"It is much more difficult to prepare against a computer than against a human opponent. When I play GMs I prepare the openings which belong to my repertoire and which I consider to be good. Against a computer the same method is not so convenient partly due to the fact that computer is allowed to check huge opening databases during the game that may include specific preparation against my favorite variations. It is also important to understand that even if my analysis may be quite good I can't simply remember all of them so it looks dangerous to enter into a theoretical opening battle."
The match between Vladimir Kramnik and Deep Fritz was drawn.
Many thanks to the people of Bahrain for making it the most watched man/machine match ever.
Current andUpcoming events
Past events
January 29 2004
The reigning World Chess Champion took on the whole German National Team at the same time! score 2.5 / 1.5
February 18th -March 5th, 2004,
Vladimir Kramnik won Linares undefeated,
scoring wins over Veselin Topalov in Round 7 and Peter Leko in Round 11
September 25 to October 18 2004,
The World Chess Championship Vladimir Kramnik retains his title over 14 games with classical time limits against the challenger Peter Leko.
World Chess Olympiad 2006 in Turino, Italy May 20th-June 4th
Winner of the gold medal for best performance rating of all participants (2847)
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting July 29 to August 6 2006
Kramnik wins first place again
In a historic fight against all sort of adversities Kramnik defeated Topalov to become the first unified World Champion after 1993. His win in Elista is one of the most impressive victories in all of sports history.
March 20 - April 1st 2007 wins Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess in Monaco
January12th-28th, 2007 The Corus tournament in Wijk aan Zee
