Commentary for white move 7:

MAURICE ASHLEY: After Ngf6 Deep Blue has responded instantly with Bf1-d3, developing the bishop, putting it on a very solid square. Potentially Kasparov might castle king-side, so the bishop is well placed for that.

GK MOVE: 6...e6

MAURICE ASHLEY: Opening a line for his bishop. And again Deep Blue is clearly in its opening book because it is playing very quickly.

DB MOVE: N1 f3

MAURICE ASHLEY: Kasparov trying to get his bishop quickly into the action, we anticipate the bishop on f8 moving shortly. We would like to note that those who are following this over the Internet. Some who are unable to follow live but must follow using a web server or just follow using a chessboard. So we will try to be as visual as possible, be your eyes and ears, so to speak, because they're just following it in the written text. At the moment, then, we should say to our left we are in an auditorium in the Equitable Building. To our left is a video screen that shows the current position at all times. Behind us is a Fritz 4 computer playing program, very strong, and it has helped us to do the analysis over time and I guess to sort of understand Deep Blue in a way. But we find that Deep Blue is a bit biased in its opinion.

MIKE VALVO: Not today, it likes black better.

MAURICE ASHLEY: Today it's liking black. We will explain what these mean, some bar graphs and evaluations that we will explain shortly. And to our right is another video screen showing Kasparov and a variety of things including the Deep Blue team, the audience, a number of things at different times. So, back to the game position --

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