“It was a hand of God,” Maradona was to say later. Curiously, Garry Kasparov used the same quote after a controversial incident during a game against Judit Polgar in 1994. It showed Kasparov’s hand being free of the knight for six frames (at 24 frames per second, this meant quarter of a second). Ding Liren – Magnus Carlsen (Semi-finals, Chessable Masters)1.c4 e6 2.g3 Qg5 3.Bg2 Qxd2+ 4.Qxd2 black resigned. Magnus’ response to this was to ensure that the score was evened out by “throwing” the next game.

Source: The Nation November 28, 2020 22:52 UTC