Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 14:57:28 03/10/05
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On March 10, 2005 at 15:01:06, Mark Young wrote: >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 I wish I could be so certain....the speed at which Kasparov played, suggests (To me anyway) that he tossed the game, but I admit I may be wrong. This retirement thing also smells fishy! It appears this annoucment is a follow up after this crappy game! Frustrated Regards, Terry
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