On 10 Jun 2005 05:31:43 -0700, "Larry Tapper"
wrote:

For example Sam writes:
....
"What did Keres do? He made a move that even a 1600 player would be
embarrassed to make. He retreated his rook back to d3, allowing
Botvinnik to seize the fourth rank with 53. ... Rf4."

So if Evans is right about the proper way to fix a chess game, then
Sloan's comments do not make sense. A world-class GM does not throw a
game by making "a move that even a 1600 player would be embarrassed to
make".

This assumes that Keres *wanted* to throw the game in a way that would
avoid suspicion. Maybe he wanted to leave some doubt, but still
satisfy the Party and avoid being shot.

My own opinion is that game analysis alone could never provide
conclusive evidence of a fix, because a sufficiently ingenious and
paranoid analyst could take _any_ game with decisive errors and make a
case for something fishy going on..

I agree, but game analysis, combined with an analysis of the political
situation, is still an important part of the web of circumstance.

Larry T.

(USCF 2300 if that matters)