| Louis Blair 2005-05-30, 3:31 am |
| Larry Parr wrote (26 May 2005
05:13:38 -0700):
quote:
> Sosonko and I discussed the Keres-Botvinnik
> controversy in 1994 at great length when he
> was in New York visiting GM Lev Alburt.
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I wrote (26 May 2005 16:36:09 -0700):
quote:
> Does Larry Parr claim that Sosonko told
> Larry Parr about the 1991 Botvinnik
> comments about the Stalin proposal?
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Larry Parr wrote (26 May 2005 18:19:35 -0700):
quote:
> This has got to be the mother of all
> stupid questions.
>_
> GM Sosonko was the one who conducted
> the interview with Botvinniik in 1991. Of
> course we discussed it at great length.
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
12:05:57 -0700):
quote:
> Nothing more was heard from Mr. Blair on
> that score.
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I wrote (29 May 2005 13:37:30 -0700):
quote:
> This is false. I followed up (26 May 2005
> 20:18:21 -0700) by asking:
>_
> "At that point, did Larry Parr tell
> GM Evans about the 1991 Botvinnik
> comments about the Stalin proposal?"
>_
> We are still waiting for Larry Parr to talk
> about WHEN he told GM Evans about
> the Botvinnik reference to the Stalin
> proposal.
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
18:57:20 -0700):
quote:
> Louis Blair is no honest broker ...
> He quit asking his idiotic Sosonko
> question, since the latter was involved
> in the interview itself, and he has now
> taken to asserting more than asking.
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Of course, I quit asking the Sosonko
question. Larry Parr actually answered
that one, thus giving us some specifics
about when he claims to have known
about the 1991 Botvinnik Stalin-proposal
comments in the interview.
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The sensible (and honest) thing to do
upon receiving an answer to a question
is to proceed with a follow-up question.
Since Larry Parr claims to have known
about the 1991 Botvinnik Stalin-proposal
comment as early as 1994, it is natural
to see if Larry Parr passed that information
on to someone who could confirm
receiving it before 1998. Apparently,
Larry Parr does not want to claim that
GM Evans is such a person:
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
18:57:20 -0700):
quote:
> Louis Blair wants to know when I
> told Larry Evans about my talks
> with Alburt and Sosonko. I cannot
> answer because I made no records
> of the matter. Any answer I give
> could be off by several years. I
> made no records ...
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It is nice to see Larry Parr address
this issue at last. Previously, he
referred to:
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"What I told [GM Evans] about
meeting with Sosonko in New York."
(27 May 2005 07:46:43 -0700)
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without any indication of WHEN he
told GM Evans about the Botvinnik
reference to the Stalin proposal. Now,
that he, at last, writes about the
timing, we see that he does not
even rule out the year 2000 (the
year that turned out to be the
time when the Whyld-Aldrich
incident took place).
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
18:57:20 -0700):
quote:
> ... because I had no plans to write
> about the Botvinnik-Keres brouhaha
> at that time.
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Before 2000/01/17, Larry Parr certainly
DID acquire the intention to write about
the 1948 Keres-Botvinnik subject. Before
2000/01/17, he posted a large number of
notes on the subject. There was even
a whole thread, "Keres-Botvinnik Scandal",
with about fifteen pre-2000/01/17
contributions by Larry Parr. And yet, a
search for Larry Parr notes that mention
Keres, Botvinnik, and 1991 produced
nothing earlier than 2000/01/17.
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The 1991 interview was conducted by
Sosonko and Pam.
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A search for Larry Parr notes that mention
Keres, Botvinnik, and Sosonko produced
nothing earlier than 2000/01/17.
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A search for Larry Parr notes that mention
Keres, Botvinnik, and Pam produced
nothing earlier than 2000/01/17.
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
09:52:22 -0700):
quote:
> Larry Evans' account of his conversation
> with Ken Whyld remains unshaken
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I wrote (29 May 2005 11:24:22 -0700):
quote:
> What Larry Evans account?
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We are still waiting for an answer to that
one.
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
09:52:22 -0700):
quote:
> my account of meeting with Sosonko and
> Alburt in New York has been in part sustained.
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"GM Alburt said he did not remember the
exact content of these conversations about
Botvinnik" - Larry Parr (28 May 2005
22:26:34 -0700)
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Larry Parr wrote (29 May 2005
18:57:20 -0700):
quote:
> The Kingston-Blair Gambit is to equate my
> responsibility with that of a chess person
> who writes a six page article for Chess Life.
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An absolute falsehood from Larry Parr. He
should produce a prompt retraction and
apology. I have written NOTHING about
equating Larry Parr's responsibility with
that of a chess person who writes a six
page article for Chess Life.
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I entered this discussion on 26 May 2005
11:47:45 -0700 after Larry Parr told us:
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"... Whyld's statement about Keres being
warned not to finish ahead of Botvinnik was
common knowledge long before 1998. ...
I knew about the Botvinnik material long
before it was published by Tim Krabbe ..."
(26 May 2005 05:13:38 -0700)
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I have been trying to explore the evidence
related to those claims.
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