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'''Kramnik versus Deep Fritz 2006''',<br/>
a Man versus Machine chess duel dubbed '''World Chess Challenge''' (WCC) [[Timeline#2006|2006]], of Classical, and since October 2006, Reunified [[FIDE]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2006 World Chess Champion] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik] versus [[Fritz#DeepFritz|Deep Fritz 10]] by [[Frans Morsch]] and [[Mathias Feist]] was staged from November 25 until December 05, 2006 at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunst-_und_Ausstellungshalle_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland Art and Exhibition Hall] <ref>[https://de.chessbase.com/post/vortrge-in-der-bundechachkunsthalle Vorträge in der Bundesschachkunsthalle] by [https://de.chessbase.com/author/andre-schulz André Schulz], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 21, 2006 (German)</ref> in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn Bonn], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany Germany]. The WCC was sponsored by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAG_AG RAG AG], a large German coal mining corporation represented by chairman [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_M%C3%BCller_(Politiker) Werner Müller], former [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_for_Economic_Affairs_and_Energy German Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy] (1998–2002) in the cabinet of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Schr%C3%B6der Gerhard Schröder]. Kramnik's starting fee was $500,000, with option to double in case he would have decided the six-round duel in his favor.
Patron of the event was chess lover and at that time [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Ministry_of_Finance_(Germany) German Minister of Finance] in the cabinet of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel Angela Merkel], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_Steinbr%C3%BCck Peer Steinbrück] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany SPD]). In 2012, when he was about to become 2013 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany_(1949%E2%80%93) Chancellor] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_2013 candidate], he was accused of malpractice due to his trials, albeit unsuccessful, of funding public money for the Kramnik vs Fritz match from the in parts state-owned [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Post Deutsche Post] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom Deutsche Telekom] <ref>[https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/schachgate-oder-marginalie--steinbrueck-wehrt-sich-gegen-vorwurf-des-amtsmissbrauchs-3489634.html Schachgate oder Marginalie? Steinbrück wehrt sich gegen Vorwurf des Amtsmissbrauchs], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(magazine) Stern], September 23, 2012 (German)</ref> <ref>[https://www.stern.de/politik/deutschland/sponsorenwerbung-fuer-schach-turnier-ein--stinkboemble--gegen-steinbrueck-3487688.html Ein "Stinkbömble" gegen Steinbrück], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(magazine) Stern], September 24, 2012 (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de/news/politik/Schach-dem-Kandidaten-article865285.html Schach dem Kandidaten], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-Anzeiger General-Anzeiger], September 24, 2012</ref> <ref>[https://www.tagesspiegel.de/meinung/umstrittener-spendenaufruf-peer-steinbrueck-schach-dem-kandidaten/7179950.html Peer Steinbrück: Schach dem Kandidaten] by [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_Maroldt Lorenz Maroldt], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Tagesspiegel Der Tagesspiegel], September 26, 2012 (German)</ref> <ref>[https://danielgoffart.de/ Daniel Goffart] ('''2012'''). ''[https://www.randomhouse.de/ebook/Steinbrueck-Die-Biografie/Daniel-Goffart/Heyne/e430622.rhd Steinbrück - Die Biografie]''. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyne_Verlag Heyne Verlag]</ref> . The WCC was organized by ''Universal Event Promotion'' (UEP) with investor and match director Josef Resch <ref>[https://de.chessbase.com/post/der-mann-hinter-der-wm-interview-mit-josef-resch Der Mann hinter der WM: Interview mit Josef Resch], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 22, 2008 (German)</ref> , in cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall <ref>[https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-che-duel-man-vs-machine New chess duel Man vs Machine], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], Press Release, March 01, 2006</ref> . The match ended in a '''4-2''' victory for Deep Fritz with two wins and four draws. Kramnik missed winning chances in game 1 and 5, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunder_(chess)#Deep_Fritz_vs._Vladimir_Kramnik overlooked a mate in one] in game 2, and finally lost game 6 versus a resistless Fritz playing a strong novelty. The computer used for the match was a Dual Intel Core 2 Duo 5160 system which allows Fritz, to calculate around 8 million positions per second.
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