Kasparov versus Deep Junior 2003

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The Kasparov versus Deep Junior Match 2003 between at that time world No. 1 player Garry Kasparov and reigning World Computer Chess Champion Deep Junior took place at Athletic Club, City House, Central Park South, New York City, New York, January 26 until February 08, 2003, sanctioned by the FIDE and ICGA as Man vs. Machine World Championship. The six games match ended 3-3, Garry Kasparov winning game 1, Deep Junior winning game 3, and four remaining draws.

=Selected Games= Game 5, Annotations by Kurt Utzinger [Event "Man vs Machine"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2003.02.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Kasparov, Gary"] [Black "Deep Junior"] [Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 {This time the Junior team avoided the Semi Slav (Utzinger,K)} 2.c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. a3 {With this rarely played move, Kasparov throws Deep Junior out of book. White can either win space by b2-b4 or go for a kingside attack by f2-f3, then e3-e4 and Qd1-e1-h4 (Utzinger,K)} 9... c6 {A positional sound reply. Deep Junior protects its central pawn and avoids Nc3-b5. A more active alternative was 9... c5 (Utzinger,K)} 10. Qc2 {(?!) In my opinion, 10.f3 was more precise. On the other hand I cannot imagine that Kasparov had not thought about the coming sacrifice. (Utzinger,K)} 10... Bxh2+ {Wow!! Deep Junior sacrifices his bishop. Can Kasparov hold this position? Or is this only one of those speculative moves that are so typical for Deep Junior? We shall soon know for sure (Utzinger,K)} 11. Kxh2 Ng4+ 12. Kg3 Qg5 13. f4 Qh5 14. Bd2 Qh2+ 15. Kf3 Qh4 {A very difficult situation for Kasparov. He can play 16.Ng3 with a draw by perpetual check. Or he can try to go for a win with 16.g3 in the hope to escape with his king to e1 (Utzinger,K)} 16. Bxh7+ {I had indeed not expected this. But this move in conjunction with the following move leads to a draw by perpetual check. Just a great game of Deep Junior (Utzinger,K)} 16... Kh8 17. Ng3 Nh2+ 18. Kf2 Ng4+ 19. Kf3 Nh2+ {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2 View this game on Lichess.org =See also=
 * Kasparov versus Deep Blue 1997
 * Kramnik versus Deep Fritz 2002
 * Bareev versus HIARCS 2003
 * Kasparov versus X3D Fritz 2003

=Publications=
 * David Levy (2003). The State of the Art in Man vs. “Machine” Chess. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1 » PV Extensions
 * Karsten Müller (2003). Man Equals Machine in Chess. ICGA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1
 * Jonathan Schaeffer (2003). The First FIDE Man-Machine World Chess Championship. pdf
 * Eric Hallsworth (2003). Deep Junior v Garry Kasparov - Games 1-3. Selective Search 104, pp. 25, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Eric Hallsworth (2003). Deep Junior v Garry Kasparov - Games 4-6. Selective Search 105, pp. 7, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Eric Hallsworth (2003). Deep Junior - Kasparov: A Second Look at Game 5. Selective Search 106, pp. 16, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Eric Hallsworth (2003). Deep Junior - Kasparov: A Third Look at Game 5. Selective Search 107, pp. 9, pdf hosted by Mike Watters
 * Monty Newborn (2011). Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer, ISBN-13: 978-0857293404
 * [[FILE:bejDeepBlue.jpg|none|border|text-bottom|link=http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-0-85729-340-4]]
 * Chapter 5: 2003: Deep Junior Confounds Kasparov, Drawing 3–3 in New York

=Forum Posts=
 * Kasparov - Deep Junior score predictions? by Mig Greengard, CCC, August 07, 2002
 * Kasparov vs Junior Update by Michael Vox, CCC, November 22, 2002
 * Kasparov - Deep Junior OR Get Ready for Another Sham! by Onund Thorkalsson, CCC, January 01, 2003
 * Garry Kasparov -v- DEEP JUNIOR: ICGA Briefing by Guy Haworth, January 07, 2003 CCC,
 * Kasparov - Deep Junior: and tablebases draw rule by Francesco Di Tolla, CCC, January 22, 2003
 * Kasparov Beats Junior in game 1! by Luis Smith, CCC, January 26, 2003
 * Deep Junior 1/2 - 1/2 Kasparov by Andrew Williams, CCC, January 28, 2003
 * Garry Kasparov - Deep Junior... 0-1 PGN by Ronnie Cole, CCC, January 30, 2003
 * Kasparov - Junior game 4 by Martin Giepmans, CCC, February 02, 2003
 * Deep Junior - Kasparov Game 4 -- Draw by John Merlino, CCC, February 02, 2003
 * Kasparov,G vs Deep Junior (5) draw, comments, replay, download by Kurt Utzinger, CCC, February 05, 2003
 * Some Analysis by Chess System Tal 2 of Game 5 Kasparov-DJ by Ludicrous, CCC, February 06, 2003 » Chess System Tal
 * Deep Junior vs Kasparov,G [6 draw] by Kurt Utzinger, CCC, February 07, 2003
 * Sack busted by Kai Laskos, CCC, March 18, 2017

=External Links=
 * Kasparov & Deep Junior fight to 3-3 draw!, Drum's News Briefs
 * Kasparov-Junior from HIARCS Chess Software for PC, Mac, Pocket PC, iPhone, iPod and Palm Chess
 * FIDE Man-Machine WC (2003) from chessgames.com
 * Kasparov - Deep Junior Million Dollar Match Postponed until December, FIDE News, September 18, 2004
 * Kasparov vs Deep Junior - Match details, FIDE News, January 17, 2003
 * 'Deep Junior is clearly better than Deep Blue', ChessBase News, January 27, 2003
 * Pictures from the Big Apple, ChessBase News, January 27, 2003
 * Kasparov's 'fingerfehler' lets the computer off the hook, ChessBase News, January 29, 2003
 * Deep Junior strikes back, ChessBase News, February 01, 2003
 * Kasparov, Deep Junior draw game four, ChessBase News, February 03, 2003
 * Kasparov-Deep Junior draw after stunning sacrifice, ChessBase News, February 06, 2003
 * Kasparov vs Deep Junior ends in 3-3 draw, ChessBase News, February 08, 2003
 * Deep Junior Makes the Fight Worth It, ChessBase News, February 13, 2003
 * Garry Kasparov vs Deep Junior, YouTube Video

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