onegoodmove

Kramnik only managed a draw in his match against Deep Fritz with very favorable rules will Kasparov fare better against Junior.

If you are looking for the Kasparov - X3D Fritz Match

Here is an interesting report on the upcoming match from the N.Y. Times (registration required)

On Sunday, he begins a six-game $1 million match against an Israeli program, Deep Junior, the three-time world computer chess champion.

The match will be played at the New York Athletic Club, and the games will be shown in real time on the Web here and here.

The play will start at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 26, 28, and 30, and on Feb. 2, 5, and 7. Each game will last at most seven hours.

Photo by Chip East/Reuters

Final Result
Current Score Kaparov 3.0 Deep Junior 3.0

Important News Final Game on TV

CHESS: Garry Kasparov takes on Deep Junior
Kasparov faces the I.B.M. computer calculating three million moves per second! 3:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. ESPN2 (time eastern GMT -5)

Game 1 Kasparov-Deep_Junior 1-0
Game 2 Deep Junior - Kasparov 1/2-1/2
Game 3 Kasparov - Deep Junior 0-1

Kasparov after obtaining an opening advantage frittered it away and then refused to take advantage of a forced draw overlooking an excellent move by the computer and was forced to resign a few moves later. Rh5 was the losing move..

Game 4 Deep Junior - Kasparov 1/2-1/2

Game 5 Kasparov - Deep Junior 1/2-1/2

Looks like Kasparov had found a weakness in Juniors opening play to exploit Junior obliges by taking the greek gift 10 Bh7+ so why does Kasparov not play 15. g3 a move most Grandmaster commentators thought was simply winning. Analysis in the next few days should be interesting. Did Kasparov just wimp out or was there something the rest did not see.

Game 6 Deep Junior - Kasparov 1/2-1/2

A major disappointment Kasparov decided he would rather draw in a better position than take a chance on losing. He offered a draw the computer team turned it down Kasparov played another move the computer then played and offered a draw of its own Kasparov accepted. I think this was bad for chess ESPN televised the game and I doubt will bother again. Imagine its the fourth quarter the score is tied and the teams agree they don't want to lose and walk off the field. Kasparov's explanation that the costs of a possible mistake were to high. If you are playing another human if you make a mistake there is still a chance your opponent will make a mistake allowing you another chance. With the computer you don't get a second chance. He alluded to the 1997 match against Deep Blue that he lost. The memory of that loss was obviously more than he could deal with and hence the draw.

View Games Java Viewer Final
note: viewer loads the first game for a list of games click on small chessboard icon . Optionally you can use the up and down arrows to cycle through the games.

Download Games (pgn)Final

Bonus Coverage
Bareev 2.0 - HiarcsX 2.0 Final
The Kasparov - Junior match is not the only computer Grandmaster game in town Bareev the number eight ranked player in the world is currently playing a 4 game match against HiarcsX . Hiarcs is touted as playing the most human chess of all the chess playing computers. The match finshed tied if you would like to view the games on the Java Viewer I have included them with the Junior Kasparov games. Simply click on the file cabinet to choose the Hiarcs games.

Here is a link to the official Bareev - Hiarcs site.

Dowload Bareev-HiarcsX games in pgn format

Kasparov, Computer Talk Smack