"samsloan" wrote in message
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the Kingston Files reveal he had a decent OTB tournament tpr of about
2050, which is genuinely above that 1800, and in the 99th percentile of
rated players. I think Curdo was in his group, who was then about 2400 -
so, a fair test.


Not true. Kingson's all time highest rating was 1853. Since 1991 his
rating has ranged from 1762 to 1853. His correspondence rating is
2027. He has never been anywhere close to 2300 either over-the-board
or in correspondence play:

Talking of Curdo, he appeared in a Chess Life and Review in

1948 !

I may have also overstated his rating, I can't remember exactly, maybe only
high 22xx?

Taylor Kingston has forgotten that his library contains a copy of the '48
Review

Talking more of him, I did say 'tpr', which is how we players mention a
performance rating. Don't worry! There really is plenty of dirt to still
root around in, but if you write it here instead of your 'own' group, people
are going to react to what's not dirt. Get it?

Phil Innes



Sam Sloan