The first official Man v. Machine World Chess Championship, held at the New York Athletic Club in New York City between Grandmaster (GM) Garry Kasparov and the computer Deep Junior, ended with a draw. Kasparov took the early lead in the match with a quick victory in game one. Game two was a draw, and Deep Junior tied the match with a win in game 3. Games four and five were both draws. In game six, played on February 7, Kasparov equalized easily with the black pieces. On move 23 Kasparov played a thematic exchange sacrifice, giving up his rook in exchange for a knight and two pawns. The game was drawn by agreement on move 28, leaving the match tied at 3-3.

�I had one item on my agenda today: not to lose,� said Kasparov after the match. �I�m quite satisfied with this performance.� Since neither Kasparov nor Deep Junior was able to win the match, the championship trophy will be kept in the FIDE office in Switzerland until the next Man vs. Machine World Chess Championship, according to World Chess Federation (FIDE) president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

Kasparov is the highest rated chess player in the world with a FIDE rating of 2847. In 1997 he played a six game match against the IBM computer program, Deep Blue. In the most famous chess match in history, Deep Blue defeated Kasparov by the score of 3 � - 2 �. The FIDE Man vs. Machine World Chess Championship is Kasparov�s first serious match against a computer since his loss to Deep Blue.

Deep Junior, programmed by Amir Ban and Shay Bushinsky, has won the world computer chess championship three times. �It�s very clear that Deep Junior is a stronger program,� Kasparov said when asked to compare Deep Junior with Deep Blue. �Deep Junior is the best program ever in existence.�

The match is sponsored by FIDE and X3D Technologies Corporation and sanctioned by FIDE and the United States Chess Federation.

W: Deep Junior
B: GM Garry Kasparov
Man vs. Machine World Championship, round 6

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 Bd7 10.Be3 Bc6 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.a4 b6 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.h3 Rc8 15.Rad1 h6 16.Rfe1 Qc7 17. g3 Rfd8 18.Kh2 Re8 19.Re2 Qc4 20.Qxc4 Rxc4 21.Nd2 Rc7 22.Bg2 Rec8 23.Nb3 Rxc3 24.bxc3 Bxe4 25.Bc1 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rxc3 27.Ba3 Ne8 28.f4 f6 draw

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