Author: Gawril Markov
Date: 05:58:26 02/15/03
Garry Kasparov (http://www.worldchessrating.com/522499435.html?236853121314198) and Amir Ban (http://www.chessbase.com/games/2003/amir1.htm) both report that Kasparov's draw offer was made after move 26. In addition, Amir Ban writes that "he (i.e. Kasparov) told the arbiter that since the program was showing negative score, he can claim a draw", which seems odd since it implies that Kasparov was aware of Deep Junior's evaluation. However, when I followed Game 6 live on ICC and chess.fm, it seemed quite clear that Kasparov offered the draw already after making the exchange sacrifice in move 23. Although a strange moment to make a draw offer, it was subsequently confirmed in the on-site report from chessbase.com (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=782) and repeated by Andre Schulz (http://www.chessbase.de/events/events.asp?pid=493). In his game analysis, GM Karsten Mueller concurs with these reports (http://www.chessbase.com/games/2003/x3dmueller.htm). For TWIC, Malcom Pein also reports Kasparov to have offered the draw after move 23 (http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/event/kaspjun03/gm6.html). Conclusion: Unless all of these reports are in error, Kasparov and Ban are not reporting truthfully.
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