Game 2, black
6...b5
Commentary for black move 6:
MIKE VALVO: While they're getting him a mike, I'm going to
mention that we're going to have question and answer sessions
later on, and if you would like to ask a question, there will
be people with mikes in both of the aisles. Are they here
now? Can you raise your hands, who have the mikes? And try to
get over to like one of the three seats on the end if you have
a question, when we get into the question and answer periods.
So they can pass you the mike, and we can answer the
questions. We would like to answer all the questions today.
YASSER SEIRAWAN: Lube orb, I'm deferring to your better
judgment, you being older and wiser. Go ahead, what do you
think is going on here?
Kavalek: Well, I think a few moves back this position occurred
in my game against Portisch in the seventies we played this
game. He has conducted the same idea that Garry Kasparov is
doing now, name am, he is trying to exchange light pieces, the
knights, because he is going into some kind of squeezed
position, and once you don't have so much space, it's a good
idea to get some pieces exchanged.
And obviously in this position it is to sort of negate the space
advantage that white has.
It's interesting that the computer played the move a4, because
usually what we were trying to do to conduct an attack on the
king-side in this position. Without that move, with things
opened up, it's very difficult with the line on the a-file, it
opens, then it will be quite difficult to make some progress
for white.
YASSER SEIRAWAN: What happened in your game with Portisch?
Kavalek:
YASSER SEIRAWAN: Well, I knew you would know something
about
this line, it being a classical line, and you have to know your
classics.
MAURICE ASHLEY: Deep Blue has played Nxh4. Kasparov is
away
from the board at the moment. No doubt he's in the dressing
room. He's quickly coming back to the board, and I think it's
about two to one that he'll take the knight?
YASSER SEIRAWAN: I think it's a good, good chance.
MIKE VALVO: Quite a bit more than that, I'd say.
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