Update: The non-Kxd6 lines of the "central winning mechanism" file Qf7win.html were refuted by a Black resource ...Qh1+! found by Helio Cardoso (HC BSB), as now shown in that file. This invalidates the claims below of a White win with 54. Qf4 Qd3 or with 54. Qf2 Qd3, and I now believe both lines to be *drawn*. A brutal Spring'00 term has kept me from typing any of my updated analysis---my only time has been to help assemble evidence that 53. Qe4(!) was a winning move for White in the actual game. Even my version of the "Part-III" article is out of date---please look for the latest version at SmartChess Online (note the navigation buttons at the bottom).

I intend to return to active discussion when I finally dig out of things that have buried me (all millennium long:-). The other reason I haven't been actively, publicly participating is that I haven't wanted to come forward with public claims until I feel I can remove the disclaimers on this site---with independent checks by others or a breather to "sanity-check" everything myself. After all, ...Qh1+! was a simple oversight, seeing only 63 squares! The analysis has been far more difficult than what several of us (Paul, Irina, Karrer, Spy49,...) expected when we thought we could verify Kasparov's Move-54 assertions in a couple of weeks, thus offering a satisfactory explanation to the World on where the game was lost before offering to compare notes with (Club) Kasparov. I am grateful for the continuing interest of visitors to this site, and will try to answer inquiries that are addressed to me.