Commentary for white move 4:

Mr. ASHLEY: Kasparov has written down the last move Deep Blue has played which is e7-e6, has advanced a pawn one square and the position again as you can see remains blocked. No locking of pawns as yet, no exchanges of pawns in the middle of the board to open up lines, and it's a tty quick opening going on. I mean you can see that Kasparov is kind of keeping it an arm's-length, just making sure that he plays very carefully, doesn't want to blunder, doesn't want any kind of crazy tactical melees starting too soon. Do you think, Yasser, that he's probably satisfied with an early draw in the beginning?

Mr. SEIRAWAN: Oh, no, no, no.

Mr. ASHLEY: Would he be happy to draw just to get rid of the nerves?

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