Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:45:31 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¬Found=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. Micheal is correct You can see the fide rules at http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101 Uri
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