Commentary for white move 33:

MAURICE ASHLEY: You might think that, but you're playing a reasonable player, you have to guess at that. Kc7, centralizeing the king, it's a hard move to guess the reason for. Why, now, in this moment, Kc7, of all things. To me I'm a bit confused. You two have a Grandmaster opinion about this move.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: I think Kc7 for myself, just controlling the d6 square say threat. It's not a bad move. But I think that fundamentally black has to address this problem. What is he going to do with this knight O b6. I hate harping on the same point, but one bad piece ruins your whole position. It's a famous quote. I think it was Tartakower or Tarrasch that said that. And they're still right after 50 years. I don't know what black's going to do, and white for his part has active pieces, the more active pieces.

SUSAN POLGAR: Yasser, I wonder what you would do with black after Nh4 and trying to come to f5 and attack that g7 pawn, after Rd7, if he plays that gentleman I'd be unhappy. I agree with you that the knight coming to f5 would be /SKOFRPBing. I think that that would just be too powerful and I'd have to stop it. I'd have to stop it with the move Rd7-f7.

MAURICE ASHLEY: And now hopefully that knight on b6 from Deep Blue's standpoint will be able to come around to d7, and then into --

SUSAN POLGAR: I think that might trap the rook.

MAURICE ASHLEY: We're looking at a variation. We're going a little fast analyzing these variations. The point is after Kc7 Rxg6 has indeed been played. We're anticipating the move Rd7, and now Susan's interesting suggestion of Nh4, hoping to go into f5. And now, Yasser, terrified of the move, admittedly, said Rf7, stopping Nf5. And now Susan is pressing her issue with Bf3. But as noticed, the interesting possibility of bringing the knight back to d7 may be going to this f8 square and trapping the rook?

YASSER SEIRAWAN: Exactly.

MAURICE ASHLEY: A bizarre idea but actually it seems it doesn't work, if Bxh5 Nf8 a temporary trap of the rook, I imagine this is what you guys were thinking, Rc6+, king takes, and then Bf7 has gathered a person. So that's something the computer certainly sees, and then Ne4 trying to win the pawn back, and a very nasty Bd5+. Garry would be smiling after that.

YASSER SEIRAWAN: The other problem, though, just to continue the line -- we are anticipating -- actually there are only two moves for Deep Blue to consider. Rg8, very, very passive.

MAURICE ASHLEY: Ugly.

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