On 1 Oct 2005 07:15:01 -0700, "
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Terrific. Those who agree with Parr must be Parr. Very sound reasoning.

The reasoning was based on writing style, not agreement, Larry. Please
pay better attention, or if you are smart enough to see that you are
just practicing misdirection, how about laying off it for awhile and
try to argue based on facts instead?

On the basis of writing style alone there is almost no doubt; and if
you don't believe that take a closer look at the headers.

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THUS SPAKE DR. DOWD

But one thing I do find impressive Larry, is how you are *almost* able to
adapt a more restrained writing style when you post as cynic. Having read
student papers for 25 years and needing to recognize personal style to
combat plagiarism has made me able to spot such deceptions a bit
easier...When it comes to being bad, you are very good. -- Rynd-Dowd

Here's betting that Rynd-Dowd won't put his money where his mouth
is. I'll offer him the same lie detector wager that Neil Brennen and
Taylor Kingston rejected.

I have never posted under any screen name other than Parrthenon
and Fidelis.

We each agree on a master; we each agree on a police polygraph
tester, we each agree to put $10,000 in escrow; and I take a polygraph
test. If I emerge as any bogus name that he cares to pick, I get his
dough and keep mine. Vice-versa if I lose. I do not know the identity
of Cynic. I will assert that my identity here is known and that I am
none of the pseudonyms he accuses me of. I already know who will win
this bet.

Such a wager would possibly pick up some news coverage, and I
will be Stateside later in the year. It is a doable deal.

But Rynd-Dowd and Dowd-Rynd has the right not to put up and not
to shut up. Which is the way it will be.

One might better call them, given the dumbed-down approach he takes to
writing chess books, the immoral works of Larry Parr...When my son was 6,
he also found "The Big Book of Fishes" a delightful read. Hardly reason
enough to recommend it to others. -- Rynd-Dowd

Rynd-Dowd implies that I don't believe ChessCafe has a right not to
carry my books, including works with Lev Alburt and Arnold Denker. He
is wrong. Pace Mike Murray, I would say that Hanon Russell can choose
not to sell works by this
writer or by Eric Schiller and Ray Keene. Larry Evans, too.

The other side of the coin is that we are free to hold the
candle to his business foot, so long as it doesn't involve governmental
coercion or other violence.

But it is a business decision. If your local bookstore doesn't carry a
book, and doesn't want to, is that "censorship"? I really don't see it
as such. -- Rynd-Dowd

Readers interested in the Denker-Parr remembrance, The Bobby
Fischer I Knew and Other Stories, will find chapters serialized in
Chess Life from the mid-1990s. The book is available from
Hardinge-Simpole Publishers. It was selected USCF-ACF book of the year
in 1996. Ray Keene wrote that it book reminded him of "Damon Runyon
stories," and Lev Alburt said it was "one of the finest memoirs of its
kind." He spoke of it being "alternately sad and happy, serious and
witty, insightful and self-effacing," which is more than can be said
for this writer quoting from these folks. Larry Evans in a foreword
spoke of how the "book radiates life."


Given Larry Parr's "six lies before breakfast" approach to life, I would
seriously doubt a polygraph's ability to shed any light on the matter.

I assure you I am not Bill Brock, nor have ever met the man.


"cynic" wrote in message
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*At any rate, Cafe carries "Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves" by
Pandolfini. The decision to stock that title and not reminiscences by
Denker seems hard to justify.* Mike Murray

*Your buddies aren't going to sink the book for you; you may as well
believe all the reviews Don Schultz got from his political buddies for
Chessdon.* James Rynd

I seem to recall that Tim Redman (not exactly a friend of Parr) also
wrote a glowing review of Denker's memoir written with Parr..

*Having read student papers for 25 years and needing to recognize
personal style to combat plagiarism has made me able to spot such
deceptions a bit easier.* James Rynd

Terrific. Those who agree with Parr must be Parr. Very sound reasoning.


Has our esteemed academic also spotted the deception of Bill Brock who
apparently broke his vow of silence by returning to this forum under
the handle of Curious George?

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I have not seen any posts by Curious George or even by the Man in the
Red Hat.

Yellow hat :-)

Polygraph?

How about signed letters of permission for each ISP in question to verify
whether or not said user(s) are in fact each of you?

"Ray Gordon" wrote in message
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Polygraph?

How about signed letters of permission for each ISP in question to verify
whether or not said user(s) are in fact each of you?

You've got plenty of experience with trying to track down Usenet posters,
Gordo. Why don't you get together with Internet Grandmaster and
super-cyber-sleuth Goran Tomic and get 'em yourself. Hell, you might even
learn something from him. And hey! Maybe he could make YOU an IGM! Then
you'd be an Internet Openings Grandmaster! Now THAT'S something *sure* to
impress the ladies at the coffeeshop!

I'm absolutely confident that I can and could have run a profitable
in-house B & E, whether starting from scratch or reorganizing what was
formerly in place.

The sales volume was present prior to Chess Cafe despite the presence
of Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, and others(including Chess Cafe), work
efficiency and margins could both be improved immensely. In fact,
margins could actually have been raised while offering a more
competitive pricing structure.

What the project requires is a firm commitment, an appropriate budget,
strong ethics, and a willingness to realize genuine opportunities.
Opportunities do exist.

The USCF is in a unique position, to popularize and enrich the chess
community by exerting a positive influence on the chess equipment
market. At least, as long as the B & E is in-house. Outsourcing clearly
lightens this influence.

-Shawn Pealer
(former USCF employee and current MBA student)

Ah, yellow hat. Thanks. It had been quite a few years.

The results of a google search for 2005 rec.games.chess.politics
notes where someone wrote "our esteemed":
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cynic (1 Oct 2005 05:28:50 -0700)
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Larry Parr (19 Mar 2005 13:23:03 -0800)
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Larry Parr (19 Mar 2005 06:26:37 -0800)

Dr. Blair, thanks for the evidence. It has been obvious for some time
that Parr lacks the ego integrity to argue on his own, and thus, needs
imaginary friends to agree with him.