| Mike Murray 2005-06-10, 8:37 pm |
| On 10 Jun 2005 05:31:43 -0700, "Larry Tapper" <larry_tapper@yahoo.com>
wrote:
quote:
> For example Sam writes:
....
quote:
>"What did Keres do? He made a move that even a 1600 player would be
>embarrassed to make. He retreated his rook back to d3, allowing
>Botvinnik to seize the fourth rank with 53. ... Rf4."
quote:
>So if Evans is right about the proper way to fix a chess game, then
>Sloan's comments do not make sense. A world-class GM does not throw a
>game by making "a move that even a 1600 player would be embarrassed to
>make".
This assumes that Keres *wanted* to throw the game in a way that would
avoid suspicion. Maybe he wanted to leave some doubt, but still
satisfy the Party and avoid being shot.
quote:
>My own opinion is that game analysis alone could never provide
>conclusive evidence of a fix, because a sufficiently ingenious and
>paranoid analyst could take _any_ game with decisive errors and make a
>case for something fishy going on..
I agree, but game analysis, combined with an analysis of the political
situation, is still an important part of the web of circumstance.
quote:
>Larry T.
>
>(USCF 2300 if that matters)
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