ANOTHER LULU

One of the little lulus pointed out by GM Ray
Keene has to be the ratpackerian claim that he
described the Kasparov-Korchnoi candidates' match as
one for the world championship.

The truth is that there was a FIDE backdrop in
which the match is thus described, and the players
stood for a photo. FIDE, which then had sole control
over the title or, at least, its title, could and did
describe any match as it wished. And if FIDE said
that such a match was being played for a title, then
so it was -- at least at that moment.

We are still waiting to find out if a quotation
attributed to Keene has been yanked out of context --
namely, whether he wrote accurately that Kasparov
became the player to come from behind in a title match
to win or keep the title in three-quarters of a
century. Context is all here. NM Kingston, who made
the charge, is under obligation to provide the context.