Thanks. Also for whatever it's worth: I choose the Masked Bishop moniker
because I was going to use an alias on the usenet regardless, and it seemed
more amusing (and honest) to use one that's so obviously silly, rather than
just make up a name or use the word "mail" backwards.

My reasons for using an alias are not because I'm some secret insider in the
US Chess community, but because I think the Usenet is a pretty lawless, wild
place, and I believe it pays to protect one's identity from people one
doesn't, and can't, know.

For whatever it's worth, Lance Smith ("Liam Too") also has written that he
has
access to 'inside information' (not a quotation of him) about Bobby
Fischer
from private sources in the Philippines.

--Nick