Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 15:30:12 03/10/05
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On March 10, 2005 at 18:26:32, Mark Young wrote: >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. I completely agree. I'm interested to see the reaction by the FIDE... > >-- IMO -- > >> >>Frustrated Regards, >> Terry
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