wrote:
WHO'S CLOSER TO THE MARK?

Larry Parr snipped my previous sentence, in which I
cited the ChessBase Player Encyclopedia, which stated
that FM Eric Schiller has a peak FIDE rating of 2270.

Given that he *did* become a FM, Eric Schiller could
have achieved a peak of 2300+ FIDE at some moment
between the publications of the FIDE ratings lists.
Does any reader here know more details about that?
--Nick

That was a sincere request for information.

I wrote that Eric Schiller was in the "region"
of 2300 or 2300+ "thereabouts."

I knew that.

Nick Bourbaki says he peaked at 2270,

The ChessBase Player Encyclopedia stated that.

though possibly went over 2300 in performance
ratings because he has the FM title.
If he went over, then I submit that my
description would be spot on.
I submit, in any event, that my description of
Eric's playing strength was largely accurate.

Larry Parr has *jumped to the wrong conclusion*
that I was disputing what he wrote *in this case*.
On the contrary, I cited the ChessBase Player
Encyclopedia because it substantially corroborated
what Larry Parr wrote. My previous post was *not*
written as a criticism of Larry Parr, though he
evidently misconstrued it as a criticism of him.

Does Larry Parr assume that I always must criticise
everything that he writes simply because he writes it?
If so, then Larry Parr is wrong again about me.

--Nick

It certainly comes closer to the mark than NM
Taylor Kingston, our 1800-rated guy, who claimed to be
2300-plus. One might argue that NM Kingston has won
the USCF Ultimate Unsandbagger Award.

REQUEST TO FM SCHILLER: could you humor us and
drop by here and claim to be an 1800-rated player, if
only to prompt NM Kingston to begin screaming that you
are a self-declared sandbagger? Eric: it is
undoutedly a character flaw, but I really am curious
to see how low NM Kingston will sink in his advocacy.