Commentary for black move 4:

Mr. SEIRAWAN: No, I think that chess, very similar to say tennis, having the opening move, that is to say the "right to serve," is quite an important advantage, especially amongst chess professionals. And Garry will definitely be at a disadvantage when he has black in this match. I mean Deep Blue will really put a lot of ssure on Garry throughout the match when Deep Blue has white. So Garry knows that his best opportunities of winning the match are when he's white. So I think he was perhaps a little disappointed to have white in the first game, because I agree with you, he would like to make an early draw, but with the black pieces, not with the white. I'm sure he feels ssured today to do his utmost to win.

Mr. ASHLEY: The other thing is if he loses this game, he'd be in a huge hole. Last year when he lost, he lost with the black pieces and he could come back with the white pieces and be very aggressive, do what he needed to do. But this time, in this game, that could be a big hole, may not get another chance until game three.

Mr. ASHLEY: He's now moved his bishop from f1 to g2. Normal developing move, getting all the pieces out. Soon he will be castling. And Mike you made a position about all the positions that the computer is analyzing. You say 200 million positions a second. Chess is such a rich game that what happens with those moves or even 90 percent of these moves? They can't be really good chess moves?

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