On Jan 16, 12:35 pm, "Chess One" wrote:
"The Historian" wrote in message

Just because the source is not written, does not mean it was not said,
and
that does not mean that it didn't happen, and there is no reason it
should
be 'expunged'.

What records do we have that the alleged Capablanca remark was spoken?
Who has reported the words being said?

There is not the slightest written proof in his own hand that Shakespeare
composed his Works.

No, but there's a sizable amount of evidence he did 'compose' the
Shakespeare canon.

That's right! But Winter would expunge even a Shakespeare on this basis.

My apologies to the newsgroup for not catching the flaw in your
argument that allowed you to practice your "fact-kitting" once again.
Comparing the authenticity of the alleged Capablanca remark to the
documentation establishing authorship of the Shakespeare canon is a
highly flawed analogy. A better one is to compare the alleged Capa
remark to one of the legends of Shakespeare, such as the well-worn
story of Shakespeare holding horses outside a theater. Most
biographers mention the horse-holding without putting much stock in
its authenticity.

However, the horse-holding story is at least specific to Shakespeare.
The alleged Capa quotation is one that gets assigned to different
speakers as needed, which was Winter's point. The initial post in this
thread, for instance, attributed the quotation to another speaker.

If we must suggest an improvement to Kasparov's prose, I second David
Richerby's contribution.