Six Year Old Girl Beat GrandMaster

[S.Taylor]

The one next to her also won. So the whole thing was meaningless.

[Uri Blass]

He shouldn't have taken back his move f5 (when he changed it to g5).

I do not know what are the rules of the competition.
It is possible that they played with a rule that allow take back as long as you do not press the chess clock.

I wonder what was the time control of the games.

[Dirt]

The one next to her also won.

I think she ran out of time.

[Uri Blass]

It seems to take here a few seconds to realize she's won. Beautiful reaction when she does.

Not to me.

I think that she realized it immidiately but did not react immediately.
People usually should be quiet when they play chess and she know it

Note that the GM could tell her that it is an illegal move when she promoted a pawn to the last rank without replacing it by a queen and get additional time on the clock or even win the game directly by illegal move of the opponent(dependent on the rules of the competition).

Uri

[Dirt]

If so, that means she didn't have the slightest idea what she was doing but just made natural moves.

And HE? the GM, he didn't really want her to realize she had won! That was funny!

According to The Telegraph she won on time in a winning position. When some old guy reaches out to shake your hand you shake, and then you figure out why.

[zullil]

Note that the GM could tell her that it is an illegal move when she promoted a pawn to the last rank without replacing it by a queen and get additional time on the clock or even win the game directly by illegal move of the opponent(dependent on the rules of the competition).

Uri

But he had the commonsense and decency not to do so. Good for him.

[Milos]

He shouldn't have taken back his move f5 (when he changed it to g5).

He just let her win it's totally obvious even though the least obvious of all other boards, and he probably chose the youngest girl on purpose which is very nice of him.

[S.Taylor]

He shouldn't have taken back his move f5 (when he changed it to g5).

I do not know what are the rules of the competition.
It is possible that they played with a rule that allow take back as long as you do not press the chess clock.

I wonder what was the time control of the games.

I wasn't speaking about what the rules were. I was commenting that f5 seems like it would have made him win the game.

Unless his aim was to let her win, as Milos thinks?

[gerold]

He shouldn't have taken back his move f5 (when he changed it to g5).

I do not know what are the rules of the competition.
It is possible that they played with a rule that allow take back as long as you do not press the chess clock.

I wonder what was the time control of the games.

I wasn't speaking about what the rules were. I was commenting that f5 seems like it would have made him win the game.

Unless his aim was to let her win, as Milos thinks?

Of course he let her win. She will remember this game forever.

[Dirt]

Unless his aim was to let her win, as Milos thinks?

Of course he let her win. She will remember this game forever. :)

I don't think so. I mean, it was a simultaneous exhibition against a number of young girls, so he probably had less time than usual in a simul; and the rules were relaxed. But I think young Lykke-Merlot earned her victory.