Whats it like sitting across the table from Garry Kasparov for five hours?
There’s a good angle from all of Garry’s facial expressions. He’s an honest person. He doesn’t want to bluff you, he plays with honest facial expressions. After 10…Bxh2+. He was looking to right and then to the left and then he took the bishop. I caught him looking at me on occasion, like “how’s that for your program, Shay?” or “what do you think about that?” I felt the looks in game four when there was a chance for him to win a piece with the ..b5 move. But as he said in the press conference after the match his facial expressions have not much to do with the high percentage of wins he scores. You see the advantage of the programmers not having good chess skills. You can look at me, no problem, what are you going to learn from a patzer like me? But you’re a competent player, don’t you spend some time wondering what he’s going to play, or what you would play? Sometimes I’ve found myself trying to get away from the position. I didn’t want to give away anything with my face. I’ve been a
