11.27.06 Beginners take heart! After building up a nice advantage early in Game 2 with the black pieces against Deep Fritz, Vladimir Kramnik neglected to defend against a mate in one and lost. After move thirty-four the game was, for all intents and purposes, a draw. We all make mistakes in our chess, World Champions and Grandmasters notwithstanding. Watch Game 3 here via our LIVE Game Link. Updated with images.

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Game 1: Saturday 11.25.2006
Game 2: Monday 11.27.2006
Game 3: Wednesday 11.29.2006
Game 4: Friday 12.01.2006
Game 5: Sunday 12.03.2006
Game 6: Tuesday 12.05.2006

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Game 2
Deep Fritz 10 - Kramnik,Vladimir (2750) [D10]
Man vs Machine Bonn, Germany, 11.27.2006

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.Nc3 b4 6.Na2 Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 a5 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Nc1 Ba6 12.Qe2 h6 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Nd7 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Rc1 0-0 17.0-0 Rfc8 18.Qe2 c5 19.Nfd2 Qc6 20.Qh5 Qxa4 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Bxc5 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Qe4 Qd7 27.Nb3 Bb6 28.Rfd1 Qf7 29.Rf1 Qa7 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Nd4 a4 32.Nxe6 Bxe3+ 33.Kh1 Bxc1 34.Nxf8. (Now 34...Kg8 35.Ng6 Bxb2 36.Qd5+ Kh7 37.Nf8+ Kh8 38.Ng6+ is the forced draw.)

Kramnik's fatal move: 34...Qe3?? was followed by 35.Qh7 mate 1-0.

This is what Deep Fritz's screen looked like just before the start of Game 2.

Deep Fritz operator Mathias Feist and Vladimir Kramnik ready to play.

This is an image of part of the computer screen during Game 2. Notice 9462 kN/s which indicates Fritz is analyzing 9.462 million positions per second.

Kramnik considered the position, played 34...Qe3?? and got mated next move.

Images courtesy ChessBase.com