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Kasparov vs Deep Blue: Game 1


White: Deep Blue
Black: Kasparov

1. e4
c5
2. c3
d5
3. exd5
Qxd5
4. d4
Nf6
5. Nf3
Bg4
6. Be2
e6
7. h3
Bh5
8. o-o
Nc6
9. Be3
cxd4
10. cxd4
Bb4
11. a3
Ba5
12. Nc3
Qd6
13. Nb5
Qe7
14. Ne5
Bxe2
15. Qxe2
O-O
16. Rac1
Rac8
17. Bg5
Bb6
18. Bxf6
gxf6
19. Nc4
Rfd8
20. Nxb6
axb6
21. Rfd1
f5
22. Qe3
Qf6
23. d5
Rxd5
24. Rxd5
exd5
25. b3
Kh8
26. Qxb6
Rg8
27. Qc5
d4
28. Nd6
f4
29. Nxb7
Ne5
30. Qd5
f3
31. g3
Nd3
32. Rc7
Re8
33. Nd6
Re1
34. Kh2
Nxf2
35. Nxf7
Kg7
36. Ng5
Kh6
37. Rxh7

FOOTER






Game 1: Position after Deep Blue's 23rd move

Deep Blue opens the match with a victory

Deep Blue stunned the chess world with its opening victory. The machine was impervious to what would have been, for a human, enormous pressure. In a wild ending where both sides appeared to have serious mating possibilities, Deep Blue coolly pressed its advantage, while the champion's frustration mounted against time pressure.

As the game progressed, Kasparov allowed two sets of doubled pawns on the f and b files, an extremely unorthodox position. This was offset by his passed d pawn, which threatened to make the dash for promotion at any time. Deep Blue, however, was up to the task. With 33. Nd6! it regrouped is mating forces, parried Kasparov's final desparate thrust, 33. ... Re1, 34. Kh2 Nf2, 35. Nf7!. At this point, Kasparov was sunk, and the rest was history.

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