On Nov 18, 5:00 pm, " wrote:
KINGSTON AGREES WITH EVANS

The Russian hegemony had an appalling effect on prices in chess
world. The Russians were the best and they were cheap. They were sent
by their federation and required no starting fee, as they weren't
allowed to ask for one - to the extreme delight of chess organizers
all over the world." So to my mind, the Soviet chess machine had two
very negative
impacts on chess: one ethical, the other financial. -- Taylor
Kingston

In addition to finally agreeing with GM Evans' theory that Keres was
coerced into throwing his first four games to Botvinnik in the 1948
world championship ("the Commies did it") Tayor Kingston also concurs
with the following assessment:

Larry, your "understanding of nuance" seems to be deserting you:
(1) One concurs in, not with.
(2) The correct way to express your idea would be something like
"Kingston came to hold views somewhat like Evans' on certain topics,
despite the botch Evans made of them."


Also see: Did the Soviets Collude?: A Statistical Analysis of
Championship Chess 1940-64

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c...ract_id=905612

Yes, a good article, adding some mathematical support to the
collusion thesis. It was very gratifying to see several ChessCafe.com
writers cited in it. Didn't see the supposedly seminal, scholar-
acclaimed Evans mentioned at all.