On May 2, 3:09 pm, SBD wrote:

Despite Steven Dowd's malicious hair-splitting, most readers
understand that Fischer's selfmate means suicide. Manyplayers don't
even know what a helpmate is.

So anytime anyone corrects Evans, it is malice?


Precisely; and arrogance as well. I recall a spat
in which Edward Winter submitted a correction of
one or two of Larry Evans' innumerable gaffes,
whereupon the old man began his response by
fuming that EW had "an exaggerated sense of
self-importance". Apparently, some people have
secretly anointed themselves gods, and we, the
humble multitude, only find out about it when we
commit blasphemous acts like correcting any of
their innumerable human-like gaffes.


What I found amusing was where Mr. Evans took
the time in his article to explain to us ignoramuses
exactly what Pal Benko does; unfortunately, LE
appears to be about as clueless as the masses
he looks down his nose upon-- if not more so. Mr.
Parr's quotations revealed a certain inconsistency
that I was not already aware of. Apparently, Mr.
Benko is not satisfied unless there is *only one*
way to (help)mate, while Mr. Evans is lost in a
forest, searching for the "shortest" mate.


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