Game 3, white
11.f3
Commentary for white move 11:
DB MOVE: 10...Bg4.
MAURICE ASHLEY: ^ and ^ something we do see Bg4 has been
played. And you've guessed the last two moves.
GK MOVE: 11 f3
MAURICE ASHLEY: Yaz, this is the reason why you're three-time
U.S. champion. He has played f3, attacking the bishop. That
is the idea of an assault, a spatial gain on the right half of
the board where black's king is, and Kasparov is a deadly
attacker, probably one of the deadliest in history, certainly
the top five in history.
YASSER SEIRAWAN: I don't want to defend against him!
We're likely -- the position is actually extraordinarily sharp,
because these are one of the things that I think is the
computer's greatest strength. The computer's greatest strength
is its resourcefulness. It looks at the paradoxical move
because it looks at every move. So as the human player says,
"Oh, this attack feels right," he or she will overlook a hidden
defense.
So Garry has taken not only the initiative, but he's also made
the commitment. He's taken the /SPOBLT of playing e2-e4 -- and
what do I mean by "the responsibility"? He has weakened his
control of the d4 square so that later this black knight on c6
can plant itself on the d4 square. So by moving his pawns up
the board he's taken the /SPOBLT and the commitment of
continuing the attack.
Now, let's look again. The bishop has got to go. If the bishop
were to drop back to e6, a very unlikely situation, because we
know that Deep Blue could lose a bishop or white could play
f3-f4.
MAURICE ASHLEY: We do have a pause. Welcoming -- let's
welcome
to the stage a very important member of the IBM Deep Blue team,
Murray Campbell.
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