Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:46:01 10/02/05
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>>>>>>>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
>
>The FIDE is unclear, big surprise.
I never heard of a rule regarding touching the square. I wonder if it is a rule
used in the US. I know that by FIDE rules, as well as those I played in France
and Brazil, there is none. The move is only considered concluded when the player
let's go of the piece. There are a number of cases covered by this rule of
course. One is where the move made is illegal, and that no move by the piece
played could be legal. In such a case, the entire move must be replayed. If the
square played is illegal, but the piece could have been played to a different
square, then the player must play the same piece and select a different square.
My memory of the incident was that he did indeed let go of the piece for a
fraction of a second and then claimed he neither saw nor could recollect having
let go. The footage showed he had clearly let go, however quickly, as I recall.
Albert
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