I wrote (1 Nov 2006 13:27:57 -0800):
7 ... Is Phil Innes (at last) admitting that, in the quote that
7 he presented, one can not find an assertion about 'the
7 only reason' that Taylor Kingston would have attended
7 the ChessCafe event? ...
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Phil Innes wrote (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:00:30 GMT):
7 ... To the contrary - the quote I offered was the ONLY reason
7 that would tempt TK to go
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Assertions are not true just because Phil Innes makes them.
Here is the actual 3/17/2002 quote of Taylor Kingston that
Phil Innes reported (Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:00:50 GMT):
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"Interestingly, Hanon Russell met with Niro
just a few days ago. Due to the recent
expansion of ChessCafe's and Russell
Enterprises' activities, the company recently
moved into new offices, and had a 'grand
opening' reception, which several dignitaries,
including Niro, attended. I was invited too,
but couldn't make the long drive. If I had
gone, I might have been able to bend Niro's
ear a bit on Evans."
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(Taylor Kingston has written (4 Aug 2006 12:26:15 -0700)
that he had in mind criticism of the "Evans' CL column".)
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"Where [in the 3/17/2002 quote] is there an
assertion about 'the only reason' that Taylor
Kingston would have [attended the ChessCafe
event]?" - Louis Blair (5 Aug 2006 22:11:16 -0700)
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Phil Innes wrote (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:26:31 GMT):
7 ... yet proportionately out of wack with author titles sold
7 elesewhere, so that they are still not commercially
7 adjusted in proportion compared with the rest of the
7 market.
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I wrote (1 Nov 2006 13:27:57 -0800):
7 ... As I remember it, we found no great difference between
7 ChessCafe and Chess4Less. In any event, it indicates no
7 connection with Taylor Kingston.
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Phil Innes wrote (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:00:30 GMT):
7 ... NO GREAT...
7
7 True $100,000 is not matter at all - and a //guaranteed
7 $100,000// at that. This is important since Chesscafe
7 actually reneaged on their promise of money, and USCF
7 rewarded them for it by ecxtending their contract! [This
7 comment only concerns grown-ups who have been
7 around the block at least once.]
7
7 But let us pass over what 'we' found as no 'great'
7 difference. A hundred grand of members money is
7 nothing to 'we'. What happened is that Chesscafe were
7 given another opportunity 'to bid', and then a third
7 opportunity! You'd think they had some favoured status,
7 no?
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We were discussing ChessCafe being supposedly
"proportionately out of wack with author titles sold
elesewhere". As I remember it, we found no great
difference between ChessCafe and Chess4Less WITH
REGARD TO THE SELLING OF TITLES BY THE
AUTHORS THAT PHIL INNES WAS COMPLAINING
ABOUT.
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Phil Innes wrote (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:00:30 GMT):
7 It indicates a direct connection between his tiff as a private
7 writer to CL, and as invitee as book reviewer to Chesscafe.
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Phil Innes chooses not to be specific about the nature
of this supposed direct connection.
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Phil Innes wrote (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:00:30 GMT):
7 Louis Blair can't find any point in anything, nevermind his
7 own 'thinking'. Poor Louis cannot connect this private tiff,
7 vehement on the part of Kingston, with the objective person
7 who had nothing to do with the totally coincidental absence
7 of representation of books by the people Kingston fell out
7 with.
)
7
7 Louis is not even a tiny bit suspicious. I wonder if he
7 bought into fusion-in-a-test-tube? Many did!
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I have had "tiff"s with some of the same authors. So what?
People can have similar opinions about certain authors
without being in on a secret conspiracy. Again, I saw no
great difference between ChessCafe and Chess4Less with
regard to the selling of titles by the authors that Phil Innes
was complaining about. Are they supposedly in on the
conspiracy, too?