On Sep 26, 5:05 pm, " wrote:

Speaking of Arnold's result in the 1995 U.S.
Open, I gave his win (which is listed as a draw in my
CL article) over Emmanuel Perez, rated 2388 at the
time. Perez as Black grabbed the b-pawn, and we know
the rest. Arnold made it look so easy, which we know
it was not. I introduced that game with this comment:
"A strong young master learned the octogenarians,
bald and benevolent, bite."

Larry, I was already aware of Denker's rather uncritical admiration
for Campomanes and Ilyumzhinov, and of course your disdain for them
(which I share), so it was not surprising that your article mentioned
how you and Denker were often at loggerheads on FIDE politics. I was
wondering if he ever finally changed his mind about either, or did he
continue to support them even after Campomanes' financial malfeasance
and Ilyumzhinov's mismanagement and lunacy became obvious?