Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 12:59:19 03/10/05
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On March 10, 2005 at 13:10:07, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >In my eyes is the winner who won the direcctly Duell. > >German: in meinen Augen sollte die Feinwertung entscheiden, und wenn die gleich >ist so sollte der direkte Vergleich zählen. Hat Garry Topalov besiegt auch? > >Wenn Ja, so soll er Sieger sein, wenn Nein, so ist für mich der wahre Sieger >dann Topalov. > >Garry in only 30 moves to beat, that is very strong!!! Or? > >[Event "XXII Torneo Internacional de Linares"] >[Site "Linares"] >[Date "2005.03.10"] >[Round "14"] >[White "Topalov, Veselin"] >[Black "Kasparov, Garry"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "B30"] >[WhiteElo "2757"] >[BlackElo "2804"] >[PlyCount "59"] > >1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nh4 Nd4 8. g3 >Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Ng8 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Rxf4 Kd7 >15. Nf3 Rf8 16. Rxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Qf6 19. c3 Rf8 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21. >Qf1 Qxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Nxd4 24. cxd4 d5 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Kf3 Kf6 27. >h4 g6 28. b4 b5 29. Kf4 h6 30. Kg4 1-0 > >Only 30 Moves ! 30 moves means nothing, it was probably another 20 or so to checkmate. Kasparov made a huge blunder in a drawn position. 21..Qd8 looked like a simple draw Torstein > > > >On March 10, 2005 at 12:55:38, Ted Summers wrote: > >>Per Chessbase: >> >>The amazing answer is that nobody knew. We asked tournament officials and did >>not get a definitive answer. We asked colleagues who mainly said they had been >>meaning to ask us. And we asked Topalov himself, and he confessed that he did >>not know. The only thing that appears to be certain is that the traditional SB >>system will not be used, rather the number of won games is the first tiebreaker. >>"But we would both have won the same number of games," said Veselin, "and then I >>don't know what decides." Some people were sure that it was the number of black >>wins, in which case Kasparov would already be the winner. But as we said, nobody >>was sure. So apart from the very exciting game we expect to see on Thursday >>there is the additional nervous pleasure of not knowing exactly what the outcome >>will imply. Well, let's hope it has been figured out by the time of the >>prize-giving ceremony – which by the way is also unclear. It was announced for >>Friday, but that is a national day of mourning in Spain, so many expect it to be >>held tomorrow evening after the final round. But as with so many other things >>only time will probably tell...
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