Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 19:27:55 10/02/05
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On October 02, 2005 at 19:46:01, Albert Silver 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. >>> >>>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 Apparently this rule is now obsolete. If you read below Mike Bryne did some research, so I'm a bit behind the times it seems;-) Terry
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