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First Kramnik vs DeepFritz, In Progress

Posted by timothy on from the cook-up-some-hotdogs-and-popcorn dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Reigning world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik played the first match in a series of eight against the world's strongest chess computer. 'After the game Vladimir Kramnik said that he was never worried about losing the typical Berlin endgame that arose in his first game against Deep Fritz. The World Champion is the master of this line and Fritz was unable to take advantage of the white pieces.' There is live coverage of the event at the main website." We've mentioned this match a few times before.

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  1. Skip the hype by teetam · · Score: 1, Redundant
    This is NOT a man Vs. machine matchup in any way. This, like all the previous ones, is between the human chess player and the human computer scientist.

    Just because a computer can multiply two large numbers faster and more accurately than I do, does not prove that it is mathematically superior.

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  2. it's a DRAW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Deep Fritz (2807) - Kramnik,V [C67]
    Brains in Bahrain Man-Machine Match. Manama (1), 04.10.2002

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.b3 Ke8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Rad1 a5 13.a4 h5 14.Ne2 Be6 15.c4 Rd8 16.h3 b6 17.Nfd4 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 c5 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Bc1 Kc8 22.Rd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.g4 g6 25.h4 hxg4 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.hxg5 Ke8 28.Kg2 ½-½