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Your support makes all the difference.Just before the recent Intel/PCA title match began, Garry Kasparov accepted a challenge for a $500,000, six-game contest early next year against the computer, Deep Blue (formerly known as Deep Thought).
Last year, Kasparov was horrified to lose to a machine in a quick-play event, but if the newly designed hardware performs to expectations, Deep Blue may calculate a thousand times faster than Genius 2, the program which beat Kasparov. Yet the champion will probably win without much difficulty.
The top humans, after some humiliating experiences against computers, are beginning to understand how to play against them. The following game decided first place in this year's Aegon, Man versus Machine, tournament in the Hague. Keep the position closed, manoeuvre patiently, avoid tactics and its chips are fried.
HIARCS - John van der Wiel
1 e4 e6! 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 b6! 5 Qg4 Bf8! 6 Bg5 Qd7 7 h4 h6 8 Bf4 Ba6 9 Bxa6 Nxa6 10 Nf3 Ne7 11 0-0 Nf5 12 a3 Nb8! 13 h5 Nc6 14 Rfd1 Rg8 15 Kh2 0-0-0 16 b4 Be7 17 Qh3 g5! 18 hxg6 fxg6 19 g4 Ng7 20 Bxh6 Rh8 21 b5 Na5 22 Rh1 Rh7 23 Kg2 Rdh8 24 g5 Nf5 25 a4 Nc4 26 Ne2 Bxg5 27 Nxg5 Rxh6 28 Qc3 Qe7 29 Nf3 Qh7 30 Rxh6 Qxh6 31 Neg1 Qf4 32 Kf1 g5 33 a5 bxa5 34 Rxa5 Nxa5 35 Qxa5 Kb8 White resigned.
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