxe4 a5 34.Ra4 and h5 leaves White in control. ] 32...Qd3 33.Rd4 Qxe3+ 34.Rcd2 [ 34.Rdd2 Rxb2!! 35.Qxe3 Rb1#] 34...Qe1+ 35.Rd1 Qe3+ 36.R1d2 Qg1+ 37.Rd1  White has back rank threats so Black must keep checking. 1/2-1/2 |
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