We have a response by Deep Blue, and that's e7-e5. DB MOVE: 1...e5.

MAURICE ASHLEY: This match has shocks everywhere. What does d2-d3 mean? I think we have a --

YASSER SEIRAWAN: I think we have a new opening move, what do we call it? "New York, New York"? I tell, I have never seen certainly Garry Kasparov and most world champions have never played such a move in the past. The entire idea of course of the opening strategy is to take a firm grip in the center and take an aggressive posture. This is about as passive and a hedge hog style posture I've ever seen Garry take.

MAURICE ASHLEY: Mike, is this a correct strategy to play against computers? You've been in the computer world now for over 15 years, you've been an arbiter in tournaments, and you've seen a lot of this stuff go on where people think that computers lack the ability to think on their own, so take them out of their book, and that way you'll have a real chance of winning. Is this what Garry should do, or maybe he might be shooting himself in the foot with all this anticomputer strategy.

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