Wow! Game 5 of Man vs. Machine is already over! It ended in a draw on the 19th move, after the game became a series of forced checks. Kasparov was playing white, and could not have expected this. Deep Junior's 10th move will be talked about for some time. The computer did 10..Bxh2+ (bishop takes white's king rook pawn, check) White then took the bishop, but then Black rushed that side, flushing the White King out of its castled spot, and it quickly became a draw, with an endless series of checks.

Quite a bold game for the computer, especially playing black. Its previous games as black didn't show this kind of prowess. The final game is on Friday. One wonders if Kasparov, who will be playing black, can be mentally ready, and not give in to this opponent who has no emotions. This was the situation against Deep Blue in 1997. It was tied going into the sixth and final game, Kasparov had black, and fell apart, in probably his worst loss ever.

Kasparov now has to win with black on Friday to win the match outright, something that will be very difficult to do. Tune in Friday!