Sandalak by no means needed to pull back, but it was extremely sporting of them to do so. I give a lot of kudos to Zakky and his minions, I never would have done something like that. Even if it meant risking temporary overextension, I would have gone for the killing blow. The opportunity was too open to pass up. This way gives a lot more people a lot more fun for much more time, so again:
Kudos!