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Subject: Re: Topalov Deserves Praise for His Play, What a Fighter...But

Author: Mark Young

Date: 12:01:06 03/10/05

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On March 10, 2005 at 14:56:06, Terry McCracken wrote:

>It is sad to see Kasparov whom just a few days ago, go from untouchable to
>unrecognizable! He never tried to win, only draw and not in a very pretty
>fashion I might add!
>
>I don't know if he saw Qd8 or not, but he didn't calculate the King and Pawns vs
>the King and Pawns ending worth a damn, he either hallucinated or bailed out,

I don't think Kasparov bailed out, I vote for he hallucinated. Why else trade
down into a lost King Pawn endgame. When it is not forced.


in
>either case, I'm very disappointed!
>
>I was in "chess shock" when Kasparov traded down all the pieces! I thought it
>was a bad joke on the ICC server at first!
>
>Depressed Regards,
> Terry



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