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Computers on cutting edge of chess, but human players remain a step in frontBEGINNER’S CORNERH6•i3)1bcl e t8 hWHITE MATES IN 2Hint: The c4 square is key.Although the game has remained virtually unchanged for centuries, chess continues to generate its share of novelties and curiosities.Throughout the years, blindfold chess, chess-playing automatons, simultaneous exhibitions and prodigies have drawn their share of audiences, financial support and media attention.Today, public fancy has turned to events involving computers. Two major events occurred in Junealone.The first was an advanced chess, computer-assisted tournament in Leon, Spain, in which each playerwas allowed to use a computer'sdatabase and game analysis to de-termine his moves. The winner was Viswanathan Anand ahead of Alexei Shirov. Judit Polgar and Miguel Illescas.The second event was a man-vs.-machine exhibition in Frankfort. Germany, featuring Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander MorozevichChessShelbyLymanand Peter Leko, as well as Anand and Shirov, against the program Frit/. Searching at a rate of 2.8 million positions per second, Fritz ran on a powerful Fujitsu Siemens KKOO computer. The time limit was 25 minutes per game for both humans and computer.Humanity escaped defeat when Shirov won his second game with Fritz and the final game of theexhibition to deadlock the overallscore at 5-5. The event had special significance because the human opposition consisted of the top six players in the world, with the exception of Garrv Kasparov.Below is a win bv Kramnik over17.RblB1718.Rb3R(e)c819.c6Qd820.Qa6Nh521.Nxh5Bxh5n4mm 0Rb7Of623.0-0h624.Bc5Kh725.Bxa7Qxh426.R(f)blBt 327.QflRe 828.Bb8R(a)xb829.Rxb8Re 630.Rf8Rg631.Rxf5Rxg2ch32.Qxg2Bxg2White resigns Solution to Beginner’s Corner: 1d3 Kb5 2. Qc4 mateShelby L\man is a national chess master and three-time \’ew I nland championFritz.FritzKramnik1. c4c52. Nc3*K * A * •%Nc683. Nt3f54. d4e4•f *5. Ng5Bb46. Nh3Nf67. e3Bxc3ch8. bxc3d69. Nf40-0I10. h4Oe7$11. c5Nd812. Qb3chNe6m13. Bc4Re 814. Ba3Kh815. Bxe6Bxe616. Qxb7d54SOLVE-ITafter 30. Rf8KramnikWWWI111ti±n *A■»* 9 V. ' rd cFritzhBLACK fO PLAY
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