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Kramnik Overlooks Mate in One
Having benefited from the glaring error of Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, world's leading chess computer, Deep Fritz checkmated the rival in the second game and took the lead.
The six games in the duel between Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz, the chess computer developed by Hamburg-based Chessbase, are held from November 25 to December 5, 2006. The venue is the National Art Gallery in Bonn, Germany. If Kramnik wins he will earn one million US dollars.
Kramnik played 3...b5 in the Queen's Gambit Accepted and equalized the chances with black by move 17, The key move of 18...c5 forced the white to fight for the comfortable position. Backed up by enormous calculating potential, Fritz created some tactical threats but Kramnik always kept things under control. The Russian could have made a draw several times, but he went on in hope of winning chances.
On move 33, Kramnik captured on c1, but that move contains a fatal error. Black's queenside pawns would still give him chances. Instead, Kramnik played the move 34...Qe3, having overlooked the mate in one to great pleasure of Fritz operators. It was one of the most unbelievable blunders ever seen at that level of chess and the first one in Kramnik’s career.
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All the Article in Russian as of Nov. 29, 2006
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