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"Is Anard the guy who lost to the computer a few years ago"

Nope, 'twas Kasparov who lost to Deep Blue. And me and my boyfriend are responsible for a little chess history associated with the second game!!

Kasparov resigned that game when he could have, instead, forced a perpetual check (hence draw) from Deep Blue. But he didn't even look for it or try, because Deep Blue is programmed, he knew, to offer a draw when it sees the draw.

Well, Deep Blue didn't see the draw because it was too many moves back. Only a human could. And on the internet chess club, some of our best humans, including a player named Tim, that were following the game live, said wait! Stop! Kasparov resigned -- he was "out-pscyhed" by the computer. (Actually himself.)

Others pooh-poohed the idea. But me and my boyfriend came to his rescue, got a separate board set up on a parallel ICC server, invited the grandmasters to come and examine the theory, and achieved pretty much high-level chess world acceptance that indeed, Kasparov had given up too soon.

Well, the news hit the chess world while Kasparov was still in the Deep Blue match. His "second" (his entourage) learned of the theory and worried whether to tell Kasparov. They decided to. And, after his third game, as he was crossing the street in NYC, one raised the issue. They say Kasparov stopped in the middle of a busy street, thought, and saw it right away. They also say that Kasparov was so annoyed at his psychological failure in being "out-pschyed" in game 2 that he never really recovered in the rest of the match.

In fact, although the human lost to Deep Blue, Kasparov was not at his best. At that time, at least, Kasparov was capable of winning that match. He didn't play his best throughout. He lost, but the score is even deceptive -- many of the lost cames were actually very close.

Oops, sorry, too much information. I love chess! Well, anyway, me and my boyfriend were big on getting the chess world to look at and certify as accurate the "perpetual draw" theory for Game 2. It was fun!