Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 03:45:32 10/18/04
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On October 17, 2004 at 21:18:51, Mike Byrne wrote: >On October 16, 2004 at 17:57:40, Daniel Jackson wrote: > >>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1958 >> >>This is the position where everyone knew that Peter Leko was completely lost. >>But watching the game on Playchess.com Garry Kasparov suddenly said "Wait a >>minute, after 44.Rb7 White has chances to draw." In spite of harsh contradiction >>by the heavily armed spectators (equipped with Fritz, Junior and even the >>16-processor Hydra) Kasparov stuck to his analysis, which Leko went on to play, >>almost move by move. GM Jon Levitt called it a magical draw. 44.Rb7 c4 45.Rxb6 >>Re2 46.f4 (the key move Kasparov predicted) Re3+ 47.Kf2 gxf4 48.Rb8 Rb3 49.b6 >>Ke4 50.Re8+ Kd3 51.Re2 d5 52.Kf3 d4 53.g5 c3 54.bxc3 dxc3 55.Rg2 Rb2 56.b7 Rxb7 >>57.Kxf4 Rb2 58.Rg1 c2 59.Rc1 Rb1 60.Rxc2 Kxc2 61.g6 Kd3 62.Kf5 Rb5+ 63.Kf6 Rb6+ >>64.Kf7 Rxg6 65.Kxg6 ½-½. >> >>Analysis of this very exciting (and nerve-wracking) game will be supplied >>tomorrow. > >Best game of the match -- many programs actually see this correctly -- but it >sure looked like a win to me for black -- Leko played great defense in the >clutch and if he wins tomorrow, he deserves the WC Title. Best game of the match? I doubt it. Maybe from a spectators point of view? IMO Leko played some inaccurate moves (30.Rb8,33.g4) and was a bit lucky. Michael
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