Word: kramnik
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...Shaky after two straight losses, Vladimir Kramnik deployed a classic anti-computer strategy. In another Queens Indian Defense, but with the sides switched, the human world champion managed to lock the pawns in the center of the board, depriving the tactical monster of the open lines it needed for a flashy attack. After only two and half hours of play, the Moscow grand master offered the Hamburg computer a draw on the twenty-eighth move and Deep Fritz immediately accepted. With the score now tied at three and a half points apiece, the eight-game match will be decided...
...After today's draw, Kramnik said his confidence was restored but that he couldn't predict the match's outcome. "The result will, to a large extent, be based on luck," he said "It depends on so many factors, even the way that I sleep. The computer doesn't feel any pressure at all, and therefore has a real psychological advantage - I need to think really deeply about what I will do in the final game. It is difficult to prepare for this last fight, because the computer can play in so many different ways...
...Deep Fritz - Kramnik Game 7 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.e4 e5 15.d5 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bh3 g6 18.a4 (Last book move by Fritz.) 18...a5 19.Rab1 Ba6 20.Re1 Kh8 21.Kg2 Bg7 22.Qd3 Rae8 23.Nd2 Bh6 24.f4 Qc7 25.Rf1 Kg8 26.Rbe1 Qd8 27.Kg1 Bb7 28.Re2 Ba6 1/2-1/2
...eighth and final game of their two-week competition in Bahrain, the exhausted human world champion and the unflappable computer agreed to a draw on the twenty-second move. The see-saw-like match - Kramnik dominated the first half and Deep Fritz rallied in the second half - ended up a tie, four games to four, and therefore did not resolve the burning question of whether man or machine plays better chess. Kramnik wants a rematch, but before he gets another shot, Garry Kasparov, his former teacher and arch rival, will take on one of Deep Fritz's cousins, the Israeli...
...Woodpushers around the world who were watching Game 8 on the Web were disappointed that Kramnik, the pre-match favorite, did not crush the silicon beast. Chess players were angry at the Russian grand master for calling a truce without a fight. "There should be a new rule," said Tony Rook, host of the Web site http://chess.fm. "If you draw before move 30, you're barred from chess for life...