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Subject: Re: Topalov defeated Kasparov

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 14:21:55 03/11/05

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On March 10, 2005 at 22:18:50, Pallav Nawani wrote:

>On March 10, 2005 at 15:59:19, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>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
>>
>
>Kasparov himself wouldn't win a single game if his opponent didn't make
>mistakes... Nobody can win if his opponent dosen't make a mistake.
>
>Pallav

In my view this was more than a mistake, more of a stupid blunder you do not
expect from Kasparov. Perhaps he already had made the decission to retire?

Torstein



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