On Nov 19, 10:47 pm, "J.D. Walker" wrote:

Chess friends,

I've seen the term ratpacker used frequently.

Been listening to to old Dean Martin movies?

Remember, "Robbo" (or Frank Sinatra) was the leader,
da boss. If you fughet that for even one second, /Robbo
ain't gonna like it/.


I wondered what was meant
but left the matter aside while trying to understand other things. Now,
returning to it, I'd like to find out what you all mean when you refer
to someone as a ratpacker.

The original use here was meant, as you say, to mislead
uninformed readers into believing that several independent
critics of evil scum were in fact a group, organized and
controlled by an even more evil scum!

More recently, chief rat Larry Parr has decided on a whim
that the more-evil head honcho is none other than Edward
Winter. This is probably because a) EW does not post
here and thus cannot defend himself, and b) EW's biting
criticisms eat into the flesh of Larry Parr, like sulfuric acid.

In point of fact, all those who are familiar with the case
know that it is only the Evans ratpack which acts in
unison, sans any rational assessment of their fearless
leaders' countless proclamations on various issues such
as drug testing, FIDE bashing, rational-discussion busting
and so forth. There is a very clear pecking order, with GM
Evans at the top and apparently, Rob da Robber Mitchell
at the very bottom. Nobody can figure out the actual rank
of Mr. Sloan -- it's as if he were a sort of Gestapo man,
somewhat independent yet closely connected to the main
army ratpack.

In case you haven't already figured it out, the ploy was
supposed to defuse rational criticisms by constructing a
massive straw man, then pretending to knock him down.
(Though even here, the Evans ratpackers have grave
difficulties, often showing themselves to be not quite up
to the task.)

In fact Edward Winter -- the supposed head honcho of
more-evil-than-Evans rats -- does not post here, so far as
we know. He is kept busy -- very busy -- by the hacks
who churn out chess books and articles by the dozens,
if not by the hundreds. But fear not, for we have Louis
Blair, a man who does spelling, dates, and yes, even
direct quotations!

Ed Winter's heinous crime was in pointing out the
careless errors printed under GM Evans' name while
himself not having earned some high title such as
"world champion" or whatever; you see, Mr. Evans
(and his clones) has a serious superiority complex,
and anyone who "dares" point out a mistake of his
had better be ready for a good telling off and putting
in their place. These ordinary, non-GM folks are
what is known as peons -- the little people. They
must stay in their proper place, remaining silent
around their "vast superiors" at all times, you see.
That's just how things are, and if you don't like it,
too bad.

The simple fact is, since the other drones are
even less capable, the burden of "defense" or
rather, ad hominem counter-attack has fallen to
Larry Parr, and he just can't seem to handle all
the critics so he has to invent what he calls a
pack or a "ratpack", to reduce their apparent
numbers to something he thinks he can handle
in his own very muddled mind. The term was
chosen for its negative connotations -- though
they have nothing to do with vampires or bats.

It is ironic that the term aptly fits the Evans clan
or pack, since they do indeed take whatever chief
rat Larry Evans says and support it, uncritically.

1. e4! -- LE

1. e4! -- LP

1. e4! -- PI

1. e4! -- RM


Die FIDE! -- LE

Die FIDE! -- LP

Die FEDE! -- PI

Dei FEDIE! -- RM


Botvinik cheated! -- LE

Botvinnik cheated! -- LP

Bovnik cheated! -- PI

Bovinek cheetd! -- RM


Smoking gun! -- LE

SMOKING GUN! -- LP

Smoking gum? -- PI

I smoke it two! -- RM

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Now that's a ratpack.

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