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Subject: Re: Kasparov vs Polgar

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 08:28:13 10/02/05

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On October 02, 2005 at 10:46:25, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On October 02, 2005 at 10:35:48, Amused To Death wrote:
>
>>Is there A web site that covers the game where Gary touched the pawn
>
>It was not a pawn , it was a knight.
>
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A38229-2000Jul3&notFound=true
>
>halfway down the story
>
>"In 1994 in Linares, Spain, Kasparov played a knight move against Judit Polgar
>and removed his fingers from that piece. But after he saw that he might lose
>material, he took the knight back and made a different move. His act was caught
>on camera by a Spanish television crew, but Polgar was so shocked that she
>froze, uncapable to protest and soon lost the game. "
>
>do google search on "polgar+kasparov+knight+Linares+touched"
>
>Michael

The story is different than when I first heard it. What I had read years ago, is
Kasparov touched the square with his Knight, for all of a quarter second then
moved it to the correct square. Polgar could have held him to the touch square
rule, but this is the first time I've heard that Kasparov removed his fingers
from the piece.

At this point, I'd rather see the footage, then read a report.

Terry



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