There will be a tremendous amount of information and contacts available to you during the match:

• See the match live, with special access to the secure game room, spectator's auditorium, and other key facilities.

• Every game will be followed by a spectator briefing with the players.

• On-site interview opportunities (Limited)
  • IBM Deep Blue Team members: Murray Campbell, Joseph Hoane, Jr., Feng-hsiung (F.H.) Hsu , Chung-Jen (C.J.) Tan

  • Frederic Friedel, Kasparov's technical advisor and coach

  • Expert Chess Commentators, Yasser Seirawan, Mike Valvo and Maurice Ashley

  • ACM Chess Committee Chairman and author, Monty Newborn

  • Director of ACM, Joe DeBlasi

  • Ken Thompson, the inventor of UNIX, who will be monitoring the IBM Deep Blue operations and act as a technical judge.

  • Arbitor Carol Jurecki

  • IBM Research vice president of systems and software, Ambuj Goyal

  • IBM Research director of Advanced Systems Technology responsible for the IBM Deep Blue Team, Robert Morris

• Visit IBM customers who are using RS/6000 SP (the computer behind Deep Blue) technology in real-world applications.

• Demos of many new technologies from IBM.