On Nov 13, 1:58 pm, Taylor Kingston wrote:

(Note that Ree's article on the subject was published in Chess Cafe,
which Parr et al think of as a hotbed of anti-Evans bias. TK knows his
way around the Chess Cafe archives better than I do, maybe he could
find the relevant Ree piece.)

You are probably thinking of this article, Larry:

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans69.pdf

In that article, Mr. Ree seems reluctant to draw rather
obvious conclusions, such as when someone's story
in inconsistent, self-contradicting, or incoherent.

But it does draw to light the fact that not only is the
picture painted by L. Parr/Evans grossly distorted, but
these outside influences can work both ways, and the
complainers, when given the right conditions, make
excuses for *their own* cheating.

Far from only "Westerners" being subjected to
this sort of thing, we see in these articles that the
targets were often /Russians/. At one point, it was
reluctantly admitted that Western team captains
are no different from these supposedly evil Russians,
that they too, make arrangements, and this fits the
facts as I have observed them /personally/.

Where Mr. Ree seems to part company with the
rabid anti-Soviets is in his assessment of Sammy
Reshevsky's strength; he seems to believe no huge
conspiracy was really necessary to ensure that one
of the Soviet players finished first -- at least not
until about the year 1972... .


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