(Louis Blair) wrote in
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Wlodzimierz Holsztynski wrote (2004-02-01 14:00:24 PST):
Karpov avoided "succesfully" a championship match against Fischer.

I wrote (2004-02-02 10:12:18 PST):
If Wlodzimierz Holsztynski wants to blame Karpov for failing to agree to
a requirement that he would have to try to finish two or more points ahead
of Fischer, it seems to me that he should be explicit about this instead
of using vague language like, "avoided 'successfully'".

Nick wrote (2004-02-03 14:39:23 PST):
I concur with you that Wlodzimierz Holsztynski could be more explicit in
his language about why he blames Anatoly Karpov. But it seems to me that
Mr Holsztynski already has been clear enough in expressing his vehement
opinion that Bobby Fischer's demanded "two point margin of victory"
condition was a fair one, and that Karpov was wrong, stupid, cowardly,
dishonest, and unfair to Fischer not to have accepted it.

"Karpov could easily make a statement that 9:9 clause is no big deal
(indeed, it was not). He could say: I want to play. Instead he chose
to cooperate with the Soviet Federation in avoiding ther math (sic).
He chose not to play."
--Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (7 December 2003, in this thread)

The quote is about four weeks old.

Dear Mr Blair,

Actually, the quotation is more than eight weeks old.
Please do be more careful lest Wlodzimierz Holsztynski should conclude with
evidently absolute certainty, as he already has done with me, that you cannot
understand anything about mathematics. :-)

In case anyone has started reading since that time, it seemed to me to be
appropriate to clarify what Wlodzimierz Holsztynski apparently means when
he says that Karpov "avoided" Fischer.

Yes, I agree that it would be "appropriate to clarify what Wlodzimierz
Holsztynski apparently means when he says that Karpov 'avoided' Fischer".
But, as far as I can tell, Mr Holsztynski seems unwilling to make any further
clarification of his exact reasons for blaming Karpov, though evidently
Mr Holsztynski has no hesitation in blaming Karpov in extremely abusive terms.

"Anatoly Karpov is the SHAME of world chess."
--Wlodzimierz Holsztynski

"Yes, Karpov is a very strong player, while he is a very low creature, a
poor excuse for a human being. That's how he will always be remembered by
the chess history."
--Wlodzimierz Holsztynski

"I have never insulted anybody, and certainly it is hardly possible to
insult Karpov."
--Wlodzimierz Holsztynski

"I am not any historian, not even an amateur historian."
--Wlodzimierz Holsztynski

It would be helpful if Mr Wlodzimierz ("Karpov is...a poor excuse for a human
being") Holsztynski could clarify his reasons for blaming Anatoly Karpov.

It would be helpful if Mr Wlodzimierz ("I am not any historian") Holsztynski
could learn how to distinguish between some clearly more or less reliable
sources of 'historical facts'.

It would be helpful if Mr Wlodzimierz ("I have never insulted anybody")
Holsztynski could learn how to write in public with a modicum of common
civility and respect for other human beings.

--Nick