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Subject: Re: Kasparov vs Polgar

Author: Gregory Owett

Date: 11:34:26 10/02/05

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On October 02, 2005 at 13:10:46, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On October 02, 2005 at 12:59:17, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>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&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
>>>
>>>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
>>
>>No
>>I agree that touching the square is not the problem but
>>Kasparov left the knight in the wrong square and later tried to move to another
>>square.
>>
>>"left" means putting the knight in a square and stopping to touch it for a short
>>time(in the game there was something like 1/3 second that the hand of kasparov
>>did not touch the knight).
>>
>>Uri
>
>I think you and I agree - he let go of the piece - that is the touch piece rule
>- once let goof teh piece (even for .3 seconds)  he could not move it again.  I
>think I was unclear - but you can touch every sqaure witha piece while
>continuosuly holding onto it.  There is no touch square rule that Terry is
>suggesting.  I doubt there ever was rule like that - and there has not been a
>rule liek that since I have been playing chess (1972).
>
>best,
>
>Michael

Everyone makes a mistake. Certainly the piece was accidentally fallen from his
hand, and he has picked up again. :))

Gregory



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