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Battle in New York: No Winner! Chess Championship Match by Max Panfilov (exclusively
for Chessville.com) Here are previous reports on Game 1 and Game 4.
It all came down to the final Game 6! Same situation as in 1997 when Kasparov lost the final game 6 and the match to Deep Blue! What can you expect from such an intense moment in chess history? Everything! That was a truly historic moment. Even ESPN2 was covering the whole game during 3+ hours live on national TV. The last time TV devoted such attention to chess was 1972 (Fischer-Spassky).
Today, during the final Game 6 between the best human chess player in the world, Garry Kasparov, and the machine Deep Junior, everybody expected something extraordinary and very emotional. People thought that Garry could go down and repeat exactly the disaster in 1997, or... show the world he is truly the best player and win the last game with black and be on top of the world. Nobody expected the draw though! When audience saw them shake hands on on of the big screens, nobody could understand why even though it's an obvious decision about the draw. Nobody could believe that. Everyone was very disappointed. Kasparov went for that huge sacrifice everyone was waiting for and almost got himself a standing ovation for that. Now, after all that, they agreed on draw only after 27 moves and got themselves a standing boo. Even Ashley and Seirawan thought Kasparov had a slight advantage and should go for a killer win.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it's a draw in final Game 6 and the match is tied at 3 points each. That closing ceremony with trophy awarding? Forget about it. Since, the match is tied, there is no winner, and obviously nobody was awarded with the trophy. The players did receive the paychecks though and seemed very happy about it.
Since this Game 6 was covered live by ESPN2 on national TV, everyone had a chance to see the event and feel like being there. That is why this report is mostly devoted to pictures that you could not catch on TV. Below is a pack of photos with final conclusion of the event. You can see never-boring always-interesting Manhattan, huge lines to get to 9th floor, Garry pondering his move, disappointed press, live TV coverage by Ashley and Seirawan, interview with Boris Alterman, FIDE president Ilyumzhinov, 2003 US Champion Alexander Shabalov and 2003 US Women's Champion Anna Hahn, ESPN crew with their cameras, and press conference with closing ceremony. This time I was lucky I got to the event well in advance. Otherwise, I would not have a chance to take a picture of Garry up-close during the first couple minutes of his play. Since Game 6 drew so much of media attention, 12th floor was packed with photo-journalists. Only first and second group had a chance to take a picture and everyone else after that was ordered off the floor. You probably noticed on TV that tough look Kasparov gave to the photographers during first minutes of play. After that, nobody was allowed to take any more pictures. The room where they were playing was really crowded with all the TV crews and other special people and it created lots of distracting noise. The whole event was a great success and Game 6 was attended by a total of about 500 regular people not including any media personal. That's a lot of people for such a small space on 9th floor! I heard they mentioned on TV it will be an annual event! Well, it's really questionable and not much trust in this because ESPN already mentioned incorrect payout to the players and wrong time control of the game. nevertheless, if it is indeed an annual event, I am sure it is one of the best events in chess world and we will see how the next battle will develop between humans and computers. People created machines and now have real trouble beating them in one of the most sophisticated and exciting intellectual games in human history. * * * X3D Man-Machine Match Game 6, 2-5-03 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Bd7 10. Be3 Bc6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. a4 b6 13. Qd3 Bb7 14. h3 Rc8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. g3 Rfd8 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Re2 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd2 Rc7 22. Bg2 Rec8 23. Nb3 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Bxe4 25. Bc1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxc3 27. Ba3 Ne8 28. f4 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2
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