On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:24:25 GMT, "Ray Gordon"
wrote:

Kamsky's two wins were in 43 and 34 moves, both very convincing.
Great to see an exciting new (well, old) world-class competitor.

He also saved a draw with a sacrifice and perpetual check in a very exciting
game covered on ICC.

You are talking about this one:

[Event "106th New York Masters"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "02"]
[White "Scekic, Milos"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2717"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.h3 Bh5
8.Qe1 Bd6 9.e4 Qc7 10.Nh2 g5 11.d4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6
14.Qe3 h6 15.c4 O-O-O 16.c5 Be7 17.b4 Nd5 18.Qa3 a6 19.Qb3 Bf6
20.Bb2 Bg6 21.a4 h5 22.b5 a5 23.Nf3 Nb4 24.Bc3 g4 25.hxg4 hxg4
26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Bc2 28.Qb2 f5 29.exf6 Qh7 30.Rfe1 Bd3 31.Re2
Nc2 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Rb1 Qh2+ 34.Kf1 Ne3+ 35.fxe3 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2
Be4+ 1/2-1/2


Yes. Nice finish and difficult to see.

Sam Sloan