Commentary for black move 14:

MAURICE ASHLEY: Kasparov has played Nf6-d5, centralizeing the knight, and, and Deep Blue had anticipated this response, and has immediately --

DB MOVE: 14 Bg3

GK MOVE: 14...Kc8

YASSER SEIRAWAN: I think that these were the right moves for Garry, by the way. He didn't have many options. If we just go back a couple of moves after for example Re1, what really could he do? If he moves his queen, as we've seen like b4, then he loses the e6 pawn ^ was not ^ . the Bf8, the rook on h8, they can't move. If the knight on d7, for example, was to move to b6, Nd7-b6, well, this would allow white to bring his knight very powerfully with Nf3-e5. There's the fork on f7. So, in a sense, Garry's options, defensive options were extremely few and far between, and the move -- one of the things I have to say about the move Nf6-d5 is at least it's consistent. His whole idea was to play b7-b5, keep the knight on d5, and fine, he's established it. We saw the response Bg3. Again, this is a little bit of a problem because of the move Bh4 could make life very unpleasant for black. And Garry played Kd8-c8. Again, a good move. Because this makes room for his queen. I think Garry is anticipating that he's going to have to give up a second pawn. I think Garry is getting himself ready for the moves either Qe7-d8 so he can develop his king-side, or at least Qe7-f6, because we know that bishop on g6 is just so powerful.

MAURICE ASHLEY: And he has shown that there is a way to unravel the position a bit. He's planning to develop -- there's still the long-term problem, Yaz, of this rook on a8. This rook on h8, as you said, the queen is ready to move. It could drop back to d8. This pawn, though, still has to be watched. He could also think about a more aggressive posture, like Qf6. Then the bishop on f8 would come out and the rook on h8 would be able to /K-PL out. That still would not solve the rook on h8's problem and hopefully in Kasparov's mind the development of the forces for white will not reach proportions that will be destructive to him. So Garry is trying to solve his problems. What else can you do?

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Exactly.

MAURICE ASHLEY: You've got a position, you have to play it. So he's going to show his human fortitude and tenacity, and we can only hope that he doesn't get blown off the board.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: While showing his fortitude and tenacity. A question from the audience, please?

AUDIENCE MEMBER: My question backtracks to move 1 both yesterday and today. Yesterday's Indian opening and today's Caro-Kann showed that Kasparov is choosing his best feel for the position, it seems he's a better positional player than the computer. So deciding on an Indian opening with the Caro-Kann is a conscious decision outlining a strategy. Now, what kind of terse move does the computer? Does he operate entirely at random, or when the computer makes its first move, like today, a king pawn move, he wants open play, its combative moves. What makes the computer make that option? Is it entirely option? Can it be programmed at level one?

MAURICE ASHLEY: Oh, most definitely. And Deep Blue -- they have chosen e4 -- the programmers have, because it is their belief that it will lead to the kind of positions that Deep Blue will be able to use its skills the best in. It's not that Deep Blue -- obviously not what Deep Blue wants or what Deep Blue favors, because Deep Blue can't do any of that, but they know that -- at least they feel that with the kind of ability it has to calculate so many moves per second, which is much, much better than what Kasparov can do, or any human can do, that those kind of positions with -- where those complications can occur will certainly favor Deep Blue, and it should lead toward those kind of situations. In an opening like d2-d4, that could lead to several blocked positions and computers historically have shown that they're not really very good at blocked positions. Maybe Deep Blue is an -- has an improvement on previous computers, but even though it would prefer to go into situations that historically have shownoids -- otherwise. Well, Kasparov --

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Just to buttress that point, in both Philadelphia and in New York, every game that Deep Blue was white it's chosen e4. So that's not random. We have another question over on our right side.

AUDIENCE MEMBER: Just a comparison with last year's match, in game 6 Kasparov trapped Deep Blue's rook and bishop in the corner, and now it looks like the tables are turned.

MAURICE ASHLEY: Very good point indeed.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: The gentleman recalls for us that in the sixth game of the Philadelphia match, Garry Kasparov won decisively by out maneuvering the computer and forcing its rook passively in the corners, and here we have something similar. Just looking at some random variation in the game. Following the move by Kasparov of Kc8, I'm looking at the move 15 Qe2 Qf6 Qxe6, what Deep Blue might play because it wants to win its pawns back, its material back. Qxe 6 Rxe6 and now because of the threat of Re6-e8 checkmate, I was just looking at Nc7, a further sacrifice this, time not of a piece but of a rook. Ra1-e1 Nxe6 Rxe6. Kind of a crazy position arises. I mean white's a whole rook down. I think he may have a pawn or two for it. But this threat of Re8+ is quite powerful. For example, Nd7-f6 gives us this opportunity for Bg6-f5, setting up Re6-e8 double-check mate. Not just one time, but two times. And you played king out of that checkmate with Kc8-d8 now we follow up with Nf3-e5, and again similar threats of Nf7+. So kind of an intriguing way of winning a pawn and continuing the attack. And this might be what Deep Blue will do, especially if Garry has chosen a defense that wasn't preprogrammed.

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