user12646: I was wondering if the actual champion is ever going to play against a chess engine like Kasparov and Krammik did?
Or is this kind of event not going to happen anymore due to the strength of the engines being just too high?

user7297: This will not happen in a traditional form; engines are just too strong for that. In 2014, Nakamura, one of the world's top players, played a match 'with odds' against Stockfish. In two of those games, Stockfish was a pawn down; in the other two games, Nakamura had the help of an older version of the engine running on a slower computer. Stockfish won both minimatches with 1.5 - 0.5.

user8910: Although it would be very exciting, I don't believe it would ever happen. Here is a quote out of the mouth of Magnus:

Would you participate in a public game against a computer in the near future - or is that not an option for you? The last one I remember was
  Vladimir Kramnik against Deep Fritz in 2006.
I personally never wanted that. I find it much more interesting to
  play humans. And also, of course, now that they have become so strong
  in a game like that, I wouldn't stand a chance.

http://www.dw.com/en/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-the-computer-never-has-been-an-opponent/a-19186058
From watching Magnus Carlsen many years shows that his style of play is not suited to playing against a computer. His desire to win causes him to willfully play weaker or obscure moves to confuse/challenge his opponents; this will surely mean he will be a lamb to the slaughter against a modern day computer chess software.

user825: I don't think it'll ever happen because:

Who's going to pay? Deep Blue was covered by IBM, Deep Fritz was covered by Chessbase, but Stockfish is a free open-source engine.
It's not fun for Carlsen to play an odd match with Stockfish, but he will likely be beaten convincingly if the match is fair.
Human vs computer in chess is not interesting anymore. The focus has shifted to Go and Poker.

It's not going to happen.

12646: <p>I was wondering if the actual champion is ever going to play against a chess engine like Kasparov and Krammik did?
Or is this kind of event not going to happen anymore due to the strength of the engines being just too high?</p>
 7297: <p>This will not happen in a traditional form; engines are just too strong for that. In 2014, Nakamura, one of the world's top players, played a <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84631" rel="noreferrer">match 'with odds'</a> against Stockfish. In two of those games, Stockfish was a pawn down; in the other two games, Nakamura had the help of an older version of the engine running on a slower computer. Stockfish won both minimatches with 1.5 - 0.5.</p>
 8910: <p>Although it would be very exciting, I don't believe it would ever happen. Here is a quote out of the mouth of Magnus:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>Would you participate in a public game against a computer in the near future - or is that not an option for you? The last one I remember was
  Vladimir Kramnik against Deep Fritz in 2006.</em></p>
  
  <p>I personally never wanted that. I find it much more interesting to
  play humans. And also, of course, now that they have become so strong
  in a game like that, I wouldn't stand a chance.</p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://www.dw.com/en/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-the-computer-never-has-been-an-opponent/a-19186058" rel="noreferrer">http://www.dw.com/en/world-chess-champion-magnus-carlsen-the-computer-never-has-been-an-opponent/a-19186058</a></p>

<p>From watching Magnus Carlsen many years shows that his style of play is not suited to playing against a computer. His desire to win causes him to willfully play weaker or obscure moves to confuse/challenge his opponents; this will surely mean he will be a lamb to the slaughter against a modern day computer chess software.</p>
 825: <p>I don't think it'll ever happen because:</p>

<ul>
<li>Who's going to pay? Deep Blue was covered by IBM, Deep Fritz was covered by Chessbase, but Stockfish is a free open-source engine.</li>
<li>It's not fun for Carlsen to play an odd match with Stockfish, but he will likely be beaten convincingly if the match is fair.</li>
<li>Human vs computer in chess is not interesting anymore. The focus has shifted to Go and Poker.</li>
</ul>

<p>It's not going to happen.</p>
