Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 11:08:38 01/21/99
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On January 21, 1999 at 13:37:48, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 21, 1999 at 11:46:51, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >> >>>Perhaps I should point you to the title of this thread: "Brilliant win by >>>Kasparov!!: What about 30. ... Rhe8!?" >>> >>>Where exactly do we start talking about Shirov, Topolov, etc? I simply pointed >>>out that many of Kasparov's wins are the result of the human getting 'psyched' >>>rather than by his playing a brilliant and irrefutable move. >>> >>>no fairness issue here at all. I believe if you look at my comments about >>>prior GM games you will _always_ find that I have said that _every_ game I have >>>ever gone over carefully has at least one blunder. So there was no intent to >>>be 'unfair'. However, the 'brilliance' of Rxd4 is yet to be proved... >> >>Dear Robert, >> >>I have to disagree with you. The whole concept of Rxd4 - winning ir not - >>will not be found by many players. Kasparov saw it and calculated it >>very deeply. It also is very courageous playing this way and I think >>Gary is the only one in the world at this moment capable of playing such >>games. >> >>To me it was a delight to see this game live, because not many games >>are played in this style. Kasparov deserves great credit for this. And if >>you find at home that there is a hole in the combination: So what? >>This is what chess is about! And didn't we all love Tal? That is the >>point! It's not the fact that Rxd4 might not be winning that counts, >>but the fact he played it and it became a fantastic game. >> >>Best regards, Jeroen > >No argument there. Kasparov is brave. He has sacrificed from the first game I >saw him play way back when. The only discussion here was 'is Rxd4 really good >or not?" > >For that question, I am not yet sure. Finding a stunning sac that loses is (to >me) no better than simply hanging a queen and resigning... Not to me !! if that stunning sac isn't refuted at the board which is the only place that it counts, be it a 15 minute game or a tournament games, then it is clearly 1 point better than hanging the queen and resigning. Also it takes a certain amount of bravery to play the sac when the whole world will be watching and commenting on it as we are.
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