Judit became the highest rated women ever and her first encounter with world champion Kasparov created a sensation because he took a move back either by accident or design.
His 17-year-old opponent failed to lodge a protest until after she had resigned. "I was playing the world champion in Linares, Spain and I didn't want to cause unpleasantness during my first invitation to such an important event", she explained.
"I was also afraid that if my complaint was overruled I would be penalized on the clock when we were in time pressure."
It turned out that the game was being videotaped. Examination of the frames later determined that Kasparov removed his hand from the knight on move 36 for 1/4 of a second.
"I have a feeling I did not take my hand off the piece. My conscience is clear," he said. The press had a field day with this incident. Kasparov's critics accused him of cheating and the incident damaged his reputation.
Here' the game with Polgar playing the white pieces and Kasparov black on a Sicilian Defence:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. 0-0 Qc7 9. Qe1 Nbd7 10. a4 This push weakens the queenside but stops Black's expansion by b5.
10. ... b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Kh1 Rd8 A mysterious rook move whose aim is murky since it later goes to c8. Why not castle right away?
13. Be3 0-0 14. Qg3 Nc5 15. f5 e5 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Nb3 Nd7 An unusual retreat to avoid simplifications. More logical is 17. ... Kh8.
18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Be3 Nef6 20. Qf2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bh4 Rc8 24. Qf1 Be7 25. Nd2 This retreat bolsters e4 but 25. Qd3 is better.
25. ... Qc5 26. Nb3 Qb4 Exploiting the fact the White cannot dislodge the queen by a3.
27. Be2 An inconsistent retreat. More natural is 27. Qd3.
27. ... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Bf3 Nef6 31. Qxa6 Ree8 Also feasible is 31. ... Rxc2 32. Nd4 Qc4
32. Qe2 Kg8 33. Bb7 Rc4 34. Qd2 Qxa4 35. Qxd2 Rxc2 36. Nd2 Nf8 At first Kasparov played 36. ... Nc5 but changed his mind when he saw 37. Bc6! is too powerful. Deliberate foul or an attempt to change his grip on the knight and reverse direction?
"Kasparov did not take his hand off the knight, so he had a perfect right to change his move," opined the arbiter, who was watching closely. Obviously, the naked eye can be fooled.
A better way to exploit his extra pawn is 36. ... Qf4 37. Rf1 Qd4 but Kasparov already touched the knight by playing 36. ... Nc5? and froze before changing his mind in view of 36. Bc6 skewering his queen and rook.
Polgar, clearly startled, glanced at Kasparov and then at the arbiter, who was monitoring the game as it neared the time control at move 40.
But she lodged no protest, as required by the rules to establish a claim.
A few days later The London Times carried a front-page story. "Kasparov Cheated, Opponent Claims."
A video replay taken by a Spanish film crew during the game showed that his hand did quit the piece for a mere fifth of a second.
37. Ne4 N8d7 38. Nxf6+ Nxf6 39. Qxb6 Ng4 40. Rf1 e4 41. Bd5 e3 42. Bb3 Qe4 43. Bxc2 Qxc2 44. Rd8 Rxd8 45. Qxd8 Kh7 46. Qe7 Qc4 White resigns. If 47. Re1 Qf4 is decisive. Or 47. Kg1 e2 48. Re1 Qd4+ 49. Kh1 Nf2+ 50. Kg1 Nh3++ 51. Kh1 Qg1+! Rxg1 Nf2 smothered mate.
*This is white to move and mates in 3 not 2.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
April 30-May 07, 2004
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