(hu)Man vs Idea

theBilling

Billed as "The FIDE Man Vs Machine World Chess Championship", the world's best human chess player matched against the world's strongest chess playing computer program. Garry Kasparov, whose ELO rating of 2847 is the highest ever, against DEEP JUNIOR, a program running parallel on eight 1.6 GHz PCs, each with 1 GByte of RAM.

where		New York Athletic Club
when		26.jan – 7.feb
time control		40 moves/2 hrs 20 moves/1 hr 30 minutes/player
prize fund		$1 million

theMatch

– 13. …b6-b5 –

Game 1 26.january

Triumph for (hu)man. DEEP JUNIOR fell behind in the opening, its best moves not good enough thereafter.

– 25. Rc1xc2 –

Game 2 28.january

A good opening for Kasparov leads to a good attack. The slightest misstep and DEEP JUNIOR salvages a draw via Queen sac.

– 31. …Qd6-d7 –

Game 3 30.january

To err is (hu)Man. Kasparov stumbles into a forced mate from an arguably drawn position.

– 23. …Qb8-c7 –

Game 4 2.february

Foreshadow. DEEP JUNIOR sacrifices a pawn (starting 24. a4-a5) to open up a closed position. Humans see the draw about 10 moves before DEEP JUNIOR.

– 10. …Bd6xh2+ –

Game 5 5.february

'!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable!' posted commentator Mig Greenwald after DEEP JUNIOR's move 10 …Bd6xh2+. 'Kasparov was visibly stunned…'

– 23. …Rc7xc3 –

Game 6 7.february

Even. Kasparov sacrifices the exchange for an attack that DEEP JUNIOR adroitly mutes. Even game, even match. Completely different approaches, same destination.

(hu)Man vs Idea (Kasparov – DEEP JUNIOR 2003)