Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 12:12:11 01/21/99
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On January 21, 1999 at 14:30:32, Jeroen Noomen wrote: > >>Kasparov played the move Rxd4. He won the game. But it is _not_ clear that >>Rxd4 is winning. If you go back to the beginning of this thread, there were >>moves suggested for black that could well have not lost the game. So, as I >>said originally, Kasparov's opponent may well have blundered and lost, just >>as Kasparov's opponent two days made a mistake and lost quickly. Yes it is >>possible Kasparov could have won both games. But clearly the opponent's (both) >>did not find the best possible moves. And in that light, at least for Rxd4, >>if the suggested rook move really does hold on, then it would seem that Rxd4 >>_was_ a mistake. And if the rook move does better than hold on, as some >>analysis suggested, then Rxd4 _may_ have been a losing move (blunder) and not >>a brilliant move. >> >>I said no more, no less, than the above. Until I see something that convinces >>me that there was no better resistance along the way, I'm always suspicious of >>such deep sacrifices that are not completely forced for 20 moves or so. This >>one certainly wasn't absolutely forced at every move. > >Any other move than Rxd4 leaves Black with a clearly superior position. >So Kasparov must have seen this sac even earlier. I don't care that AT >HOME I found an improvement for Black. Games are lost because of mistakes. > >The whole concept was brilliant, nobody saw Rxd4, nobody would have >played Rxd4, nobody was able to refute Rxd4 that day. Kasparov played it >and created a masterpiece. > >It's useless to discuss topics like 'but there was an improvement for >Black, so Rxd4 is NOT so brilliant at all'. The move is just so stunning, >a bolt from the blue and I stated that nobody besides Gary is capable >of such wonderful tactics. > >I just want to end with a comment made by Vishy Anand (taken from a >Dutch newspaper): "This is the most beautiful combination in all the >history of the Hoogovens tournament". He is absolutely right. > >Jeroen Is there a Wijk An Zee website where the games can be seen, standings etc?
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