Commentary for black move 28:

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: Now suppose black plays some mutual move like Rb7 and after Nd5 as I said before in exchanging knights, and Bg5, I think black is doing fine. Now they're exchanging bishops and black is going to play f6 and Bg8 and every problem is solved except the problem with the extra pawn. (Audience laughter.) The problem with the extra pawn remains.

MIKE VALVO: This is really confusing, you know, black was completely lost, I thought. Now --

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: I don't think black was ever lost. White was better, yeah, I agree with you. DB MOVE: 28...Bd8.

MAURICE ASHLEY: Deep Blue has played the move Bd8 without being forced. After Kasparov played the move Nf4 Deep Blue has decide to do drop it's bishop off of the exposed square e7 to the square d8, which is what you would call a neutral move, Roman?

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: I don't think it's a neutral move because after Nd5, white was going to attack the bishop on e7, and he played Bd8.

MAURICE ASHLEY: But couldn't he have done your idea of exchanging and then Bg5, and now he wouldn't lose a move, so to speak if the room were already on --

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: He can't -- it can't hear me.

MAURICE ASHLEY: It can't hear you. That's true.

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: It likes better Bd8. It may be a better move. We have to find out why.

MAURICE ASHLEY: The computer is being extremely materialistic. I think it's probably thinking "I'm going to keep the a-pawn and never give it back."

MIKE VALVO: Do you think the computer is getting away with --

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: It has often these ideas. Yes, very frequently. And you know what they do later with this extra pawn?

MAURICE ASHLEY: Yeah, run it down the board and score a touchdown. It's a girl, right?

MIKE VALVO: It's a girl.

MAURICE ASHLEY: So now Kasparov has to believe in the fate of his human intuition, his human understanding, that he had compensation, this word that you've given us, that somewhat cryptic, sometimes it's a real word and sometimes it means I'm down a pawn and I'm trying to prove it, and not doing a very good job of it but later I say "I had compensation and my friends believed me."

ROMAN DZINDZIHASHVILI: I don't think he was aggressive enough. The position is the -- position, with the kind of position he had, he had to launch very strong on the king, and I don't think he has done it.

MIKE VALVO: Was his mistake not playing Rb7? GK MOVE: 29 N F d5

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