Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:03:46 02/01/03
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On February 01, 2003 at 15:33:24, Uri Blass wrote:
>On February 01, 2003 at 12:31:13, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On February 01, 2003 at 01:58:53, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>>
>>>On January 31, 2003 at 22:58:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't believe I ever said "he was lucky in game 2". He made an incredibly
>>>>deep sacrifice offer that I'd bet he was sure the computer would take, and it
>>>>led to a position that gave black lots of chances. But white made no mistakes
>>>>and the chances were all "vaporous" and the draw ensued.
>>>
>>>Only because _black_ made the mistake, turning a winning position into a drawn
>>>one, with Qa1 instead of f4.
>>
>>
>>Nothing to date says "f4 was winning." Kasparov certainly said that his team
>>found that f4 was yet another way to draw...
>
>
>Can you post a link when kasparov said it.
>
>The only place that I remember that I read that claim was in a post of Amir Ban
>and kasparov did not say it based on the post but only a member of kasparov's
>team.
He said kasparov reported that his "team" and discovered that f4 was also a
drawing move. I have no reason to doubt his statement, myself... He was
there...
>
>Here is a link for that post and the content of the relevant part
>
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?280166
>
>{After the game Kasparov blamed this move, and said f4 wins. He repeated this at
>the press conference minutes later. However, half an hour later a member of his
>team told Shay that they analyzed f4 and found it is a draw (25... f4 26.h3)}
>
>Uri
OK... that seems conclusive enough for me...
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