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Using the Petroff Defence, Kramnik came out of the opening phase of the game solid but by the computer's twenty-third move 23.Ra1-e1, he was nearly a full pawn down according to Fritz's positional analysis. The World Champion dourly held on and by move fifty-four it was a dead draw. Current match score: Kramnik 1.5 - Deep Fritz 2.5. Watch Game 5 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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On Saturday, December 2nd, the Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament will take place at the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine. The tournament features three scholastic sections and an open section with prizes offered in each. Last minute reminder! Hope to see you in Aurora! First round starts at 9:30 a.m. For directions using an interactive map click here.
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With legions of chess journalists, analysts and bloggers trying to make sense of Kramnik's glaring blunder that cost him Game 2, the World Champion calmly went on to Game 3, kept everything under wraps and secured the draw in forty-four moves. Kramnik, yet again steered the game into an Open Calalan, a line that has become his signature opening with the white pieces. Current match score Kramnik 1.0 - Deep Fritz 2.0. Watch Game 4 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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Beginners take heart! After building up a nice advantage early in Game 2 with the black pieces against Deep Fritz, Vladimir Kramnik neglected to defend against a mate in one and lost. After move thirty-four the game was, for all intents and purposes, a draw. We all make mistakes in our chess, World Champions and Grandmasters notwithstanding. Watch Game 3 here via our LIVE Game Link. Updated with images.
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Eight million moves per second weren't quite enough for Deep Fritz to get an advantage over Vladimir Kramnik in Game 1 of their six-game match in Bonn, Germany. Using his beloved Catalan opening--the same opening he recently used to beat world number one ranked Veselin Topalov in a match--Kramnik kept the game under tight control while securing a minute positional advantage. The game was agreed drawn after Kramnik's forty-seventh move. Watch Game 2 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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World Champion Vladimir Kramnik will again meet the silicon monster Deep Fritz in a six-game match contested in the National Art Gallery in Bonn, Germany from November 25, 2006 - December 5, 2006. In their first encounter, these two played an eight-game match to a 4-4 tie in the Gulf state of Bahrain in 2002. Official Schedule, Player Profiles and Kramnik's thoughts on the match are here.
Watch Game 1 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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Richard Look wins his second Washington County Chess Federation Swiss Tournament scoring an irreproachable four points in four games. In a four-way tie for second with three points were Mike McCabe, Hoty Briggs, Rafi Hopkins and Nick Beal. The four round tournament, held at the Eastport Arts Center on November 18, 2006, attracted sixteen players with ratings ranging from USCF 1789 to USCF 100.Continue reading "WCCF November Swiss Tournament Report" »
While many Maine chess players were competing in the Hampden Harvest Tournament on November 11, 2006 a few made the trek to Manchester, NH to compete in the 31st New Hampshire Amateur Tournament. Ruben Babayan topped the Open section with a perfect four points. Fellow Mainer and Kings and Queens Chess Club chief Richard Judy tied for third place with three points--his only loss being to Babayan in round two. Click here for the USCF crosstable of this event.
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Thirty-nine players turned out for the Hampden Harvest Tournament at Hampden Academy on Saturday, November 11, 2006. The top of the Open section was a four-way gridlock tie for first between Ghezai Menelik, Cullen Edes, Tom Sandford and Bryant Ciomei each scoring three points in this four round contest. In the K-12 section it was Zachary Smith all alone at the top with a perfect four. Also lonely at the top of the K-8 section was Gianluca Pane, this year's K-6 state champion, who blanked the field with four points. The massivesly illustrated tournament report with final results crosstables is here.Continue reading "Hampden Harvest Tournament Report" »
With a USCF performance rating of 1835, eight-year-old Matthew Fishbein scored 3.5 points out of four to take clear first in the Under 1625 secton of the Maine Rating Floor Open contested recently at Southern Maine Community College in South Portland. Because we thought you might like to see this wunderkind in action, we bring you all four of these games, annotated by Fritz 9, and one game--Game 3-- annotated by International Master Kenneth Regan. Another piece of IM Regan's analysis was just featured on GM Susan Polgar's Blog.
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