On Apr 20, 10:31*am, wrote:
On Apr 20, 10:44*am, Rob wrote:





On Apr 20, 4:07*am, wrote:

On Apr 20, 1:10*am, Rob wrote:

On Apr 19, 6:04*pm, wrote:

On Apr 18, 3:12*pm, wrote:

On Apr 18, 7:22*am, Rob wrote:

On Apr 17, 1:40 pm, wrote:

On Apr 17, 10:45 am, Rob wrote:

Chess Cafe' writers have a collective tendency to
attack Polgar and Truong and anyone associated even in the slightest
with Chessville.

* Rob, this is about the most absurd thing you have ever written here,
and that's saying a mouthful. Did you actually bother to check
*_anything_* at ChessCafe.com before posting this idiocy??

* Susan Polgar has written a monthly column for ChessCafe since
mid-2002 -- nearly six years -- as anyone with eyes and a brain can
confirm he

*http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/ar...Polgar%20on%20...

* Can you provide specific examples in which Susan, as a ChessCafe
writer, has attacked herself?

* As a regular contributor to ChessCafe (about 130 book reviews and
several historical articles 1998-2007), I never wrote anything so much
as disagreeing with Susan Polgar, let along "attacking her."
* And though I have definitely been "associated even in the slightest
with Chessville," having been interviewed by Phil Innes some years
ago, I don't recall ever being attacked by any ChessCafe writer as a
result.
* As for other ChessCafe columnists attacking Polgar, I rather doubt
it. Again, I would ask that you present specific examples that support
your claim. However, since you have obviously made your claim without
even bothering to find out who ChessCafe's columnists are, let alone
actually reading what they have written, I seriously doubt you have
any specifics at all.

* This group has seen many examples of people inventing and attacking
things they never read, e.g. Sam Sloan's false statements about my
Keres articles, and Larry Parr faulting me for something I never wrote
but Larry Evans did. But this may just be the most ridiculous case of
all.

Let me modify my statement. "Chess Cafe' writers who regularly post on
RGC". There. I think that pretty much narrows it down.

* Rob, below is a list of almost all regular ChessCafe columns and
their respective columnists, both past and present. Please indicate
which of these writers you believe "regularly post on RGC," as you put
it. Then, of that subset, please indicate which have demonstrated this
alleged "tendency to attack Polgar and Truong and anyone associated
even in the slightest with Chessville."
* Specific quotes bearing out your claims would be helpful, if you
want to be believed, rather than just be branded a loose-mouthed
loonie:

Chess Mazes by Bruce Alberston
Over the Horizons by Stefan Bücker
Let's Take a Look by Nigel Davies
The Instructor by Mark Dvoretsky
An Arbiter's Notebook by Geurt Gijssen
Scholastic Chess by Steve Goldberg
Checkpoint by Carsten Hansen
The Kibitzer by Tim Harding
Novice Nook by Dan Heisman

ChessOK Cafe by Dadi Jonsson
Opening Lanes by Gary Lane
ChessBase Cafe by Steve Lopez
Endgame Corner by Karsten Müller
The Q & A Way by Bruce Pandolfini
Susan Polgar On Chess by Susan Polgar
Dutch Treat by Hans Ree
El Café del Ajedrez en Español by Juan Santa
Inside Chess by Yasser Seirawan
New Stories about Old Chess Players by Jeremy Spinrad
Hoisting the Hippopotamus by Alburt & Lawrence
View From Down Under by Chris Depasquale
The Wanderer by Mike Franett
A Chess Odyssey by Efstratios Grivas
Perspectives by Burt Hochberg
A Guided Tour of Chess by Tim Krabbé
Queen One by Susan Lalic
From the Sidelines by Hannes Langrock
The Miles Report by Tony Miles
The Gambit Cartel by Tim McGrew
Misha Interviews... by Misha Savinov
The Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry

* So, Rob, I notice you have not replied here. And now after what
Jeremy Spinrad wrote above, it looks like you don't have even one
ChessCafe writer, whether or not he/she posts on rec.games.chess
newsgroups, who has any "tendency to attack Polgar and Truong and
anyone associated even in the slightest with Chessville."
* To retain any shred of integrity, you must either prove your point,
or apologize. As Adlai Stevenson said to the Soviet ambassador, I am
prepared to wait until hell freezes over for your answer -- but I
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Sorry,
I have been busy ... I don't read Chess Cafe'.

* Then how could you possibly have any basis for this "collective
tendency" you claim to have observed among ChessCafe writers? How
could you even know who ChessCafe's writers are?

I do know
that You, Taylor have shown a hostility towards Truong and Polgar ....

* Rob, which are you -- an idiot, or a liar? I have never shown any
hostility to Truong or Polgar. I very seldom say anything about
either, and I have never said anything negative about them.

I did not know that Jerry wrote for Chess Cafe'.

* In that case, the number of candidates for your alleged "collective
tendency" just shrank from one to zero.

While Neil is not now or may never have been
a Chess Cafe writer, I would consider Chess Cafe's publishing of his
work to count.

* What works of Neil Brennen has ChessCafe published? Or is this
another thing about which you know nothing?

If I am wrong about anyones desire to attack Ms.
Polgar, Mr. Truong or Mr. Innes; then let them confess their support
publicly and I will withdraw my charges and admit my error.

* Why does anyone have to "confess support"? To be neutral about and
uninterested in Polar and Truong is hardly the same as attacking
them.
* Rob, your error is blatant, and a public apology is your only decent
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Then, If you say you do not oppose Polgar and Truong

* Rob, the only accurate way to phrase my attitude is this: I have no
interest in the activities of Polgar and/or Truong. I have no interest
in either attacks on them or defenses of them. I neither support nor
oppose them, just as, say, I neither support nor oppose the policies
of a country on another planet.

*and those who support them,

* Anyone who wants to support Polgar and Truong may feel free to do so
without argument from me. The same goes for anyone who wants to oppose
them, and for those who want to ignore them. It is a matter I care
nothing about.

I will admit my error.

* Good. Please be sure to include these points in your admission:

* 1. That your statement that I "have shown a hostility towards Truong
and Polgar" was completely false.

* 2. That you had absolutely no basis for saying that *"ChessCafe
writers have a collective tendency to attack Polgar and Truong."

* 3. Specify whether you were being extremely stupid, or were
deliberately lying, when you made those two statements.

It's simple .

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Good. Taylor Kingston says he does not oppose Susan and Paul. I was
wrong.
Rob Mitchell