I AGREE WITH GREG BUT....

For instance, the long-winded attempt to play back the
history of the world championship left out parts where
Gary Kasparov -- a favorite of the ratpackers -- failed, such
as his GMA and PCA debacles. Mr. Parr also "forgot to
mention" that GK's handling of his private world title had
selected GM Shirov as challenger, but instead of, say,
giving GK a rematch clause, Mr. Shirov was simply
cheated out of his shot at the title altogether! -- Greg Kennedy

I criticized Kasparov at the time. And GM Evans was also sharply
critical of Kasparov in his Chess Life when replying to Owen Williams
{K's manager).

But the fact of the matter is that nobody offered to put up a decent
purse for that match because of Kasparov's lopsided record of wins
against Shirov in the past.
The outcome was deemed to be a foregone conclusion.




help bot wrote:
On Apr 25, 10:20 am, " wrote:


Snipped long-winded, sloppy story.


Poor Mr. Parr hates it when those ugly facts interfere with
the Evans propaganda!


The stories posted here by Evans ratpacker Larry Parr
always seem to goof on some key details.

For instance, the long-winded attempt to play back the
history of the world championship left out parts where
Gary Kasparov -- a favorite of the ratpackers -- failed, such
as his GMA and PCA debacles. Mr. Parr also "forgot to
mention" that GK's handling of his private world title had
selected GM Shirov as challenger, but instead of, say,
giving GK a rematch clause, Mr. Shirov was simply
cheated out of his shot at the title altogether!

As horrible a job as FIDE has done, it seems that
there will always be a few who can still "out-do" the
hacks at their own game. It reminds me of what went on
before FIDE took over, of the ducking and conniving of
just about every world champ whose name was not
Wilhelm Steinitz. In many cases, the result of the
champions having free reign was that the most worthy
contenders were not even able to get a foot in the door.

Instead of arguing that Gary Kasparov was a champion
of "justice", perhaps Larry Evans should take a good,
hard look at what justice is-- like he did when Bobby
Fischer was barking "demands" at FIDE.


-- help bot