Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 14:35:06 04/14/03
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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. > > > >In this game, Radjabov answered 7 Be3 with the extravagant advance 7 . . . a6 >and 8 . . . b5. Not satisfied with the result, he tried a restrained >alternative, 7 . . . cd 8 Nd4 Bc5 against Kramnik in Round 6, but was outplayed >and lost. > >Radjabov's 10 . . . c4?! relieved whatever pressure he had on the white center >and thus freed Kasparov's minor pieces to find attacking positions on the >kingside. > >After 17 Bf4, Radjabov could have tried 17 . . . Ne7 aiming to get the >bishop-pair with 18 . . . Ng6. He should not have let Kasparov get the >bishop-pair with 17 . . . Be6 18 c3 Be7 Ng5 19 O-O-O 20 Ne6 fe. > >Rather than get a clearly inferior position with 21 . . . Nh6 22 O-O or risk the >loss of his knight after 21 . . . Rh2 22 Rh2 Nh2 23 Nh5 g6 24 Nf6, Radjabov >boldly ventured 21 . . . Nge5!? and it intimidated Kasparov. It was only at the >final ceremony that Kasparov presented 22 Be5 Ne5 23 de Bc5 24 Bf3 Be3 25 Qe2 d4 >26 cd Qd4 27 Rd1 followed by 28 Ne4 as the correct way to nullify Radjabov's >attack. For now, he played it safe with 22 Qe3. > >And Radjabov faltered. He should have played 22 . . . Bd6!?, when 23 de Qe3 (23 >. . . Bc5 24 Qf3 Rhf8 25 Qg4 d4!? is probably an unsound gamble) 24 Be3 Ne5 25 >Kd2 Rdf8 26 Raf1 Rf1 27 Nf1 yields Radjabov only two pawns for a piece, though >the black position is quite compact. > >After 22 . . . Nd7?! 23 Qe6, Kasparov said afterward, "Now White has a won >game." But after 23 . . . Bh4 24 Qg4?!, Kasparov had overlooked that 24 . . . g5 >keeps Radjabov in the fight because 25 Bg5? loses material to 25 . . . Rdg8. He >should have played 24 Qd5 Rhe8 25 Qg2. > >After 26 . . . Na5, Kasparov thought that he still had great advantage, but that >would not be clear after 27 Kb1 Kc7 28 Qf3 Nf6 29 Rhf1 Nb3 30 Be1 Rhf8 31 Qg2 >Qe6. In any case, he started to play very badly at this juncture. His atrocious >27 Rdf1? Nb3 28 Kd1 Bg3 29 Rf7 (trying desperately to fend off 29 . . . Qg6) Rd8 >30 Bg5 Qg6 31 Qf5 Qf5 32 Rf5 Rdf8 33 Rf8 Nf8 left him a piece down and totally >lost. > >After 39 . . . Nd3, Kasparov, hopelessly behind in material, gave up. I guess you haven't read previous posts on this subject. Garry might have been a bit iritated after the game. Still this was pointed out differently then it actually happened. And nobody knows precisely why he was angry either. Garry indeed doesn't like to loose. Do you? ok maybe you can cope with it better because you are used to loose more frequently. If I would be Garry in that game I would be iritated too. Not because he lost but more in the way he lost. It is indeed a shame Radjabov did get a brilliancy price this looks too Kasparov as a hostile action against him Especially because he already showed he was not glad with this game and Radjabov also didn't show good sportsmanship otherwise he would have ignored the price. Then you talk about class and style. It also shows some chess journalists are not interested "In the truth of chess" Anymore. This makes them nothing else but trolls rather then people who report and comment on events and games. In 2020 somebody looks at games which won brilliancy prices and will think people from this decade where totally nuts. And that thanks to some chess journalists. I am also wondering if there still will be a Linares 2004 The sponsor of Linares is known to be very serious when it comes to chess. And then I am not even talking about the fact what this kind of events might mean for operation fresh start. It is this childish behaviour why chess organisations never worked well. Like Ponamariov already was way to late with his complains Remember that I made remarks about it way before he started with his complains? That I actually pointed at perhaps coming problems. And they should be sorted out during these meetings. But this didn't happen. How can an organisation work well if things never are pointed out by rules. And how can an organisation work well if people are coming when other plans where already made and the person in question was actually at the meeting. Is this not where meetings are for ? Always think further then the next day. Marc
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