I prefer to call it a scam rather than a hoax. To my mind a hoax is an
elaborate joke, whereas a scam is an attempt to profit by unethical,
if not illegal, means.

I believe there is much more evidence that Ed Trice concocted the "My
61 Memorable Games" scam than there is that Paul Truong wrote the Fake
Sam Sloan newsgroup postings (and I'm almost 100% convinced of
Truong's guilt).

The latest from Edward Labate (labatechess dot com slash
61_games.html) is that Dan Heisman has said that Ed Trice showed him a
manuscript of "My 61 Memorable Games" before the eBay auction.
Together with the e-mails from Cathy Purdy, confirming that Ed Trice
asked for a quote for printing "My 61 Memorable Games" (again, before
the eBay auction) and of course the e-mail correspondence between
Edward Labate and Ed Trice (Which Trice says are completely
fabricated!) make a completely watertight case against Ed Trice. When
this gets to court he is going to have a very bad time!

Jon D'Souza-Eva

On 5 May, 03:30, samsloan wrote:
The idea that this entire thing might be a hoax put together byEdTriceis intriguing. I would believe it, if it could be proven.

Remember thatEd Triceaccuses Rob ("The Robber") Mitchell of trying
to swindle him, which is the primary reason that Rob got the moniker
"The Robber".

A Swindler trying to swindle another swindler. Imagine that!

Sam Sloan