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> Larry Parr wrote (18 Apr 2006 18:20:13 -0700):
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> Right now, I am trying to find out whether or not
> Larry Parr agrees with what GM Keene apparently
> believes: that the Edward Winter "sales ... merit"
> quote can be fairly described as a "claim" "that
> kasparov's contribution to bco batsford chess
> openings was ghosted". I see no reason to drop
> that issue.
> _
> Why is this a problem for Larry Parr? He seems
> eager to be supportive of GM Keene. And yet, I
> am still waiting for Larry Parr's answer. Of course,
> if Larry Parr's answer would not be favorable to
> GM Keene, then it is not surprising that he avoids
> answering my question and tries to argue that I
> should be doing something else.
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> Some background to this matter:
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> "Edward winter ... once claimed that kasparov's
> contribution to bco batsford chess openings was
> ghosted ..." - GM Keene quote reported by
> Larry Parr (25 Jan 2006 06:02:49 -0800)
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> "Can GM Keene, Larry Parr, or anyone
> else back this up with a quote from a
> verifiable source?" - Louis Blair (25 Jan 2006
> 10:04:33 -0800)
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> "winter clearly impugned authorship in
> chess notes" - GM Keene quote reported
> by Larry Parr (25 Jan 2006 17:28:36 -0800)
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> "A much more vague claim than the one
> from eleven and a half hours earlier."
> - Louis Blair (25 Jan 2006 22:42:40 -0800)
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> "WINTER'S QUOTE HAS BEEN FOUND!
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> By GM Raymond Keene
> _
> Winter ... (1983): '---the exact role of
> Kasparov. Is his name there more for
> sales than for merit?'" - GM Keene
> communication reported by Larry Parr
> (27 Jan 2006 15:30:26 -0800)
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> "Do GM Keene and Larry Parr seriously
> contend that the Edward Winter QUESTION
> can be fairly described as a 'claim' 'that
> kasparov's contribution to bco batsford
> chess openings was ghosted'?" - Louis
> Blair (28 Jan 2006 16:03:20 -0800)
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> After about two and a half months:
> _
> "Yes. Da. Ja. Oui. SIi.
> _
> Explicitly: Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
> _
> I am saying so loud and clear. For crying
> out loud -- what else do Edward Winter's
> words mean? He is saying as evidently
> as possible that BCO was ghosted and
> that Kasparov was not a genuine author."
> - GM Keene quote reported by Larry
> Parr (15 Apr 2006 06:46:44 -0700)
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> "If I am following GM Keene correctly, he
> is saying (at last) that the Edward Winter
> 'sales ... merit' quote can be fairly described
> as [a 'claim' 'that kasparov's contribution to
> bco ... was ghosted']. Does Larry Parr go
> along with that or not?" - Louis Blair
> (15 Apr 2006 20:51:11 -0700)
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> "It is now more than 24 hours later, and still
> no answer, ... striking behavior for a person
> who has been so supportive of GM Keene
> in this thread.
> _
> One indication that we have is that, about a
> month and a half ago (27 Feb 2006
> 20:22:25 -0800), Larry Parr declared that
> GM Keene 'made the claim [that Edward
> Winter claimed that Batsford Chess
> Openings was ghosted]. Not I.'
> _
> Why wasn't Larry Parr also making the
> claim at that point? The 'sales ... merit'
> quote had been mentioned three times
> in his notes. Why would Larry Parr be
> reluctant to publicly agree if the meaning
> is as clear as GM Keene seems to want
> us to believe?
> _
> One more thing about this 15 Apr 2006
> 06:46:44 -0700 reported communication
> from GM Keene:
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> 'KEENE'S FINAL REPLY TO
> LOUIS BLAIR'
> _
> Why does GM Keene seem so determined
> to get away from this subject?" - Louis Blair
> (16 Apr 2006 22:15:41 -0700)