Duncan Oxley wrote:
Dear Taylor,
I hate to say this because I respect your writing however aren't
you beating a dead horse here? I mean everyone knows Schiller
writes crappy books. Very crappy books.

A fair point, Duncan, but quite evidently some people on these
newsgroups haven't gotten the word. Several here seem to be trying to
portray Schiller as a fine writer who is the innocent victim of a
conspiracy to ban his books.
So I posted this to show that Schiller's work is not only poor
quality, but to demonstrate that he is either ludicrously incompetent,
or highly dishonest. Considering his evasive and inconsistent answers
about the non-existent Westerinen book, the latter looks more likely.
Also, in his recent letters Hugh Myers indicated this particular
incident was particularly noteworthy; in fact in "A Chess Explorer" he
describes it as "a new low for ignoring the truth in a chess book."
Myers is not a computer-user, and I felt his point deserved to be
posted here.

So why belabor us with all the trivial
mistakes? Common man isn't it time to let this one die out?

Believe me, I have posted only a small percentage of Schiller's
"mistakes," and in the current situation I don't consider them trivial.
I want the public to be aware that those "crusading" on Schiller's
behalf are either ignorant or dishonest. As I said in another post,
Schiller's advocates are like someone pretending to be a nutritionist,
and asking "Should we not examine whether dirt is a food? Why does this
grocery not sell dirt? What sinister cabal is denying us our right to
eat dirt?"
But no, I will not post every Schiller gaffe here. Life is too short,
and Google may not have enough disk space.