Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 20:45:42 02/08/03
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On February 08, 2003 at 23:37:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On February 08, 2003 at 23:26:05, Michael Cummings wrote: > >>To clarify, if you saw two GM's or any players for that matter at the same >>position as Kasparov and DJ were at. How many would have agree'd to a draw? >> >>I have been looking through my database of chess games for draws, and I have yet >>been able to find one that agreed to a draw being 1 pawn and a queen each down. >> > > >I have seen GM draws at move 10, with maybe a pawn exchanged. The rules don't >forbid it and if the higher-rated player only needs a draw to win the event, and >the lower-rated player will finish higher with a draw than with a loss, then >this >is not that uncommon. Particularly near the end of events... Makes the whole thing a bit of a joke then. I am probably just upset that unless Kasparov lost, hearing about this match on TV will never happen where I am. I am still unable to find any news of this match in the local paper or TV, including international cable news networks about this match in Australia. I heard ESPN2 (we only get ESPN here in Aus) showed the game live, a big move to do that, and also what a huge let down. Kasparov gets huge coverage, and this game is what the world gets to see. I doubt whether you will see chess back on there for a while. And if games end after 10 moves or an exchange of pawns, then maybe it;s time for FIDE or other ruling bodies to get the flick. No wonder chess is played around the world, and in only some countries treated seriously, but for most part treated like shit. Our Australian government does not even give 1 cent of funding to chess.
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