Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:11:31 02/01/03
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On February 01, 2003 at 23:41:56, Will Singleton wrote:
>On February 01, 2003 at 22:03:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>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...
>
>Mig quote:
>"Kasparov wanted this on the record and repeated several times that he had
>outplayed Junior completely in all three games and could be leading 2.5-0.5 or
>even 3-0 if he had managed to finish off his good positions."
>
>http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt.htm
>
>Will
So? That supports the fact that f4 would not have won. Otherwise he would have
said "had I played f4, I would have won that game easily." If that was his
agenda...
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