Shredder wins first game against GM Kiriakov

Deep Shredder vs Petr Kiriakov

Pert Kiriakov

Martin Müller

The Russian junior champion Petr Kiriakov, Elo 2555, lost the first game against Deep Shredder on the Playchess server. The event was conducted by Martin Müller ("Smurskie" to the Playchess crowd), who has been playing his dual PIII 2 x 1 GHz computer (Diversimex, 1.5 GB RAM, 500 GB hard disk, Windows XP) against a whole pride of GMs. His most recent opponent: Alexey Dreev, who's game ended in an exciting draw.

The second game was full of excitement. While we were fiddling around with our Flash transmission the Russian junior champion was creating magic against Deep Shredder. First the computer look very secure, but then with hundreds of people from all over the world watching Kiriakov turned tables and won the game with the black pieces.

The dress rehersal for the internet coverage of Kramnik vs Deep Fritz was a success. Our Flash client grabbed the moves that were played on the Playchess server and displayed them for visitors who wanted to watch with a plain vanilla browser.

This is what the game looked like in the flash client replay (Kiriakov has the handle "Petrovich" on the Playchess server).

So the overall score between Shredder and Kiriakov is now 1-1. You can replay or download both games here.

The first game between GM Kiriakov and Deep Shredder took place on Saturday (21.9.2002), the second games is scheduled for Freitag, September 27 at 20:00 h CET (19:00 London, 2 p.m. NY). The playing speed is 120 min for the entire game with a 10 sec increment per move. There was a contest to predict the correct result of this encounter. The winner will get a Shredder 6 program which has been autographed by the author Stefan Meyer-Kahlen and the Swiss national team. Shredder played against the Swiss team at the end of July and won 3:1 (report).

Game one

Kiriakov,P - Shredder 6.02 [E32] Playchess rated game, 120m + 10s, 21.09.2002: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 h6 9.Bh4 d5 10.e3 Nbd7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bh4 Nd5 14.Bf2 c5 15.e4 Ne7 16.Bb5 Nc6 17.Ne2 a6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.0-0-0 Rfc8 21.Nc3 a5 22.Rd6 Rab8 23.Rhd1 Rb7 24.Bg3 a4 25.Kc2 Kf8 26.R6d2 Ke8 27.Bh4 g5 28.Bg3 Nb6 29.Re2 Nc4 30.Kc1 Rb3 31.Nd5 Bxd5 32.exd5 Ne3 33.Rdd2 c4 34.d6 Kd7 35.Be5 Nd5 36.Re4 f6 37.Bd4 Rd3 38.Rxd3 cxd3+ 39.Kd2 f5 40.Re1 Nf4 41.Bc3 Nxg2 42.Re5 Nh4 43.Re3 Rc6 44.Kxd3 Rxd6+ 45.Ke2 Ng2 46.Re5 Nf4+

In a losing position the GM overlooks a final tactical trap: 47.Ke3? Rd3+! 48.Kf2 Rxc3 and 0-1 because of 49.bxc3 Nd3+ 50.Ke2 Nxe5.

Replay game one Kiriakov-Shredder

These are the results Martin has achieved with his computer:

Time controls 60 min + 30 min rest
16.08.01 DF -GM Sergej Volkov (RUS) draw

Time controls 60 min + 0 min rest
26.05.01 Deep Fritz-GM Pablo Zarnicki(ARG) 1-0
26.05.01 Deep Fritz-GM Pablo Zarnicki(ARG) draw