The second-ever match in chess history between humans and machines ended in a convincing victory for the latter with a score of 8:4. The best result among the chess players was shown by Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov and Kasimzhanov - 1.5 points each out of 4. Alexander Khalifman scored 1 point. \n \nAmong the machines, Junior and Hydra performed best - 3 each. This year the organizers again managed to assemble a fairly representative lineup for the match, all participants are former FIDE world champions. In the first encounter, which took place in October 2004, Veselin Topalov, Ruslan Ponomariov and Sergey Karjakin played. The match then ended with a score of 8.5:3.5 in favor of the computer programs. \n