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

7 ... [Mr. Laurie authorized me to issue this statement on his
behalf.]
7
7 "...
7 ... All anyone has to do is read Kingston's article in Chess Life to
see
7 that he denigrated Evans' ability to analyze by saying Nunn was the
7 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 ...
7
7 ... Since [Mr. Kingston's six-page review of the evidence for Chess
Life
7 in May 1998] a mountain of evidence has surfaced. Botvinnik, for
example,
7 finally admitted that Stalin personally intervened; and Keres told
friends
7 he was ordered to finish behind Botvinnik. Can anyone who is
intellectually
7 honest still entertain serious doubts? Yet, predictably, Mr. Winter
7 endorses the claim that 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.