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Annotated by rich_sposato (1823): This is game 6 of the match where a computer, Deep Blue, defeated a reigning chess grandmaster, Garry Kasparov in only 19 moves.
Most commentary is by Yasser Seirawan. ((Comments from Wikipedia entry on this game are in double parentheses.))
The Garry Kasparov versus Deep Blue match had all the drama of a great epic. Going into the last game with the match tied the expectation and excitement… |
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Annotated by lrgraham (1578): Early sacrifice to take advantage of opponent's cramped position. Note that he MUST move his Queen, because if 7. ...fxe6, then 8. Bg6#! Setting up potential King and Rook fork from Knight at f7... Planning to remove Knight at d5 next move with c4... He attacks pawn... ...so I attack Knight! Better move for Black might have been Qxc5... ...because taking the Pawn with his… |
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Annotated by desafiante (2334): I like this game. Nothing special. After only 8 moves the position seem = to me. I don't think he can either coordinate a decent queenside attack or break the center with that formation, if black plays correctly. The white-squared bishop goes to a good diagonal and opens his line preparing for the forthcoming e6. Had my opponent known that I've played this sort of formation… |
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Annotated by elyhim (1200): The Caro-Kann is one of my favorite defenses. Black has all the advantages of the french and none of it's weaknesses. The only two weaknesses of the Caro-Kann are that black usually is a little worse in the endgame and white has an enduring space advantage. But in this game I choose to play a risky varation of the Caro-Kann; the Little know Bronstein-Larsen defense. Karpov Classical… |
