Commentary for white move 13: I must say that I'm a little bit surprised that Garry initiated such a committal course of action so early in the game. He has played very cageilly up to this moment. GK MOVE: 13 Nf2

MAURICE ASHLEY: He has played Nf2 rather quickly. On every move now it seems that Kasparov is getting up from the board quite clear on the strategy, quite content with what he wants to do. And I would assume that he's happy with his position.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Is Deep Blue happy with its position, by the way? We spoke earlier about game three where Garry may have bamboozled yourselves with his opening moves d3 and a3 getting it out of its book. Is Deep Blue indeed happy with its position today?

MURRAY CAMPBELL: Last time I saw it, three or four moves ago, it thought it was almost equal, but I can't predict exactly what the score is in this position.

MAURICE ASHLEY: What about this issue of the love of the bishop? In game one we saw the same thing, that Deep Blue did everything -- g5, huge commitment just to keep the bishop. Now we see in this game these moves that as soon as it's attacked runs around, doesn't want to give up a bishop for a knight. Have you seen that in the program, such positions where it does make sense to give up the bishop.

MURRAY CAMPBELL: The first thing I'll ask would you have moved the bishop after Ng5?

MAURICE ASHLEY: Probably, yes.

MURRAY CAMPBELL: Maybe it's the best move. It does --

MAURICE ASHLEY: But in the game where he played Ng4, g5 seemed a bit much.

MURRAY CAMPBELL: It seems a bit much, yes. There are several factors that contribute to that, and we've made some fine-tuning, some adjustments, so if Garry had played the same opening we would have seen quite a different game. (Audience laughter.)

YASSER SEIRAWAN:

MAURICE ASHLEY: Good political answer.

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