Deep Blue opens the match with a victory

Deep Blue stunned the chess world with its opening victory. The machine was impervious to what would have been, for a human, enormous pressure. In a wild ending where both sides appeared to have serious mating possibilities, Deep Blue coolly pressed its advantage, while the champion's frustration mounted against time pressure.

As the game progressed, Kasparov allowed two sets of doubled pawns on the f and b files, an extremely unorthodox position. This was offset by his passed d pawn, which threatened to make the dash for promotion at any time. Deep Blue, however, was up to the task. With 33. Nd6! it regrouped is mating forces, parried Kasparov's final desparate thrust, 33. ... Re1, 34. Kh2 Nf2, 35. Nf7!. At this point, Kasparov was sunk, and the rest was history.