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Parr hits, runs, errs
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| Taylor Kingston 2005-04-26, 8:34 pm |
| Larry Parr, one of the more frequent posters to this group, is a
highly disputatious person. When contradicted, he will often ask his
contradictor for evidence. This is entirely right and proper.
And so, we feel entirely within our rights to ask Mr. Parr for
evidence supporting this statement of his, which appeared on this
newsgroup 25 April, 2005:
"He also wrote a long screed justifyingy [sic] Campo's stopping of
the first Kasparov-Karpov match."
The "he" referred to is the well-known chess writer Edward
Winter, and the event is the termination of the first Kasparov-Karpov
match in 1985, by Florencio Campomanes ("Campo"), then President of
FIDE. As it happens, I had already read virtually everything Winter has
published on this topic. Prompted by Parr's post, I have re-read most
of it, in Winter's books "Chess Explorations" (1996) and
"Kings, Commoners and Knaves" (1999), his journal Chess Notes
(vols. 4-8, 1985-89), his columns at ChessCafe.com, and other sources.
It is true that Winter has written at some length about the
termination, probably several dozen pages. Thus in Parr's claim, the
word "long" may be considered accurate. However, I have found
nothing else to validate his claim. Nowhere have I seen Winter say
whether he thought the termination was right or wrong, good or bad. I
have found nothing that can be construed as "justifying Campo's
stopping" of the match.
In postings here, I have repeatedly made one simple request of Mr.
Parr: that he show us this "long screed," or some evidence of it. I
have done this three times (now four). In reply, he has made various
further accusations, against both Winter and myself, but he has
produced nothing pertinent to his claim. No quotations of what Winter
allegedly wrote, no book title, no page number, no website reference,
no magazine issue, no source whatever. Only suppositions and claims of
vague memories. Nothing tangible to support his case.
I believe this is because WHAT PARR ALLEGES DOES NOT EXIST. I do not
think Winter ever wrote any such thing. I am willing to revise my
belief if Parr can produce proof. But, to use the phrase of his friend
Larry Evans, he has not produced "one scintilla of evidence." If
this does not bring his veracity and integrity into doubt, it certainly
makes him look irresponsible and careless, at best. It smacks of
hit-and-run tactics.
I again call on Mr. Parr to present his evidence, or if he has none,
to admit it and withdraw his claim. The longer he continues with
obfuscation and evasion, the more his credibility erodes.
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| Sam Sloan 2005-04-26, 8:34 pm |
| On 26 Apr 2005 09:30:56 -0700, "Taylor Kingston"
<tkingston@chittenden.com> wrote:
quote:
> Larry Parr, one of the more frequent posters to this group, is a
>highly disputatious person. When contradicted, he will often ask his
>contradictor for evidence. This is entirely right and proper.
> And so, we feel entirely within our rights to ask Mr. Parr for
>evidence supporting this statement of his, which appeared on this
>newsgroup 25 April, 2005:
Taylor Kingston demands "evidence" for something Larry Parr wrote
yesterday about something that happened 20 years ago, whereas Taylor
Kingston has not prodiuced any evidence for soimething he wrote in
2001.
Sam Sloan
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| Taylor Kingston 2005-04-26, 8:34 pm |
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Taylor Kingston wrote:
quote:
> And so, we feel entirely within our rights to ask Mr. Parr for
> evidence supporting this statement of his, which appeared on this
> newsgroup 25 April, 2005:
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> "He also wrote a long screed justifyingy [sic] Campo's stopping of
> the first Kasparov-Karpov match."
Still waiting, Larry. Like Adlai Stevenson said to the Russian
ambassador in 1962, I can wait until hell freezes over.
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