Commentary for white move 32:

MAURICE ASHLEY: Well, Deep Blue seems that it wants a little blood, too. It has captured the pawn on f2, and it is now up a pawn. And Kasparov in his human understanding of the situation had better be sure that this is going to work out, because otherwise he will be down a pawn in this game.

GK MOVE: 32 Re6

MAURICE ASHLEY: Re6 has been slammed down on the board. Kasparov seeming very casual about it, getting up from the board, walking around, playing his moves rather quickly now. He has to make eight moves to make time control, and he has able around 15 minutes left on the clock. And now he's leaving the room to go back to his dressing room so it seems he's got everything under control and he in fact has 18 minutes left on the clock to Deep Blue's 56. This last move Re6 is a very exact threat and a sure threat, attacking a pawn, looks like he's going to win it back. Susan, how do you feel about white's position?

SUSAN POLGAR: That was actual you will one of my ideas about when Yasser was suggesting Nh4 but I wasn't quite sure if when the rook gets to d6, it looks very good there if you can attack the g7 pawn later with the knight on it will be very much misplaced if the rook gets stuck there and never gets out. So that's why I wasn't making a comment on it, but I guess Kasparov liked it.

MAURICE ASHLEY: What about the /* -- the g3 pawn, Yaz? Could that come under attack, black maybe bouncing back to e4 when the time is right to attack that pawn?

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Well, one of the things that Deep Blue would love to do is come down the board with Rd1+ and somehow coordinate an attack with this knight on f2. But this knight on b6 is really in its own kind of prison. The pawns on b3 and c4 control all of its attacked squares. And after a move for example like Kc2 Ra1 Kb2, we see the combination of the knight on f3 and the bishop on g2 controlling a lot of the squares, and after the move rook back to d1 Rxg6, black hasn't accomplished anything in trying to unite his forces. So the move Rd1+ is not a threat to white's position. So the question is, how is black going to coordinate his pieces? The knight on b6 is going to have to look for a new home. And after white does play Rxg6, because it seems impossible to defend that threat, he'll be attacking the pawn on g7. So, I agree, the move Nh4 is a mistake, and the move Re6 is much more powerful by Garry.

MAURICE ASHLEY: That knight on f3 and that bishop on g2 really make a solid impression. It stops all that entry points. First, the attack on the knight is meaningless. Alice once the rook comes down it can't get in back, which is usually where the rooks go down, can't get to h1, g1, f1, or even e1, because these pieces make a fantastic impression, great harmony in the forces. And it seems Kasparov is very confident right now Susan that he's quite okay.

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