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| Sam Sloan wrote:
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> On 9 Mar 2006 14:54:26 -0800, "Nick" <nickbourbaki3@yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
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I lack the time and the inclination to address most of the
false or misleading comments (including those comments
written about me, not in this thread) in rec.games.chess.*
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> I know something about this because at the conclusion of the 2000
> World Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, I had dinner with Xie Jun, who was
> an old friend from the 1988 World Chess OIympiad in Thessaloniki
> Greece.
Please note that Sam Sloan claims that his conversation
with Xie Jun took place 'at the conclusion of the 2000 World
Chess Olympiad in Istanbul', which was in November 2000.
quote:
> Xie Jun expressed extreme unhappiness with the book "Queen of the
> King's Game". She also complained that Susan kept getting pregnant
> as a way to avoid playing a match against her.
>
> I had not been aware of any problem with the book Queen of
> the King's Game. I was surprised that Xie Jun had even read it.
Sam Sloan has written that, *before* his conversation with
Xie Jun in November 2000, he was *not* aware that Xie Jun
had any objection to the book "Queen of the Kings Game"
by Zsuzsa Polgar and Jacob Shutzman. His statement reveals
the ignorance, at best, of Sam Sloan, 'chess journalist'.
On 30 August 1999, Xie Jun wrote an open letter to
Zsuzsa Polgar, strongly objecting to what Zsuzsa Polgar
and Jacob Shutzman had written about Xie Jun and other
Chinese players in "Queen of the Kings Game".
"Let me start by saying that I am not the person as depicted
in your book "Queen of the King's Game" which, in my opinion,
is full of incorrect assumptions. I cannot begin to understand
why you should write about me and members of my team as
if you knew exactly what we were thinking. ... Still, I take
offence to the manifold violation of the truth in your story
and the ill-natured style of writing."
--Xie Jun (30 August 1999, writing to Zsuzsa Polgar)
Xie Jun's open letter to Zsuzsa Polgar then was circulated
in the chess media around the world. Many persons
(including me) had become aware long *before* Sam Sloan's
claimed conversation with Xie Jun in November 2000 that
Xie Jun strongly objected to what Zsuzsa Polgar had
written about her in "Queen of the Kings Game" (the
title is spelled here as it appears on the book's cover).
Indeed, Sam Sloan posted Xie Jun's open letter
to Zsuzsa Polgar at his website.
http://www.samsloan.com//xiejun.htm
quote:
> It appeared that Xie Jun had invited me to have dinner with her
> just to tell me about her complaints about Susan and about
> Susan's book.
Did Xie Jun suspect that Sam Sloan, 'chess journalist',
had *not* read her open letter to Zsuzsa Polgar, which had
been circulated in the chess media around the world?
quote:
> This dinner took place at a seperate table away from the other
> Chinese players which I thought was a bit odd since the Chinese
> delegation was all there together. I suppose that Xie Jun wanted
> to tell me this in private because she knew that I was close to
> Susan and would convey her feelings back to her.
Sam Sloan's conjecture about Xie Jun's motives makes no sense.
Xie Jun already had written an open letter criticising Zsuzsa Polgar.
It was pointless to attempt to use Sam Sloan as a private channel
to communicate her criticisms to Zsuzsa Polgar.
quote:
> I did, in fact, tell Susan about this conversation
> after I got back to America.
> Sam Sloan
Why does Sam Sloan apparently presume that Zsuzsa
Polgar must have been as ignorant as he was about
Xie Jun's open letter?
In my view, Sam Sloan's latest post seems like his
unconvincing attempt to portray himself as someone
with unique 'inside information' about the relations
between Xie Jun and Zsuzsa Polgar.
--Nick
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