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Wijk aan Zee Way!
 Next week sees a great line up at Wijk aan Zee with the grudge match between the world champion Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov likely to be the highlight.
The line up includes the world's top three players and nine of the top 20.
There are many tournaments during the two week festival including a very strong GM ‘B' group.
The ‘A' group lines up: Veselin Topalov (1), Vishy Anand (2), Vladimir Kramnik (3), Levon Aronian (7), Teimour Radjabov (11), Peter Svidler (12), Ruslan Ponomariov (14), David Navara (15), Alexei Shirov (17), Magnus Carlsen (24), Loek van Wely (26), Sergey Karjakin (29), Sergey Tiviakov (36), Alexander Motylev (58). Humans v The Machines: Kramnik defeated by Deep Fritz.
Last year we saw the best efforts of mankind fail to overcome computers in the form of Deep Fritz the latest version of which is now available. Vladimir Kramnik lost 2-4 to the computer in a $1million dollar contest sponsored by RAG Aktiengesellschaft. Kramnik only received his $500,000 start money since he did not win. The computer was outplayed more than once in the match and Kramnik had good winning chances in games one and four. It was only psychological factors that told against Kramnik who blundered and allowed mate in one. The final game of the match is analysed by IM Malcolm Pein below.
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White to play and win
Magnus Carlsen's rise into the top 20 has been meteoric, and here's another example of Norway's prodigy tactical prowess. In this game against France's Laurent Fressinet, pieces and pawns are en prise everywhere, and only a cute tactical shot from Magnus saves the day. Can you find the solution?
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 Game commentary from IM Malcolm Pein
In the final game he needed a win but was outplayed from a decent position which he would have relished against any human. There were so many tactics in the middlegame it was incredibly hard to defend.
DEEP FRITZ - Vladimir Kramnik
Bonn, Game Eight
Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation
 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 (Kramnik needed a win to save the match) 6.Bc4 (Bobby Fischer's favourite line) 6...e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.Re1 Nc6 (The computer must have been out of book now because it uncorked the incredible) 10.Re3!? (Crude but it works well) 10...0–0 (10...b5 11.Rg3 0–0 12.Bh6 Ne8 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Nd5! Bd8 15.Bxg7 Nxg7 16.Qg4 wins) 11.Rg3 Kh8 12.Nxc6?! (Gives away the centre) 12...bxc6 13.Qe2 a5 (13...e5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Rd1 Ne8 is solid) 14.Bg5 Ba6 15.Qf3 Rab8 (15...d5 16.Re1! dxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxg5 19.Rxg5) 16.Re1 c5 17.Bf4! Qb7 (17...a4 18.Bxa4 Rxb2 19.Bb3 c4 20.Bc1 would be playable against a human but not a computer; 17...c4 18.e5!! dxe5 19.Bxe5 Qb7 20.Ne4! cxb3 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3+ Kh8 23.Nxf6) 18.Bc1 (see diagram above)
18...Ng8 (18...c4 19.Ba4 Nd7 20.Bxd7 Qxd7 21.Rh3 and Qh5 wins; 18...Rfd8 19.Rh3 Kg8; 18...Bb5) 19.Nb1! (A remarkable regrouping) 19...Bf6 20.c3 g6 21.Na3! (Preventing c5-c4) 21...Qc6 22.Rh3 Bg7 23.Qg3 a4? (Kramnik criticised this after the game) 24.Bc2 Rb6 25.e5! dxe5 26.Rxe5! (All the white pieces apart from the Na3 are pointed at the black king) 26...Nf6 (26...Bxe5 27.Qxe5+ f6 28.Rxh7+ Kxh7 29.Qh5+ Kg7 30.Qxg6+ Kh8 31.Qh7#) 27.Qh4 Qb7 28.Re1 h5 [28...Rxb2 29.Bxb2 Qxb2 30.Qxa4] 29.Rf3 Nh7 30.Qxa4 (This is easy for a computer) ..Qc6 31.Qxc6 Rxc6 32.Ba4 Rb6 33.b3 Kg8 34.c4 Rd8 35.Nb5 Bb7 36.Rfe3 Bh6 37.Re5 Bxc1 38.Rxc1 Rc6 39.Nc3 Rc7 40.Bb5 Nf8 41.Na4 Rdc8 42.Rd1 Kg7 43.Rd6 f6 44.Re2 e5 45.Red2 g5 46.Nb6 Rb8 47.a4 1-0 
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TWIC Puzzle Solution
Carlsen, M - Fressinet, L
Cap d'Agde 2006
27 Qf5! Black resigned. He will lose a rook 1-0
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