Russian chess grandmaster, Vladimir Kramnik lost the final match of his man versus machine match against the Deep Fritz chess program.  The six game match in Bonn, Germany had a final result of 4-2 for the German-developed chess program which runs on readily available computer hardware.
The first match which concluded on November 25 was a draw, Kramnik lost the second game to the computer with some indications that he overlooked a mate in one win.  Third through fifth matches were all draws.
Kramnik, whilst the current world chess champion, is actually ranked third in the world.  A contributory factor in this is his health problems.  The world champion suffers from a rare form of arthritis which makes sitting playing in tournaments extremely painful for him.
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Chess champion is "Fritzed" by computer