Author: Peter Kasinski
Date: 09:51:16 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 You are correct. From FIDE site: 4.6 When, as a legal move or part of a legal move, a piece has been released on a square, it cannot then be moved to another square. Regards, PK
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