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> Sam Sloan wrote:
>
> 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.*
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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
>
>
> 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?
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.