Author: stuart taylor
Date: 17:59:40 04/13/03
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On April 13, 2003 at 18:12:56, Mike Byrne wrote: >Old news, but just hitting mainstream. > >http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/13/crosswords/chess/13CHES.html > >The full text is below: > >============================================================================= > > >Kasparov's Losing Remarks Win No Award for Class >By ROBERT BYRNE > >RADJABOV/BLACK > >FRENCH DEFENSE >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > White Black >Kasp'ov Radjabov > >1 e4 e6 >2 d4 d5 >3 Nc3 Nf6 >4 e5 Nfd7 >5 f4 c5 >6 Nf3 Nc6 >7 Be3 a6 >8 Qd2 b5 >9 a3 Qb6 >10 Ne2 c4 >11 g4 h5 >12 gh Rh5 >13 Ng3 Rh8 >14 f5 ef >15 Nf5 Nf6 >16 Ng3 Ng4 >17 Bf4 Be6 >18 c3 Be7 >19 Ng5 0-0-0 >20 Ne6 fe >21 Be2 Nge5 >22 Qe3 Nd7 >23 Qe6 Bh4 >24 Qg4 g5 >25 Bd2 Rde8 >26 0-0-0 Na5 >27 Rdf1 Nb3 >28 Kd1 Bg3 >29 Rf7 Rd8 >30 Bg5 Qg6 >31 Qf5 Qf5 >32 Rf5 Rdf8 >33 Rf8 Nf8 >34 Bf3 Bh4 >35 Be3 Nd7 >36 Bd5 Re8 >37 Bh6 Ndc5 >38 Bf7 Re7 >39 Bh5 Nd3 >40 Resigns > >Cranky Garry Kasparov is losing friends and supporters even when they believe he >might be in the right. > >At the final ceremony of the 20th Linares Super GM Tournament in Spain, when the >prize for the best-played game was given to the 15-year-old Azerbaijan >grandmaster Teimour Radjabov for his victory over Kasparov, the Russian star >went to the microphone and angrily said: "I believe that this one is not the >best game of the tournament. It has been chosen solely because it was the only >game that I lost, and I consider that this is a public insult and a >humiliation." > >Radjabov had been outplayed from the beginning but put on a brave effort to >stave off defeat. Kasparov was pressed by his opponent's spirited play and went >badly astray. His tie for third was the end of a four-year winning streak in 10 >elite tournaments. > >So Radjabov may not have had the best-played game, but there was no award for >keeping a cool head under fire. I don't think there was any prize on offer for keeping his head cool under fire! So atleast he gave his bit of entertainment off the board! S.Taylor
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