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Subject: Re: K-K game 11 after move 21

Author: Ricardo Rego

Date: 08:09:16 10/26/00

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On October 26, 2000 at 10:47:38, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On October 26, 2000 at 10:42:13, Terje Vagle wrote:
>
>>Kasparov - Kramnik
>>WCC2000 (11)
>>
>>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 0-0 9.Nc3
>>Na5 10.axb5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 axb5 12.Rxa8 Bxa8 13.Nxe5 d5 14.Bg5 dxe4 15.dxe4 Qxd1
>>16.Rxd1 b4 17.Bxf6 bxc3 18.bxc3 gxf6 19.Nd7 Bd6 20.Nxf8 Kxf8 21.f3 h5
>>
>>Junior 6a says 22.Kf2 with +0,33
>
>And why is Kasparov playing a line that seems to be a hopeless draw when he is
>behind by 2 points? And why did he offer a draw after 11 moves the other day,
>why does he look so helpless, etc. This has nothing, nothing to do with the
>Kasparov we know. After the draw offer in 11 moves I read that he has personal
>problems he would explain after the match. I can't see any other way to explain
>all that.

And why during the Match against Deep Blue he used a very bad Caro Kann line
(why not a regular Sicilian ?!) ? The stocks of IBM rised after the match...

Maybe he wants a rematch with Kramnik... He's a capitalist man. Everybody knows
that...






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