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The George Cunningham Chess Club meets this Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at the Bumps Room in the University of Maine Orono Memorial Union from 7-11 p. m. Come and drop by for a game (all skill ranges are welcomed!) The University of Maine Chess Club will also have a club tournament (four rounds at 5 minutes time
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Game 6 was an interesting and complex affair with both players making deep, far-sighted plans. After forty-six moves with lots of material still left on the board, Fritz played 47.a4 and Kramnik offered his hand. A great success for the Deep Fritz team and a great effort by World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. Final match score: Kramnik 2 - Deep Fritz 4.
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For his last at board with the white pieces in this match, Vladimir Kramnik chose 1. d4 again but this time around, rather than a Catalan, Deep Fritz played into a super-solid Nimzo-Indian Defence. As this was Kramnik's last chance for a win in this match he fought ferociously. A victory was not to be however as the computer forced a triple repeat of position and secured the draw in thirty-five moves. This game brings into high relief just how difficult it is--even with an advantageous poition--to beat Deep Fritz.
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Forty players from Cape Elizabeth to Lubec and Deer Isle to Bangor decended upon the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine for the 2nd Annual Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament held on Saturday, December 2, 2006. Winners in each of the four sections were: Ghezai Menelik of Bangor (Open), Gabe Borland of Orono (K-12), Peter Campbell of Cape Elizabeth (K-8) and Ezra Briggs of Lubec (K-5). The logo from Cape Elizabeth's team t-shirt summed up the enthusiasm of the day. USCF Crosstable of this event
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Using the Petroff Defence, Kramnik came out of the opening phase of the game solid but by the computer's twenty-third move 23.Ra1-e1, he was nearly a full pawn down according to Fritz's positional analysis. The World Champion dourly held on and by move fifty-four it was a dead draw. Current match score: Kramnik 1.5 - Deep Fritz 2.5. Watch Game 5 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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On Saturday, December 2nd, the Aurora Winter Solstice Tournament will take place at the Airline Community School in Aurora, Maine. The tournament features three scholastic sections and an open section with prizes offered in each. Last minute reminder! Hope to see you in Aurora! First round starts at 9:30 a.m. For directions using an interactive map click here.
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With legions of chess journalists, analysts and bloggers trying to make sense of Kramnik's glaring blunder that cost him Game 2, the World Champion calmly went on to Game 3, kept everything under wraps and secured the draw in forty-four moves. Kramnik, yet again steered the game into an Open Calalan, a line that has become his signature opening with the white pieces. Current match score Kramnik 1.0 - Deep Fritz 2.0. Watch Game 4 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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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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Eight million moves per second weren't quite enough for Deep Fritz to get an advantage over Vladimir Kramnik in Game 1 of their six-game match in Bonn, Germany. Using his beloved Catalan opening--the same opening he recently used to beat world number one ranked Veselin Topalov in a match--Kramnik kept the game under tight control while securing a minute positional advantage. The game was agreed drawn after Kramnik's forty-seventh move. Watch Game 2 here via our LIVE Game Link.
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