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Subject: Re: Kasparov vs Polgar

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 09:41:51 10/02/05

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On October 02, 2005 at 12:27:17, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On October 02, 2005 at 12:07:02, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On October 02, 2005 at 11:28:13, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>
>>JFYI, there isn´t a "touch square rule" in chess. Touching a square is allowed.
>>Kasparov has released the piece.
>>
>>Michael
>
>Ah...yeah there is Micheal....touch square touch piece, etc. You don't have to
>release the piece.
>
>Go through the all rules concerning this. FIDE USCF CFC etc. I'll be surprised
>to see this rule changed.

What are you talking about? As long as you haven´t released the piece you are
entitled to move it on another square.
Of course I don´t know about USCF rules and I don´t care, in Linares FIDE rules
applied.

Michael

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