On Nov 2, 12:19 pm, "Chess One" wrote:
"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 !

Yep, the June issue, page 5, to be precise. A 3-paragraph story on
his winning the Massachusetts state championship, accompanied by a
photo of the then 16-year-old John Anthony Michael Curdo.
One correction, Phil: it was called just Chess Review back then.
Chess Life was a separate publication. The two didn't merge until
about 20 years later.

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

If, as Innes and Sloan claim, that Innes and Sloan are never wrong,
then I guess I hallucinated the above Curdo citation, just like I'm
hallucinating that I am not Edward Winter. Amazing how one can learn
something new every day, when surrounded by such great teachers.
How then do we reconcile the fact that Innes and Sloan often
contradict each other? I suppose alternate universes is the only
viable hypothesis that allows them both to retain their infallibility.