Kramnik, V. – DEEP FRITZ Computers like to open files but this is an opening that Vlad really has had great success with. Kramnik, V. (2807) DEEP FRITZ Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: October 6, 2002 Location: Manama BAH Tournament: Brains in Bahrain Round: Opening: D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical Variation Submitted by: Published on: February 20, 2020 [Event "Brains in Bahrain"] [Site "Manama BAH"] [Date "2002.10.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "DEEP FRITZ"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2002.10.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Computers like to open files but this is an opening that Vlad really has had great success with.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 {As played with success against Kasparov.} 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Kf1 {What a clever idea to get the computer out of book and it works. It later turns out that the king is slightly vulnerable on f1 and h2 is undefended but this was naturally quite impossible to foresee.} (9. Nbd2 {0} 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 {Kramnik v Kasparov game 4 London 2000.}) 9... b5 { I don't like this because there is no need for it now.} (9... Nbd7 { is sounder and less weakening.}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 { A bit unusual.} (12. b3 {was standard, so standard Fritz short circuits. I wonder if Kramnik had this position on the board in advance. After the game he denied this.}) 12... Bf8 {Fritz just thought Kramnik had to play 13.Nbd2 now when it would merrily play 13...Bc5 Of course 13...Be7 was more sensible} 13. a4 {With the Black rook on h8 a long way from the action its time to attack the weak queenside pawns.} 13... b4 (13... bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rda1 Rfd8 18. Be1 {and the pawn on a6 is going.}) 14. Nfd2 {The standard move to head for the newly available c4 square.} 14... Bd5 15. f3 {To play e4 and kick the bishop.} 15... Bd6 16. g3 e5 {Its vital to keep the bishop shadowing the Nb3 and limit those white knights which are poised to invade.} 17. e4 Be6 18. Nc4 Bc7 (18... Be7 19. Nba5 O-O 20. Nc6 Rfe8 21. Bd2 { and the queenside pawns are very weak again.}) 19. Be3 a5 (19... O-O 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfb8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 ) 20. Nc5 { Now Fritz plays quite brilliantly to find a defence.} 20... Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Nd7 { Only move.} 22. Nd6+ Kf8 (22... Kd8 23. Rac1 (23. Nxf7+ Bxf7 24. Bb5 Be6 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Rd1 Kc8 27. Rxd7 { Is exactly how not to play against Fritz even if its quite strong !}) 23... Nxc5 24. Nxf7+ Ke7 25. Rxc5 Bb6 26. Rc6 ) 23. Bf2 { At this stage it was hard to imagine the computer surviving.} (23. Nb5+ { At first sight Nigel Short thought this was winning. I couldn't see why not so in the end we switched on Franz Morsch's Fritz to find out!!} 23... Nxc5 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Rac1 {Looks absolutely crushing but...} 25... Bh3+ 26. Ke1 Rxc7 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Rxh8 Nd3+ {Survives.}) 23... Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rad1 Rhc8 26. Bb5 { and now we were expecting 26...Rc7 and Fritz grovels till it dies but...} 26... Nc5 (26... Rc7 27. R1d2 Rac8 28. Ra6 Nc5 29. Bxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rxa5) 27. Bc6 {They think its all over..} 27... Bc4+ {An amazing shot.} 28. Ke1 Nd3+ 29. R1xd3 Bxd3 30. Bc5 Bc4 (30... Bc2 31. Kd2 b3 32. Rd5+ Kf6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. h4+ Kh5 36. Bb6 {And a5 falls and White should win.}) 31. Rd4+ { Kramnik forces a rook and pawn endgame.} 31... Kf6 32. Rxc4 Rxc6 33. Be7+ Kxe7 34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. Rc5 f6 36. Kd2 {After this forcing sequence its hard to see a good plan for Fritz even though material is level. Nearly all strong human players would try to give up a pawn to become active and set the opponent practical problems but not Fritz, he wants to hang on to his pawns and so Kramnik just expertly improves his position.} 36... Kd6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Kd3 g6 (38... Ra7 39. Kc4 Ra8 40. h4 Ra7 41. h5 h6 42. f4 { Opening a second front and straining the defence to the limit.} 42... exf4 43. gxf4 Re7 44. e5 fxe5 45. fxe5 Kb6 46. Rd6+ Kc7 47. Kd5 {wins.}) 39. Kc4 g5 { Fritz had now seen that f4 would hurt but this does not stop it. If anything it might encourage the sequence f4 gxf4 gxf4 exf4 Rf5 but Kramnik just prefers to let the machine suffer a bit more.} 40. h3 h6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Ra7 43. h5 {Now everything is perfect. Fritz can not afford the waiting move Ra7 because Rd8-h8 wins so Kramnik loses a move to set up Zugszwang.} 43... Ra8 44. Rc5+ Kb6 45. Rb5+ Kc6 46. Rd5 {Your move my friend.} 46... Kc7 (46... Ra7 47. Rd8 Rg7 (47... Rf7 48. Rc8+ Kb6 49. Kd5 Rd7+ 50. Ke6 Rd2 51. Kxf6 Rxb2 52. Kxe5 b3 53. f4 ) 48. Rf8 ) 47. Kb5 b3 (47... Ra7 48. Rc5+ Kd7 49. Kb6 ) 48. Rd3 Ra7 49. Rxb3 Rb7+ 50. Kc4 Ra7 51. Rb5 Ra8 52. Kd5 Ra6 53. Rc5+ Kd7 54. b3 Rd6+ 55. Kc4 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Rd1 57. Rd5+ {57...Rxd5 58.exd5 Kd6 59.b4 Kxd5 60.bxa5 f5 61.a6 Kc6 62.Kc4 Kb6 63.Kd5 wins 57...Rxd5 58.exd5 Kd6 59.b4 axb4 60.Kxb4 Kxd5 61.Kb5 f5 62.a5 e4 63.a6 queens with check} 1-0 [Event "Brains in Bahrain"] [Site "Manama BAH"] [Date "2002.10.06"] [Round "2"] [White "Kramnik, V."] [Black "DEEP FRITZ"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D27"] [WhiteElo "2807"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2002.10.04"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Computers like to open files but this is an opening that Vlad really has had great success with.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 {As played with success against Kasparov.} 7... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Kf1 {What a clever idea to get the computer out of book and it works. It later turns out that the king is slightly vulnerable on f1 and h2 is undefended but this was naturally quite impossible to foresee.} (9. Nbd2 {0} 9... Nbd7 10. Be2 b6 {Kramnik v Kasparov game 4 London 2000.}) 9... b5 { I don't like this because there is no need for it now.} (9... Nbd7 { is sounder and less weakening.}) 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 { A bit unusual.} (12. b3 {was standard, so standard Fritz short circuits. I wonder if Kramnik had this position on the board in advance. After the game he denied this.}) 12... Bf8 {Fritz just thought Kramnik had to play 13.Nbd2 now when it would merrily play 13...Bc5 Of course 13...Be7 was more sensible} 13. a4 {With the Black rook on h8 a long way from the action its time to attack the weak queenside pawns.} 13... b4 (13... bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rda1 Rfd8 18. Be1 {and the pawn on a6 is going.}) 14. Nfd2 {The standard move to head for the newly available c4 square.} 14... Bd5 15. f3 {To play e4 and kick the bishop.} 15... Bd6 16. g3 e5 {Its vital to keep the bishop shadowing the Nb3 and limit those white knights which are poised to invade.} 17. e4 Be6 18. Nc4 Bc7 (18... Be7 19. Nba5 O-O 20. Nc6 Rfe8 21. Bd2 { and the queenside pawns are very weak again.}) 19. Be3 a5 (19... O-O 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfb8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 ) 20. Nc5 { Now Fritz plays quite brilliantly to find a defence.} 20... Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Nd7 { Only move.} 22. Nd6+ Kf8 (22... Kd8 23. Rac1 (23. Nxf7+ Bxf7 24. Bb5 Be6 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Rd1 Kc8 27. Rxd7 { Is exactly how not to play against Fritz even if its quite strong !}) 23... Nxc5 24. Nxf7+ Ke7 25. Rxc5 Bb6 26. Rc6 ) 23. Bf2 { At this stage it was hard to imagine the computer surviving.} (23. Nb5+ { At first sight Nigel Short thought this was winning. I couldn't see why not so in the end we switched on Franz Morsch's Fritz to find out!!} 23... Nxc5 24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Rac1 {Looks absolutely crushing but...} 25... Bh3+ 26. Ke1 Rxc7 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Rxh8 Nd3+ {Survives.}) 23... Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rad1 Rhc8 26. Bb5 { and now we were expecting 26...Rc7 and Fritz grovels till it dies but...} 26... Nc5 (26... Rc7 27. R1d2 Rac8 28. Ra6 Nc5 29. Bxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rxa5) 27. Bc6 {They think its all over..} 27... Bc4+ {An amazing shot.} 28. Ke1 Nd3+ 29. R1xd3 Bxd3 30. Bc5 Bc4 (30... Bc2 31. Kd2 b3 32. Rd5+ Kf6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. h4+ Kh5 36. Bb6 {And a5 falls and White should win.}) 31. Rd4+ { Kramnik forces a rook and pawn endgame.} 31... Kf6 32. Rxc4 Rxc6 33. Be7+ Kxe7 34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. Rc5 f6 36. Kd2 {After this forcing sequence its hard to see a good plan for Fritz even though material is level. Nearly all strong human players would try to give up a pawn to become active and set the opponent practical problems but not Fritz, he wants to hang on to his pawns and so Kramnik just expertly improves his position.} 36... Kd6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Kd3 g6 (38... Ra7 39. Kc4 Ra8 40. h4 Ra7 41. h5 h6 42. f4 { Opening a second front and straining the defence to the limit.} 42... exf4 43. gxf4 Re7 44. e5 fxe5 45. fxe5 Kb6 46. Rd6+ Kc7 47. Kd5 {wins.}) 39. Kc4 g5 { Fritz had now seen that f4 would hurt but this does not stop it. If anything it might encourage the sequence f4 gxf4 gxf4 exf4 Rf5 but Kramnik just prefers to let the machine suffer a bit more.} 40. h3 h6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Ra7 43. h5 {Now everything is perfect. Fritz can not afford the waiting move Ra7 because Rd8-h8 wins so Kramnik loses a move to set up Zugszwang.} 43... Ra8 44. Rc5+ Kb6 45. Rb5+ Kc6 46. Rd5 {Your move my friend.} 46... Kc7 (46... Ra7 47. Rd8 Rg7 (47... Rf7 48. Rc8+ Kb6 49. Kd5 Rd7+ 50. Ke6 Rd2 51. Kxf6 Rxb2 52. Kxe5 b3 53. f4 ) 48. Rf8 ) 47. Kb5 b3 (47... Ra7 48. Rc5+ Kd7 49. Kb6 ) 48. Rd3 Ra7 49. Rxb3 Rb7+ 50. Kc4 Ra7 51. Rb5 Ra8 52. Kd5 Ra6 53. Rc5+ Kd7 54. b3 Rd6+ 55. Kc4 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Rd1 57. Rd5+ {57...Rxd5 58.exd5 Kd6 59.b4 Kxd5 60.bxa5 f5 61.a6 Kc6 62.Kc4 Kb6 63.Kd5 wins 57...Rxd5 58.exd5 Kd6 59.b4 axb4 60.Kxb4 Kxd5 61.Kb5 f5 62.a5 e4 63.a6 queens with check} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
