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**help bot** · August 29th 06, 03:07 AM posted to rec.games.chess.misc,rec.games.chess.politics

wrote:

MISCALCULATION

It is not surprising that, many years ago when Evans' mind
was not yet so clouded as it is today, he was able to accept
the fact that Fischer's Bxh2 blunder in fact lost material. His
weak attempts to reinterpret this as a deliberate act, however,
clearly indicate that his cold war mentality was already a
serious handicap, causing him to twist and spin events such
as to "fit in" with his contorted, cold war version of reality. --
Help Bog

Instead of spouting your usual drivel, if you actually to take the
trouble to read what GM Evans wrote (he was an eyewitness)
he called Bxh2 a MISCALCULATION in a dead even position.

This is what is known as "selective quoting".

When Larry Parr wants Evans to say x, he finds and
quotes words saying x. When he wants Evans to have
said y, he finds and quotes only words where GM Evans
said y. Mr. Parr has, once again, inadvertently speared
Evans by pointing out his inconsistency.

Obviously, I was talking about Larry Parr's earlier quote;
the one where he said x, not y. It is hardly surprising that
Evans has contradicted himself over the years, taking
different positions on this issue. A part of Evans wants
to do right, to point out when Fischer tries to pull a fast
one. But another part of him is pulled in the opposite
direction.

Even with the brief Evans comment above, one can easily
find fault. In this case, Evans has deliberately lied regarding
the small advantage Spassky had when Fischer blundered
with Bxh2. While Larry Parr might be forgiven for making
this kind of analytical error, a GM ought to know better.

I won't argue whether or not Black can "hold a draw" in
this inferior position, as that is not the real issue. The issue
for me is that some of the commentators were heavily biased,
and calling this famous position dead even, a "dead draw",
or any other phrase which ignores the fact of White's small
advantage reveals personal bias which has no place in proper
chess analysis.

This is the very same sort of bias which led Larry Parr to
deliberately snip the Evans quote I was responding to, in favor
of a brief comment where Evans took the opposite stance,
admitting that Fischer miscalculated. One does not
"miscalculate" deliberately (that is called throwing the game).

-- help bot