Vladimir Kramnik to play against Deep Fritz

World champion Vladimir Kramnik will face Deep Fritz chess program in a 6 games match scheduled for November 25th to December 5th, 2006. The event will be held at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, and Kramnik might double his starting fee to $1 Million US if he wins the match.

In an recent interview Kramnik announced his plans regarding this season. (Depending on the treatment progress) Vladimir will play chess Olympiad in May, Dortmund in July, unification match against Veselin Topalov in September (if arranged) and match against the Deep Fritz in November. Unfortunately, he had to skip Monaco Amber after 14 years of constant participation.



Vassily Ivanchuk - Vladimir Kramnik
Linares 1993

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Be2 a6 10.Bg3 h5 11.h3 Qc7 12.f4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.Qf3 h4 15.Bh2 Bd7 16.O-O-O Rc8 17.Rhe1 b5 18.Qf2 Qc7 19.e5 b4 20.Rd3 dxe5 21.fxe5 bxc3 22.Rxc3



22...Qxc3 23.bxc3 Ba3+ 24.Kd2 Nd5 25.Re4 Rxc3 26.Rg4 O-O 27.Qxh4 Rfc8 28.Nd4 Bb4 29.Ke2 Bb5+ 30.Nxb5 Rxc2+ 31.Kf3 axb5 32.Rxb4 Nxb4 33.Qxb4 R8c3+ 0-1