DEEP FRITZ – Kramnik, V.

DEEP FRITZ
Kramnik, V. (2807)
Result: 1-0

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Date: October 13, 2002
Location: Manama BAH
Tournament: Brains in Bahrain
Round:
Opening: D57 Queen's Gambit Declined Lasker Defense, Main line
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Published on: February 20, 2020

[Event "Brains in Bahrain"]
[Site "Manama BAH"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "DEEP FRITZ"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 {Having faced accusations of playing too many Kasparov openings, Deep Fritz adopts a Karpov favourite today. } 5... h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 {The Lasker variation.} 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 ( {probably better than} 11... c6 { which restricts both of Black's minor pieces.}) 12. c4 dxc4 {Instead of this, the GM team of commentators were examining what looks like a forced queen exchange.} (12... Nc6 13. cxd5 Qb4+) 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Be2 {This avoids the possibility of losing a tempo and the capture of White's good bishop after.} 14... b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 {Preparing for an eventual ...c5 pawn break to butt heads with White's rock-solid d-pawn.} 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Rc3 c5 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Entering this endgame, Black's ace-in-the-hole is his queenside pawn majority. This could materialize into a dreaded distant passed pawn, but only if Black trades off the pieces first! Currently, White's knight is powerfully centralised while the poor Black winny on a5 might as well be off the board.} 23. h3 g6 (23... Bd7 24. Qc2 Qd6 { enabling 25...Nc6 and preventing 25. Qc7 25.Qe4 Nc6 26.Bd3 Nxd4?? 27.Qa8+!}) 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Qc2 Qc5 26. Qe4 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qc7+ {I suspect the purpose behind the queen checks was to help reach the time control.} 28. g3 Nc4 { the knight finally joins the battle.} 29. Be2 Ne5 ( {Excellent maneuvering by Fritz! It rightly anticipates the advance of Black's queenside pawns, beginning with} 29... b5 {to support the knight, but then} 30. a4 a6 31. Qa8+ {nails it.}) 30. Bb5 ( {At this point, most humans- including the grandmasters here- would probably kick the knight with} 30. f4 {According to Frans Morsch, this move was what the machine was considering as its best option for a while, until it happened upon Bb5}) 30... Bxb5 31. Nxb5 Qc5 { Black cannot hold on to his a-pawn.} 32. Nxa7 Qa5 33. Kg2 Qxa2 34. Nc8 { In this position, Kramnik played the worst move of his world championship career.} 34... Qc4 35. Ne7+ 1-0

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