Commentary for white move 15:

Mr. SEIRAWAN: Well, the problem, I think it kind of works both ways. This bishop on f3 is quite annoying. I think that Garry would be delighted if through an exchange of bishops on g2, his king could recapture on g2, he could then potentially play Rh1 and penetrate with his rook down on the h-file. So as long as this bishop remains on f3, it's a bit awkward. The thing that Deep Blue has to be concerned about is that if this pawn ever gets -- if the F-pawn ever marches up the board, black is going to be in trouble. So a move that suggests itself is move like Rd8-d6 to try to control the f-pawn a bit.

Mr. SEIRAWAN: And still, I must say, it's not like Garry's got a real good grip on the position that he can just say, "Okay, now I'm going to slam home any advantage."

Mr. ASHLEY: The other thing that we do have to be concerned about is -- that Garry has to be concerned about; I've got nothing to worry about, because I'm not playing! But Garry has to be concerned about is that this mention -- I don't know if you heard, the fact that his strategy of keeping the position quiet didn't work. The fact that he was trying to milk these advantages, if this game ends up being a draw, he failed, really.

Mr. SEIRAWAN: Right. He did.

Mr. ASHLEY: Qa5 was played, Bc7 was played, g5 was played, three moves that we criticized heavily --

Mr. SEIRAWAN: Right.

Mr. ASHLEY: -- and yet the computer is fine. Will this always happen? Can it always compensate for his superior positional knowledge and has now played the move h5 -- it K it always compensate for his superior positional knowledge with this incredible tactical sense?

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