CLUB KASPAROV http://www.clubkasparov.ru/news/wijk99/round4e.htm Round 4 – “Thru away your useless Fritz…” The only meeting of the members of the “great seven” – Kasparov-Topalov – was, of course, the central game of this round. After the World Champion’s brilliant performance at the blitz tournament, and after his confident victory over Yermolinski, it became absolutely clear that Kasparov was only gathering speed. The audience of the ICC server, which provides a direct transmission of all the games of the tournament, anticipated interesting fight, and their expectations were fully justified. We witnessed Garry carrying out a phenomenal combination, demanding such profound calculation as to 15-20 moves ahead. Experienced audience of the Net, consisting as well of international masters, and armed with the strongest chess programs (Fritz, Junior, Rebel, Crafty and others) expressed its extreme amazement with the following expressions in the chat: “Kaspy is cool”, “Thru away all these useless computer programs” etc. The audience in Wijk aan Zee was also extremely excited. A well-known Holland observer Lichtering said to Garry after the game, that he considered it a great honor for himself to witness the birth of such a game. In Lichtering’s opinion, it should be a pretender to the best game of the year. Denis Bilounov:
Topalov, Veselin
Result: 1-0
