Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 09:49:43 10/02/05
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On October 02, 2005 at 12:41:51, Drexel,Michael wrote: >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. > >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 There is no "touch square" in USCF either - Terry is mistaken. You can touch every sqaure with a piece and still place the piece on any square. This issue here is that Kasparov let go of the knight and moved a different piece. Obviously once you let go, that move with has has to be played to that sqaure (if legal of course). If the sqaure is not legal, that piece still has to be moved. Only if it would be illegal to move that piece can you get away with it. Unless you're Garry Kasparov. ;>) best, Michael
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