Author: Mark Young
Date: 15:26:32 03/10/05
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On March 10, 2005 at 17:57:28, Terry McCracken wrote: >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! I am with you. Something smells fishy. I think this has everything to do with Kasparov being rebuffed by Fide. So Kasparov is taking his marbles and going home. If a WC cycle can be worked out by Fide that Kasparov likes. I bet Kasparov will play again. This looks like a power play by Kasparov. -- IMO -- > >Frustrated Regards, > Terry
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