Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 10:00:23 10/02/05
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On October 02, 2005 at 12:49:43, Mike Byrne wrote: >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 The FIDE can't or won't cover every situation. There is or was a touch square rule at one time, and if you took a piece and touched every square with it to provoke your opponent, youl'd forfiet your game. I'm not going to argue this...
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