Author: martin fierz
Date: 21:11:29 08/19/02
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>This furthers my opinion that Anand was playing for a draw, and Ponomoriov did >not take the second knight because he did not want to draw (and so he lost it >all!). i don't believe that. human players often choose a variation where they see they can force a perpetual, in the hope of getting more. maybe you remember kasparov's brilliant win against topalov a few years back, with a *huge* combination. actually, kasparov hadn't seen through it. he saw he had a draw and had a gut feeling that he had more than that. which turned out to be right. i think this game is similar. anand sees he has at least a draw, and ponomariov has to find the right moves to get the draw. this is not "playing for the draw", specially not in rapid chess. also, ponomariov is not the type to be afraid of anyone. if he had seen that Bc8 was a loser (as it seems to be), and had seen that Kxg7 was a draw, he would have played Kxg7 for sure. aloha martin
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