Author: Howard Exner
Date: 03:36:11 10/13/98
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On October 13, 1998 at 02:34:05, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On October 09, 1998 at 17:38:40, Howard Exner wrote: > >>On October 09, 1998 at 16:34:25, John Coffey wrote: >> >>>I can see why resignation would be a courtesy, but there is always the >>>possibility of error. Recently Karpov failed to find a mate in 3 in a KQB >>>vs K against Judit Polgar and his flag fell. (A local master showed me >>>the position. Supposedly it was in the September Chess life.) >>> >>>Many years ago Kasparov with KQB vs K stalemated Tal in the world speed >>>chess championship. Tal won the tournament! >> >>You may be referring to the 1988 World Blitz Championship in St John's >>New Brunswick. Tal won that tournament. Kasparov stalemated K. Georgiev >>with the KQB vs. K - he missed a mate in two moves. I remember this because >>the entire event (Candidates matches and Blitz Championship) were covered >>on the Canadian sports network and I taped it. Still have the tape. >>> >>>John Coffey > >That sounds like it would be a really cool tape to have. Did anyone ever >release an official tape? I never heard of an official tape of this event that was for sale. The taped coverage is about 90 minutes in length. Yasser Seirawan comments on games as does Raymond Keene. There were some funny moments on the tape. - The Korchnoi controversy where he smoked during the game despite being warned not to. During a blitz game with Vaganian (I think against Wilder) there was a dispute about the pressing of the clock and they had to go to the camera's instant replay to resolve the matter. I think it was the first candidates tournament that used special chess boards that were able to automatically transmit the moves to a big screen in the background of the players. If there was an official tape out I would guess that the CFC would have it. If not maybe the TSN network has it.
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