Larry Parr wrote (Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:07:03 -0800):

7 ... [Mr. Laurie authorized me to issue this statement on his
7 behalf.]
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7 "...
7 ... All anyone has to do is read Kingston's article in Chess
7 Life to see that he denigrated Evans' ability to analyze by
7 saying Nunn was the better player.
7 ..." -- Richard Laurie
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Does Larry Parr disagree with the claim that Nunn was the
better player?
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Larry Parr wrote (Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:07:03 -0800):

7 ... LETTER FROM ONE LAWRENCE ZIMMERMAN ...
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7 ... Since [Mr. Kingston's six-page review of the evidence
7 for Chess Life in May 1998] a mountain of evidence has
7 surfaced. Botvinnik, for example, finally admitted that
7 Stalin personally intervened; and Keres told friends he
7 was ordered to finish behind Botvinnik. Can anyone who
7 is intellectually honest still entertain serious doubts?
7 Yet, predictably, Mr. Winter endorses the claim that
7 there "isn't even a shred of actual evidence. ..."
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The 'shred' quote is from John Watson. Winter reproduced
it while telling the story of how GM Evans used a quote of a
1997 Kingston letter. I do not think it can be claimed with
certainty that Edward Winter endorsed the Watson 'shred'
quote. In any event, the statement was in the past tense:
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"... Evans ... did dispute Watson's description of Taylor
Kingston as a critic of Evans' claims (claims made, wrote
Watson, without 'even a shred of actual evidence') ..."
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http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/evans.html
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It is somewhat misleading to transform the assertion to the
present tense and give the impression that it was a
comment on evidence that has been presented in the years
after GM Evans claims that were criticized by Taylor
Kingston in 1998.