What happened to Kramnik?

For those who can't see it otherwise.

Kramnik lost his first game to Deep Fritz in a drawn position
blundering on move 34.

Deep_Fritz(C) - Kramnik(GM) [D57]
Brains in Bahrain Manana, Bahrain (5), 13.10.2002

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 Ne4
8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Qb3 Rd8 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.Be2 b6 15.0-0 Bb7 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Qa4 Na5 18.Rc3
c5 19.Rac1 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Rxc3 21.Rxc3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.h3 g6
24.Bf3 Bd7 25.Qc2 Qc5 26.Qe4 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Qc7+ 28.g3 Nc4 29.Be2
Ne5 30.Bb5 Bxb5 31.Nxb5 Qc5 32.Nxa7 Qa5 33.Kg2 Qxa2 34.Nc8 Qc4
35.Ne7+ 1-0

-ww-

of course Qc4 was a blunder. But was that a draw? I see white better
with only drawing chances for black. Or do i miss something?
f6 or Qe6 may be better than the blunder, but white has advantage ,
no?

was 21. ... Rc8 not the start of blacks' problems?

Gil.

who is kramnik? how do u watch hi./her/its games?
ash

Vladmir Kramnik...current World Champion...he defeated Gary
Kasparov to gain the title awhile back and now is playing a match
against Deep Fritz...which is about the best program out right
now...although you have to have a dual processor to run it.

Dave

Dual processor... Yes, I have that!

Dave, my understanding is it will run on a single processor machine
but there would be no advantage at all in paying the extra cost
(almost double) for Deep Fritz7 when Fritz7 is for single processors.

how can someone get a copy of deep fritz? or any 'fritz's for that
matter. and what do u mean by u need a dual processor? do u have
to play it on the computer? sorry for askin so many questions.
ash

The best (cheapest) way to get a copy is to goto www.chesscafe.com
and order it.

If (and if you don't know, you do) you have a single processor
Windows computer, you should order Fritz7 -- While Deep Fritz7 will
work on a single processing machine, it costs about double of Fritz7
and will NOT play better than it on a single processor Windows PC.

ok cheers dude.
ash

White is better but I do not think enough to force a win. In general,
the consensus was that the Q-side pawns and the knights would be
traded and that a 4-3 pawn advantage on one side with Queens on
the board is drawable position. Of course, GMs are not always right. 🙂
Most interesting about the game was that Fritz maintained a positional
advantage throughtout - first with the pawn majority in the center and
then with the outpost knight on d4.
As for Rc8. it's hard to say. Kramnik probably thought to both remove
the open file from white and to simplify thus taking some weapons
away from the computer. Both good ideas. On the other hand, he lost
the long diagonal and that may have been the real problem longer
term.
-ww-

thanks. I think that is a fair analysis. Gil.