Remembering Kasimdzhanov vs. Toolbar (Fritz 9)

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[Event "Accoona, New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Fritz Accoona"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

{FIDE world champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov played an exciting game against the Accoona Toolbar, driven by a Fritz 9 prototype, in the ABC Times Square studios. With three hundred spectators and a dozen television cameras Kasim played a daring attacking game. The computer opponent of the FIDE world champion was the "Accoona Artificial Intelligence Search ToolBar".}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 15. a5 Nc8
16. c4 Bd8 17. Nc3 b4 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. g4 Nf6 20. Ng3 h6 21. Be3 Re8 22. Kh2 Rb8
23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rg1 Ne7 25. g5 hxg5 26. Nxg5+ Kg8 27. Qe2 Ng6 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29.
exf5 Nf4 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. Ne6 {The shocker – Kasimdzhanov
sacrifices a piece against the computer!} fxe6 33. fxe6 Rf8 34. Qd3 Rb7 35. Rg5
Qe8 36. Rag1 f3 37. R1g3 {"The computer is completely busted", was the general
opinion in the studio, where experts were analysing the game for the public.
At the terminal, where the game was being transmitted on the Internet, we
could see that the engine was completely relaxed and in fact showing a draw
score. GM Ron Henley was skeptical, and suitably impressed by the following
defence:} Kh8 38. Rxf3 Rg8 39. Rg6 Rf8 40. Rg5 Rg8 41. Rg6 Rf8 42. Rg5 1/2-1/2
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Kasimdzhanov - Fritz Accoona, Accoona, New York 2005
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Nice game Ted, and nice piece sacrifice (although somewhat easy for the engines of today), also it looks like the Knight sacrifice should win according to Houdini 4 and the latest Stockfish development version.

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Nice game Ted, and nice piece sacrifice (although somewhat easy for the engines of today), also it looks like the Knight sacrifice should win according to Houdini 4 and the latest Stockfish development version.

Yes I noticed that, for some reason Komodo never spotted in on my system even with a deep ply of 38 reached. Perhaps if it were not probing tablebases it might have spotted it.