Commentary for white move 32:

MAURICE ASHLEY: Isn't this d3 pawn hanging? What's it worth to black to take this d3 pawn to give up the d6 pawn?

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Let's take a look why Deep Blue didn't do that. He could have played instead the move -- GK MOVE: 32 Nxd5.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Had Deep Blue grabbed that d-pawn with the move Nxd3, then after Bxd6, the rook on b8 is suddenly under attack, as well as this pawn on c5, and Deep Blue didn't like the consequences of that. I think it made the right decision by not capturing the -- white's d3 pawn.

MAURICE ASHLEY: So Nxd5 has been played, and Deep Blue did -- Kasparov, excuse me, did play Nxd5. And so the game is coming to a head. What do you think now about white's chances? It seems as if white played some pretty interesting moves and really -- maybe is getting more space than he had before. Do you still appreciate the extra pawn as you normally do?

YASSER SEIRAWAN: I sure do. It's kind of like in basketball, the short guys who are really quick, they slow down. The tall guys don't ever get shorter. They remain tall. And right now what we have is an extra pawn. That's in my pocket. I've got a pawn. That's my advantage. And Garry is going to have to win that pawn back, and if he does, very slowly this extra pawn is going to be meaningful, like having an extra player on your team.

MAURICE ASHLEY: Isn't this a typical thing of Garry Kasparov? Doesn't he always, always sacrifice material for compensation? I remember, not to bring up unpleasant memories but I do recall a game of yours against him that he sacrificed, what was it, an exchange and a pawn? And had terrific compensation.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Thank you, Maury? What a nice guy! (Audience laughter.) Well, what happened, folks, it was a year or so ago, Garry and I were playing in one of the strongest tournaments in the world, the VSB tournament, and I don't know what happened to me but I woke up that particular day knowing I was going to play against Garry Kasparov, knowing I was going to have my moment in the sun, as it were, and I just felt terrific. I mean I just knew that I was going to blast Garry off the board. I mean I really felt good, like this was my day. And I had black, which is a keen disadvantage, so don't ask me why I was feeling so good about my chances or why I was so optimistic, but there it is, and Garry played into an opening that I'm very familiar with and just out of the blue he gave me this opportunity to win an exchange and win a pawn within a dozen moves. I felt great. And I took everything, and then I fell under this overwhelming attack, and I think he played flawlessly for the next 30 moves and -- I lost.

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