The qualifying event, held in Cadaqués, Spain, was a 24-game match between Fritz and Junior. But Brain Games Network decided instead to hold a qualifying event to which many of the world's strongest programs were not invited, provoking outrage in computer chess forums on the internet. When negotiations for a Kramnik versus computer match commenced in October 2000, the obvious computer opponent was Shredder, the reigning World Computer Chess Champion. In January 2002, the Einstein Group PLC took over the rights for the Man vs Machine event in Bahrain, they hired Malcolm Pein to take on the role previously occupied by Keene, with Schiller's participation vetoed by ChessBase. Raymond Keene was appointed Match Director, Enrique Irazoqui and Eric Schiller disignated arbiters. The match, initially scheduled for October 2001, but postponed due to the September 11 attacks, was promoted by Brain Games Network, who already organized the 2000 Braingames World Chess Championships between Kasparov and Kramnik.

However, Deep Fritz fought back and could equalize due to a blunder of Kramnik in game 5, and Kramnik's risky piece sacrifice and with hindsight premature resignation in game 6. The first half was dominated by Vladimir Kramnik, when he successfully applied an anti-computer strategy and won game 2 and 3 for a 3-1 lead. The hardware used by Fritz was an eight-processor Compaq machine at 900 MHz, able to run Fritz at a speed around 3.5 Mn/sec. Kramnik was supported by his seconds Christopher Lutz and Tigran Nalbandjan. The Fritz team was represented by primary author Frans Morsch, by co-author and operator Mathias Feist, and by book author Alex Kure. Machine World Championship - opposed to the upcoming Kasparov versus Deep Junior 2003 match. It was not sanctioned by ICGA or FIDE as Man vs. Dubbed as Brains in Bahrain, the eight game match ended in a 4-4 tie with two wins each and four draws.

It was organized by the General Organization of Youth and Sports in Bahrain, held under the patronage of the King of Bahrain, His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. A match between Classical World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik and one of the world's top rated chess programs at that time, Deep Fritz 7 by ChessBase, held in Manama, Bahrain, October 4-19, 2002.

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