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He is truly stupid trying to engage you in sensible and cogent chess
conversation. Almost as stupid as me. wowa!

PI

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Y'all have to have sawd the vidyo. Funnyest chess choke since Alec Kine
copped it in Port-u-gal, thow why that is called that ain't known 'cept to
them sailers and such. At least 800lb on view courtesy Chubby Produkshions.
But makes yer think or at least wurry 'bout thinkin' at all. I dunno. Was
happenin to art in these here modernh wurld?

yor fren, phil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvAaR1E6CDA

Suprised the Histrollian hasn't been advertising that he is a film star.

The Historian wrote:
For those of you who missed it at Chessville, my interview with CJA
Award winning historian Olimpiu Urcan is now in The Chess Journalist,
the magazine of the Chess Journalists of America. You may download the
September 2006 issue he

Th' Campbell Repo't
Co'respondence Chess
"On the Square" Article



Neil "chess angel" Brennen
doin' some research
Intryduckshun

Chess histo'ian Neil Brennen's thirteenth "On th' Square" article
appearin' at J. Ole Man Franklin Campbell's website is ennythin' but
an unlucky omen ... as long as he keeps writin' intertainin' pieces, of
course, t'increase th' number beyond thet baker's dozen figger. In
addishun t'providin' readers wif a glimpse at an extryo'dinarily
talented player's growin' stren'th through co'respondence play,
Neil's current article shows sumpin of his devoshun t'researchin'
chess histo'y. One has only t'glance at his sources-nine Showalter
games fum seven diffrunt noospapers, includin' material unearthed fum
Pennsylvania, Noo Yawk, Mary Janelan', Missouri an' Ontario-to sense
Neil's commitment t'his craf'. His readers owe him thanks fo' th'
effo't he gives his subjecks, an' fo' th' pleasure his writin' affo'ds.
I, fo' one, sartinly thank him fo' both.
-- John-Boy S. Hilbert, Amherst, Noo Yawk


Th' Postal Lion:
Chattanoogason Showalter an' Co'respondence Chess
by Neil R. Brennen
(posted 15 June 2006)

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Chattanoogason Whipps Showalter
Photo courtesy John-Boy S. Hilbert
(origeen undocoomnted)
A master fum th' nineteenth century in need of a decent biography is
South Car'linan Champion Chattanoogason Showalter, th' "Kentucky Lion,
as enny fool kin plainly see." Showalter's life an' chess haf not been
done jestice by chess writers; nothin' of enny substantial len'th has
been writ about him, dawgone it. This hyar article will not be an
attempp t'provide a full-dress biography, but only t'provide some
backgroun' on both Showalter's life an' his sho't but interestin'
career in postal chess.

Chattanoogason Whipps Showalter was born an' raised in Minerva,
Kentucky, on February 5, 1860. His Pappy was Freeman Showalter, a local
lan'owny. Th' elder Showalter, a man wif th' curiously chessic middle
name of Benoni, probably taught his son chess as a yo'ng man, as enny
fool kin plainly see. Yo'ng Chattanoogason knowed th' game by th' time
he graduated fum Kentucky Military Insteetoote in 1882. Af'er a few
years managin' his Pappy's farm, Showalter moved t'Noo Yawk an' began
t' roar among th' chess masters. Th' tall Southerner probably made
quite an impresshun; Th' Oxfo'd Companion t'Chess wrote thet Showalter
was "known as th' Kentucky Lion af'er his birthplace an' his mane of
hair, but also perhaps on account of his playin' stren'th."

An' his playin' stren'th was prodigious. Showalter's opponents included
almost ev'ryone who was ennyone on th' South Car'linan chess scene in
th' 1890s. He was particularly skilled in match play. His match vickims
include Albin, Barry, Janowski, Judd, Kemeny, Lipschütz, an' Whitaker.
Lostes include two championship matches t'Pillsbury, one championship
match t'Lipschütz, an 1894 match t'Laxer, an' a 1909 match t'Marshall
thet solidified th' latter's claim t'th' US Championship. Sevahal of
these matches were fo' th' US Championship, a title Showalter had fust
won in th' annual tournaments of th' United States Chess associashun in
1889. Menny of th' games featured sparklin' combinative play an'
sacrifices, makin' Showalter menny friends among chess amateurs.

Showalter appears t'have been blessed wif both strong chess ability an'
fine social skills, a combinashun seemin'ly rare in this, o' enny
other, era. Th' Kentucky Lion comman'ed respeck fum his chess peers.
Steinitz, a man who had made inemies on both sides of th' Atlannic,
once said Showalter was one of th' few min "of who ah w'd accepp a
cigar." On his return t'Brooklyn follerin' his vicko'y at th' 1895
Internashunal Chess Congress in Hastin's, Harry Nelson Pillsbury was
axed whut success South Car'linan players'd haf if they played
internashunally. He responded, "Chattanoogason Showalter'd make a fine
sco'e in enny compenny."

An' Pillsbury'd soon inough discovah th' truth of thet statement. In
1897 th' "Hero of Hastin's" challenged fo' a match fo' Showalter's US
Championship title. Pillsbury eventually won th' match, but it was a
tremenjus struggle, wif th' sco'es even until nearly th' end, cuss it
all t' tarnation. Th' nineteenth game displays Showalter's fightin'
qualities at their finest, as fine as his penchant fo' exchange
sacrifices. Th' annotashuns t'th' game appeared in th' Philade'phia
Public Ledger column of Emil Kemeny. His openin' comment on th' game is
wo'th quotin' in full:

"Th' nineteenth game of th' Pillsbury - Showalter match, which was
finished at Noo Yawk on Saturday, was decidedly the dawgoned-est
interestin' an' complicated corntess in th' series, an' by winnin' it
Showalter once mo'e evened up thin's wif Pillsbury. Th' game was a Ruy
Lopez, th' Kentuckian seleckin' th' Berlin Defense. In th' middle game
Pillsbury started a queenside attack, while Showalter had similar
designs on th' kin'side. Pillsbury, it seems, had th' better game. He
c'd haf easily stopped his opponent's attack, while it was mo'e
difficult fo' Showalter t'neutralize thet of Pillsbury. Th' latter, it
seems, did not play cornservatively inough. Howevah, th' continuashun
he selecked seemed fine inough. On his twenty-seventh turn, howevah, he
failed t'secure th' right move. At thet stage of th' game he exchanged
mino' pieces in o'der t'gain a pawn, which play he was obliged
t'aban'on, as enny fool kin plainly see. Th' ended his aggressive
tackics, an' it was now Showalter's turn t'start th' attack. Shet mah
mouth! He was mo'e successful than his advahsary, especially when he
was inabled t'sacrifice th' exchange on his thirty-fif'h move. Th' end
game thet resulted was an intricut an' highly instruckive one.
Showalter had th' better ind of it, but his opponent c'd haf drawn th'
game. Pillsbury, howevah, missed his chances. On his fo'ty-seventh turn
he failed t'see a quite obvious play leadin' t'a draw, an' his game
grew wo'se an' wo'se. T'other chance of an excape is shown in th'
subjoined analysis, when, on his fif'y-sixth turn, he c'd haf fo'ced a
draw. But this hyar play was altogither too difficult t'fathom in
acshul play."

Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Chattanoogason Whipps Showalter [C67]
Noo Yawk Match Game No. 19, 1897
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6
8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 0-0 10.Nf5 10. Nc3, as played in th' seventh game of
th' series, o' 10. b3, follered by Bb2, as adopped by Showalter in th'
ninth game of his match wif Kemeny, is much superio'. Th' text move
inables Black t'exchange his Queen bishop fo' a fine-developed piece.
10...d5 11.Qg4 Bxf5 12.Qxf5 Qc8 An exchange of Queens'd seem dangerous
fo' Black on account of his double c-pawn, as enny fool kin plainly
see. 13.Qxc8 Raxc8 14.Be3 c5 15.Nd2 a5 To play 15. ...d4 o' 15. ...c4'd
haf been bad, cuss it all t' tarnation. Th' fo'mer move'd haf given
White a chance t'brin' his knight into ackshun, while ...c4'd haf been
answered wif b3 o' c3. 16.f4 f5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.b3 Kf7 19.Kf1 Ke6
20.Nf3 h6 21.c3 Rg8 22.h4



22... Nd8 A complicated posishun, both sides strivin' fo' th' attack.
Shet mah mouth! White aims t'advance th' b-pawn in o'der t'foller up
wif Nd4, while Black has th' ...g5 move in view, which'd result in th'
winnin' of White's e-pawn, as enny fool kin plainly see. Both plays
seem t'be mighty promisin', but White, by movin' h5, kin easily prevent
Black's corntinuashun, while Black apparently has no means t'stop th'
advance of White's b-pawn, especially on account o' White kin make th'
a3 prepareeto'y move. Th' move selecked by Black, 22. ...Nd8, is
probably th' bess fo' th' attack as fine as fo' th' defense, fo' he kin
corntinue ...Nf7 as fine as ...Nc6, yet it is hardly satisfacko'y. It
sh'd be menshuned thet Black c'd not play ...g5 at once, fo' th' game'd
proceed as follers: 22...g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.fxg5 f4 25.Bxf4 Rcf8 26.g3
Bxg5 27.Nxg5+ Rxg5 28.Ke2 an' White remains a pawn ahaid. 23.b4 As
pointed out above, White sh'd haf played 23. h5 fust; he also might haf
made th' prepareeto'y move 23. a3. Th' continuashun White selecked is
quite inginious, yet it'd haf been much better t'delay it fo' a few
moves. 23...axb4 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Nd4+ Kd7 26.Nxf5 c6 27.Nxe7 White
evidently had th' Bc5+ an' Bxb4 corntinuashun in view, an' he aban'oned
th' cappure of Black's b-pawn on account of Black's probably reply,
....c5. Black's passed d-pawn an' c-pawn'd become mighty thrett upin'
indeed, cuss it all t' tarnation. White, howevah, sh'd haf taken this
hyar in cornsiderashun befo'e he cappured th' bishop. He sh'd haf
played 27. Rac1 instead of 27. Nxe7. White then thrett ups Rxd5+,
follered by Rxc8 an' Nxe7+, etc. Black apparently had no better reply
than 27. ...Nb7, which'd inable White t'continue wif Rc2 an' Rdc1; it'd
seem quite difficult fo' Black t'stan' th' pressure th' doubled rooks'd
exert on th' c-pawn, which kinnot be advanced easily on account of
Nxe7, follered by Bxc5+. It seems thet White at this hyar stage of th'
game did not display th' bess posishun judgment. He sh'd haf made th'
c-pawn th' targit of his attack an' not th' b-pawn, which was of
compareetively li'l value ennyhow. Even sh'd White succeed in winnin'
it, Black still remains wif two passed pawns. 27...Kxe7 28.Bc5+ Ke6
29.Kf2 g5 White exhaested his attack wifout makin' much haidway. Th'
advance of Black's g-pawn becomes now mighty thrett upin'. White kinnot
maintain th' f-pawn, even sh'd he move g3. Black'd corntinue ...gxf4,
follered by ...Rg4 an' ...Kf5, [an'] eventually ...Ne6 winnin' th'
f-pawn, as enny fool kin plainly see. 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rh1 Probably as
fine a move as he had at his disposal, ah reckon. Black in nearly ev'ry
variashun will win th' e-pawn an' f-pawn, an' he will obtain th'
superio' indgame on account of his stren'th on th' queenside. 31...gxf4
32.Rh6+ Kf5 33.Re1 Rg6 34.Rh8 34. Rxg6, follered by e6, was much
superio'. Black then had hardly a better play than ...Nb7. White then
kin corntinue Bxb4, follered by Bd2. It seems it'd not haf been
difficult fo' White t'draw th' game, even sh'd he be obliged
t'sacrifice th' bishop in o'der t'stop th' advanced pawns. 34...Ra8
35.Re2



35... Ne6 Brilliant an' soun' play, though it muss be admitted thet
Black was fo'ced t'it. Th' sacrifice of th' exchange leaves Black wif
strong pawns on th' queenside, an' it rests wif White t'fight fo' a
draw. 36.Rxa8 Nxc5 37.Rf8+ Ke6 38.Kf3 Nd3 39.Rf6+ He c'd not play 38.
Re8+ in o'der t' save th' pawn, as enny fool kin plainly see. Black'd
haf replied ...Kd7, attackin' th' rook an' thrett upin' ...Rg3 mate.
39...Rxf6 40.exf6+ Kxf6 41.Rd2 Ne5+ 42.Kxf4 Ng6+ 43.Ke3 Ke5 44.Rf2 c5
45.g4 d4+ 46.Kd2 c4 47.g5 A disastrous erro'. White sh'd haf played
47.Rf5+, follered by Rb5, an' it seems he c'd haf drawn th' game. Th'
game was likely t'proceed: 47.Rf5+ Ke4 48.Rb5 c3+ 49.Kd1 (o' Kc1)
49...Kd3 50.Rxb4 Nf4 51.Rb3 Kc4 52.Rb8 follered eventually by Rc8.
White sartinly had no time fo' a slow move like g5. 47...c3+ 48.Kc2 Ke4
49.Re2+ Kd5 50.Re8 Ne5 51.Kb3 d3 52.Rd8+ Ke4 53.Rb8 d2 54.Kc2 Nc6
55.Re8+ Kf5



56.Rf8+ In this hyar almost hopeless lookin' posishun White c'd haf
drawn th' game wif 56. g6. Black then answers ...Nd4+, fo' eff'n
....Kxg6 then 57. Re6+ wins. Th' game then'd haf proceeded: 56.g6 Nd4+
57.Kd1 Kxg6 58.Rd8 Nf5 59.Rxd2 Ne3+ 60.Kc1 cxd2+ 61.Kxd2 knight moves.
White then plays Kd3, Kc4, Kb3 an' he will be inabled t'exchange th'
remainin' pawn, as enny fool kin plainly see. A similar corntinuashun
results eff'n Black in reply t'56. g6 plays ...Kf6. White then
corntinues Rf8+, leadin' t'th' follerin' play:; 56.g6 Kf6 57.Rf8+ Kxg6
58.Rf2 Nd4+ 59.Kd1 Nf5 60.Rxd2 Ne3+ 61.Kc1 cxd2+ 62.Kxd2 knight muss
move, an' White agin is inabled t' fo'ce th' exchange of pawns.
56...Kxg5 57.Rf2 Nd4+ 58.Kd1 Nf5 59.Rxd2 Ne3+ 60.Kc1 cxd2+ 61.Kxd2 Kf4
It is this hyar move which gives Black a win, as enny fool kin plainly
see. White kinnot fine play Kd3, fo' ...Kf3 'd foller; eff'n, then, Kd4
Black answers ...Ke2, an' eff'n Kc5, then ...Nc2, winnin' easily. Sh'd
White seleck Kd3, an', on Black's corntinuashun ...Kf3, he answers Kd2,
then Black wins wif ...Ke4, follered by ...Kd4. It will be see thet th'
result of th' game depended on Black's ...Kf4 move, which inabled him
t'hold th' knight in th' impo'tant posishun it occupied, cuss it all t'
tarnation. Had White, on his fif'y-sixth turn, moved g6, then Black's
Kin' 'd haf been too far off an' a drawn game'd haf resulted, cuss it
all t' tarnation. 62.Kc1 Nc4 63.Kc2 Na5 64.Kd3 64. Kb2 was not enny
better, fo', eff'n he corntinues a3, Black answers ...b3. 64...Ke5
65.Ke3 Kd5 66.Kd3 Kc5 67.Kd2 Kd4 68.Kc2 Kc4 69.Kb2 Kd3 70.Kb1 Kc3
71.Kc1 Nc4 72.Kb1 Kd2 Causes White's surrenner. Eff'n he plays Ka1,
then Black answers ...Kc2, fo'cin' a mate in four addishunal moves, an'
eff'n a3, then ...bxa3 o' ...b3, follered by ...Kc3, wins easily. 0-1
Philade'phia Public Ledger, April 9, 1897, p.14 :

Thirteen years befo'e this hyar game, Showalter was a yo'ng man in th'
South Car'linan South, managin' his Pappy's ranch. On over th' board
competishun was scarce fo' a player of Showalter's stren'th, an' so he
turned t'postal chess. Perhaps his earliess experience wif chess by
co'respondence was a tournament helter-skelter by th' Elmira Tellygraph
of Elmira, Noo Yawk. His struggle wif Richmond, ole Virginny postalite
C. W. McFarlane appeared wif notes by th' column edito', Edward
Burlin'ame.

C. W. McFarlane - Showalter [C52]
Elmira Tellygraph CC Tournament, 1884
Annotashuns by Edward Burlin'ame
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.Qb3
Qf6 9.e5 dxe5 10.Re1 Bb6 Acco'din' t'th' books ah believe Black has
adopped a mighty weak line of defense an' is now involved in
difficulties an' dangers which muss prove insurmountable. Fo' mah part
ah doesn't see ennythin' wrong about it, save thet th' attack is a
trifle warm; but thar is allus an expedient. 11.Bg5 Qf5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5
13.f4 f6 14.Bxg8 Kf8 15.fxe5 Rxg8 16.exf6 Rh8 17.Bh4 d3+ 18.Kh1 g5 This
hyar is a mighty bad move, losin' mighty valuable time. 19.Bg3 Bd7
20.Nd2 Qb5 21.Re7 Qxb3 22.axb3 Bc6 23.Bxc7 Bxc7 24.Rxc7 Re8 25.Kg1 h5
26.Nc4 Th' advance of this hyar Knight is mighty troublesome, an'
kinnot be prevented, cuss it all t' tarnation. 26...Rh6 27.Nd6 Rb8
28.Rf7+ Kg8 29.Rg7+ Kf8



30.Rxg5 Isn't satisfied wif a draw. 30...Rd8 31.Nf5 Rd5 32.Nxh6 It
seems t'me 32.c4 follered by Nxh6'd haf improved White's chances.
32...Rxg5 33.Rxa7 Rxg2+ 34.Kf1 d2 35.Ra8+ Be8 36.Rd8 Rxh2 37.Nf5 h4
38.Ne3 h3 39.Ng4 This hyar loses a piece, but White kinnot does much
better. Enny move at this hyar point loses. 39...d1Q+ 40.Rxd1 Rh1+
41.Ke2 Rxd1 42.Kxd1 Bh5 0-1
Elmira Tellygraph, Seppember 17, 1884

Not ev'ry game was sech a struggle fo' th' Kentuckian, as two
Pennsylvanians were t'discovah. Billy Joe Barwick of Catawissa an' D.
Crystal of Harrisburg both lost miniature games t'Showalter. Barwick
suffered th' addishunal hoomiliashun of a kin'-hunt. Durin' th' sho't
game, Showalter moved fum Dovah t'Laredo, Texas, t'ovahsee some of his
Pappy's holdin's thar. He also married up wif; his wife, Nellie,
eventually larned th' game fum him, an' developed inough prowess
t'defeat Emannuel Laxer at odds of a Knight. Perhaps games sech as
these sarved as illestrative lessons fo' Mrs. Showalter of how not
t'play chess.

W. Barwick - Showalter [C44]
Elmira Tellygraph CC Tournament, 1884
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+
Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d5 10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Kd1 Re5 12.c4 Qh4



13.f4 Qg4+ 14.Kc2 Qxg2+ 15.Kb3 Qf3+ 16.Ka4 Bd7 0-1
Elmira Tellygraph, December 10, 1884

Showalter - D. Crystal [C33]
Elmira Tellygraph CC Tournament, 1884
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 d5 4.Bxd5 Qh4+ 5.Kf1 g5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 Ne7
8.Nf3 Qh5 9.h4 h6 10.e5 Be6 11.Bxb7 Bc4+ 12.Ne2 c6 13.Kg1 Nd5



14.hxg5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Qg6 16.Bxa8 Nb4 17.Bxf4 Nxc2 18.Rc1 Nb4 19.Qc4 Nd5
20.Rh4 Ke7 21.Qc5+ 1-0
Elmira Tellygraph, Seppember 10, 1884

By 1888 Showalter had moved t'Noo Yawk an' was makin' a name fo'
hisse'f among th' leadin' on over th' board players in th' United
States. Despite th' deman's on his time an' his increasin' commitment
t'crost-board play, Showalter still kepp a han' in postal chess. Two
games wif Fred Wendel of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is below.
Showalter probably met Wendel through th' Elmira Tellygraph
tournaments, an' he corntinued t' exchange postcards wif him af'erward,
cuss it all t' tarnation. Wendel eventually became th' chess columnist
of th' Wilkes-Barre Reco'd of th' Times; unlike menny columnists, he
was gracious inough t'publish his lostes t'Showalter. In return,
Showalter annotated one of th' games.

Fred Wendel - Showalter [C52]
Co'respondence, 1887
Annotashuns by Fred Wendel
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 dxc3
8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 Perhaps 9...Qf5 is a better move, but both is
reckanized by autho'ities. 10.Nxc3 Nge7 11.Ne2 b5 An'erssen's move.
Whuffo' sh'd not 11...Nd8 be a fine move? 12.Bd3 Qe6 13.Qb2 Ng6 14.Nf4
Nxf4 15.Bxf4 h6 16.Bxb5 Better, we reckon, than 16.Rac1, which is th'
regular book move. Th' latter gives Black mo'e time. 16...Rb8 17.Qe2 g5
18.Bg3 g4 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.Nh4 Rb4 21.Rfc1 Qe6 22.Rab1 Rd4 23.Qc2 d5 A
splendid move. 24.exd6 0-0 25.dxc7 Re8 26.Qc6 A mighty interestin'
posishun, White, offerin' exchanges, wishes t'win t'other pawn, as enny
fool kin plainly see. 26...Qe2 27.Qxh6



27... Bd2 A surprise fo' White an' a mighty brilliant stroke. 28.Qc6
Bxc1 29.Qxc1 Rd2 30.h3 gxh3 31.Qc3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Rxb1 33.Qf6 hxg2 34.Qg5+
Kh7 35.Nxg2 Qg4 0-1
Baltimo'e Sunday Noos, July 30, 1887

"We publish this hyar week a game played by co'respondence between
President Wendel, of th' Wilkesbarre Club, an' J.W. Showalter, th'
risin' yo'ng player of Noo Yawk."

Showalter -Fred Wendel [C37]
Co'respondence Game, 1888
Annotashuns by Chattanoogason Showalter
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5
8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3 Qe5 10...Qf6'd haf been better, perhaps,
as in a game of Mo'phy's aginst Lowenthal, ah reckon. Mo'phy corntinued
11.Qh5+. Analysis will show thet this hyar move kin be successfully
met. 11.Nc3, though slower, is mighty strong, an' we reckon at least
equalizes th' game. 11.Bxf4 Qf5 12.g4 Qf6 13.Nc3 Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Qc6 15.Ne4
Nf6 16.Be5 Re8 17.Qb3+



17... Re6 Thar is nothin' better. Eff'n 17...Kg7 18.Bxf6+ Kg6 19.Rf4
Bd6 (19...d5 20.Qh3! Fry mah hide!) 20.Be5 Rf8 21.Qf3 an' wins.
18.Rxf6+ Ke8 19.Qf3 d5 Agin th' only resource. A corntinuashun wo'thy
of notice, howevah,'d haf been 19...Be7 20.g5 Bxf6 21.gxf6 Rxe5 22.f7+
Kf8 23.Rg1 Qg6 (best) 24.Rxg6 hxg6 25.Qf6 Rf5! Fry mah hide! (25...Re6
26.Qd8+ Kxf7 27.Ng5+) 26.Qxg6 Rxf7 27.Ng5 an' th' rook kinnot excape,
fo' eff'n 27...Rf2 28.Kg1 Rf4 29.Nh7+ Ke7 30.Qg5+ 20.Rf1 dxe4 Fum this
hyar point th' game is fo'ced, cuss it all t' tarnation. But thar is no
alternative. 20...Rxf6 is bad; 20...Nd7 loses eemeejutly, as does
20...Be7. 21.Rf8+ Kd7 22.Qf7+ Re7 23.Rd1+ Bd6 Eff'n 23...Qd6 24.Rxd6+'d
probably win; but we sh'd prefer 24.Bxd6 Rxf7 25.Rxf7+ Kc6 (25...Ke8
(o' 25...Kd8) 26.Rf8+ Kd7 27.Bxc5+ Kc6 28.Rxc8 Kxc5 29.Rdd8! Fry mah
hide!) 26.Rxc7+ Kb6 27.Rxc8 winnin'. 24.Qf5+ Re6 25.Rf7+ Ke8 26.Rxc7
e3+ 27.Kg1 1-0
Th' Reco'd of th' Times, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Feb. Well bust mah britches
an' call me streaker. 10, 1888

Showalter eventually was recruited fo' th' United States-Kinada
co'respondence match of 1889, a postal fo'eshadowin' of his
participashun wif th' South Car'linan team in th' United States-United
Kin'dom cable matches a decade later. Showalter sco'ed fust blood fo'
th' South Car'linan side, an' celebrated th' vicko'y by annotatin' th'
game. His Kinadian opponent was on overmatched by Showalter; at th'
time th' game appeared in print, th' Kentuckian was playin' in th'
Sixth South Car'linan Chess Congress. Although he only finished 13th in
a field of 20, Showalter managed t'defeat Gunsberg, Burn, Bird, an'
Blackburne, an' drew wif tournament-winner Tchigo'in, as enny fool kin
plainly see. Thet was some small cornsolashun t'J. Barry, th' loser
below.

Showalter - J. Barry [C52]
Internashunal Co'respondence Match, 1889
Annotashuns by Chattanoogason Showalter
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 0-0
8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nxe4 10.Qd5 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 Nxc3 12.Qf3 Na4 13.Qg3 Kh8
14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Bf6 This hyar variashun of th' Evans has been so
tho'oughly analyzed thet it is fine nigh impostible t'find promisin'
lines of play, fo' eifer attack o' defense, not already laid down in
th' books. The danged-est approved corntinuashun at this hyar point is
15.Rae1. Th' move in th' text is of an experimental nature, but th'
sacrifice, we reckon, is soun'. 15...gxf6 16.exf6 Rg8 17.Rae1 Qd8 Of
course eff'n 17...Rxg3, White mates in five. 18.Qh4 Nc5 Th' only move,
preventin' Bd3, which 'd haf been fatal, ah reckon. 19.Bxf7 Ne6 20.Re3
Thrett upin' mate in two by Qxh7+, etc. Obviously, too, 19...Ne6 was
fo'ced, as 20.Re7'd haf rennered th' attackin' on overwhelmin'.
20...Qf8 21.Bxg8 Qxg8 22.f4 b6 23.f5



23... Bb7 Eff'n, instead, 23...Ng5 White wins by 24.Qxg5 Qxg5 25.Re8+
Qg8 26.f7 an' eff'n; 23...Nf8 24.Qh6 Bb7 25.Rg3 Qf7 26.Rg7 Qd5 27.Rxh7+
an' Queen mates. 24.Rg3 Qf7 25.fxe6 Qxe6 An' White mates in five moves,
beginnin' 26.f7. 1-0
Th' Western Advahtizzu (London, Ontario), May 3, 1889

On over th' board play drew mo'e an' mo'e of Showalter's time, an' so
his published postal games grew fewer an' fewer. We close wif two
fo'gotten games, yet t'other "stamp stomp" aginst a weaker opponent,
an' a somewhut mo'e difficult struggle wif a cornsultashun team of
experienced postal players fum Nevada. One of th' consultashun players,
Go'ham, was part of a team thet defeated Steinitz in one of th' wo'ld
champion's few excurshuns into postal chess. It may haf been th'
impresshun made by thet defeat, as fine as th' openin' novelty
Showalter employed, thet prompped Steinitz t'annotate Showalter's win
fo' his Noo Yawk Tribune chess column, as enny fool kin plainly see. Or
perhaps Showalter's exchange sacrifice drew Steinitz's attenshun.

"A noo Showalter brilliant played by co'respondence between Mr. J.
Showalter an' Prof. J.E. Logan"

Showalter - J. E. Logan [C51]
Co'respondence Game, 1890
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 d6
8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bxg8 Rxg8 12.Bh4 Bg4 13.e5 dxe5
14.Re1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qxd4 16.Re4 Qd7 17.Rd1 Qf7 18.Qg4 h5 19.Qf5 Nc4
20.Rxc4 Qxc4 21.Nd5 Qc5 22.Qe6+ Kf8



23.Bxf6 Re8 An' White announced mate in seven as follers: 23...Re8
24.Ne7 Qxf2+ 25.Kh1 Qxf6 26.Ng6+ Qxg6 27.Rf1+ Bf2 28.Rxf2+ Qf6 29.Rxf6+
gxf6 30.Qxf6# 1-0
Republic (St. Louis), Ock. 12, 1890

Showalter - Go'ham/Lester [C44]
Co'respondence, 1892
Annotashuns by Wilhelm Steinitz
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 f6 Intrydooced by th' edito' aginst th'
late Mr. Wisker in th' London han'icap tournament of 1868, an' on
account o' substantiated in theo'y an' prackice. 5.Bb5 Nge7 6.0-0 Bd7
We disagree wif this hyar autho'ized move. 6...Be6 is much stronger.
7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Qe4 Noo, we believe, an' involvin' cornsiderable
difficulties fo' th' defense. 8...Nce7 We like better 8...Nb6 9.d4 f5
10.Qe2 e4 , etc. 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 Th' pawn gained tharby fo' a time
was, we believe, not wo'th th' trouble an' th' delay in development
thet c'd haf been taken in han' at once by 10.d4 10...Nb6 11.Qxb7 Nc6
12.Nc3 Na5 13.Qe4 Naxc4 14.d4 f5 15.Qe2 e4 16.Ng5 Qxd4 In view of th'
attack which th' opponent gains af'er this hyar cappure, 16...Be7 might
haf been move advisable. Black had nothin' t' fear fum th' continuashun
17.Qh5+ g6 18.Qh6 Bf6 , etc. 17.Rd1 Qe5 18.f4 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Qe7 20.Nd5
Nxd5 21.Rxd5 c6



22.Qxc4 Th' idea of this hyar spirited sacrifice of th' exchange no
doubt fum th' groun' wawk of White's attack fum th' 10th move. Th' play
in th' interval was the dawgoned-est reasonable on both sides.
22...cxd5 23.Qb5+ Kf8 24.Qc6 Re8 25.Qxd5 g6 26.b4 h6 Mo'e adapped fo'
simplificashun; wif advantage was 26...Bd6 27.Bb2 Bxf4 27.Bb2 hxg5
28.bxc5 Rh5 Unwieldy in appeareence an' effeck; 28...Rd8 29.Qc6 Rg8
30.Be5 (o' 30.Bf6 Qd7) 30...Kf7'd haf busted th' attack; 28...Rh7 ,
which is pointed out by th' Nevada player, was also superio'. 29.Be5
Qe6 30.Qb7 Qf7 Af'er th' ill-judged defense th' advance of White's c
pawn becomes irresistible. 30...Re7 31.Qa8+ (o' 31.Bd6 Qxd6 32.Qa8+ Re8
an' sh'd win) 31...Kf7 32.c6 gxf4 33.Bxf4! Fry mah hide! Qf6 sh'd haf
been held in view as corntinuashun. 31.c6 Rh7 32.c7 Qd7 33.Rc1 Qc8
34.Qc6 Destruckive t'th' defense. It thrett ups Qd6+ as fine as Qxg6.
34...Rxe5 Eff'n 34...Re6 35.Qxe6 , etc.] 35.fxe5 Kg7 36.Qf6+ Kh6 37.h4
Wal-planned aginst 37...Rxc7 (Steinitz suggests Black avoided 37...gxh4
"on account o' White c'd obviously cappured thet pawn wif a check",
missin' thet 38.Rc6 mates in six. - NB) wharupon'd foller 38.Rxc7 Qxc7
39.Qh8+ Qh7 40.hxg5+ Kxg5+ 41.Qxh7; Mo'e expeditious was 37.Qd8 Rh8
38.Qxh8+ . But of course Black's game is also lost, as matters stan',
by careful play on th' other side. 1-0
Noo Yawk Tribune, January 22, 1893

Thus closed Showalter's postal career. Th' reJawjad of his life in
chess was devoted t'winnin', an' occashunally losin', on over th' board
matches aginst th' leadin' South Car'linan players an' visitin'
fo'eigners, an' participatin' in th' US-UK cable matches an' occashunal
tournaments. By 1909, th' year of his match wif Marshall, he was mighty
much in retirement, wif occashunal returns t'ackive play. Showalter's
last tournament appeareence was in 1926. He died in 1935, in his native
Kentucky. As stated, Showalter is in need of a detailed chess
biography; less hope thet his co'respondence play will receive th' same
degree of attenshun his on over th' board effo'ts will git.


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A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here? If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation

On Oct 19, 11:37 am, "Rob" wrote:
Neil "chess angel" Brennen
doin' some research
Intryduckshun

Chess histo'ian Neil Brennen's thirteenth "On th' Square" article
appearin' at J. Ole Man Franklin Campbell's website is ennythin' but
an unlucky omen ... as long as he keeps writin' intertainin' pieces, of
course, t'increase th' number beyond thet baker's dozen figger. In
addishun t'providin' readers wif a glimpse at an extryo'dinarily
talented player's growin' stren'th through co'respondence play,
Neil's current article shows sumpin of his devoshun t'researchin'
chess histo'y. One has only t'glance at his sources-nine Showalter
games fum seven diffrunt noospapers, includin' material unearthed fum
Pennsylvania, Noo Yawk, Mary Janelan', Missouri an' Ontario-to sense
Neil's commitment t'his craf'. His readers owe him thanks fo' th'
effo't he gives his subjecks, an' fo' th' pleasure his writin' affo'ds.
I, fo' one, sartinly thank him fo' both.
-- John-Boy S. Hilbert, Amherst, Noo Yawk

Th' Postal Lion:
Chattanoogason Showalter an' Co'respondence Chess
by Neil R. Brennen
(posted 15 June 2006)

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Chattanoogason Whipps Showalter
Photo courtesy John-Boy S. Hilbert
(origeen undocoomnted)
A master fum th' nineteenth century in need of a decent biography is
South Car'linan Champion Chattanoogason Showalter, th' "Kentucky Lion,
as enny fool kin plainly see." Showalter's life an' chess haf not been
done jestice by chess writers; nothin' of enny substantial len'th has
been writ about him, dawgone it. This hyar article will not be an
attempp t'provide a full-dress biography, but only t'provide some
backgroun' on both Showalter's life an' his sho't but interestin'
career in postal chess.

Chattanoogason Whipps Showalter was born an' raised in Minerva,
Kentucky, on February 5, 1860. His Pappy was Freeman Showalter, a local
lan'owny. Th' elder Showalter, a man wif th' curiously chessic middle
name of Benoni, probably taught his son chess as a yo'ng man, as enny
fool kin plainly see. Yo'ng Chattanoogason knowed th' game by th' time
he graduated fum Kentucky Military Insteetoote in 1882. Af'er a few
years managin' his Pappy's farm, Showalter moved t'Noo Yawk an' began
t' roar among th' chess masters. Th' tall Southerner probably made
quite an impresshun; Th' Oxfo'd Companion t'Chess wrote thet Showalter
was "known as th' Kentucky Lion af'er his birthplace an' his mane of
hair, but also perhaps on account of his playin' stren'th."

An' his playin' stren'th was prodigious. Showalter's opponents included
almost ev'ryone who was ennyone on th' South Car'linan chess scene in
th' 1890s. He was particularly skilled in match play. His match vickims
include Albin, Barry, Janowski, Judd, Kemeny, Lipschütz, an' Whitaker.
Lostes include two championship matches t'Pillsbury, one championship
match t'Lipschütz, an 1894 match t'Laxer, an' a 1909 match t'Marshall
thet solidified th' latter's claim t'th' US Championship. Sevahal of
these matches were fo' th' US Championship, a title Showalter had fust
won in th' annual tournaments of th' United States Chess associashun in
1889. Menny of th' games featured sparklin' combinative play an'
sacrifices, makin' Showalter menny friends among chess amateurs.

Showalter appears t'have been blessed wif both strong chess ability an'
fine social skills, a combinashun seemin'ly rare in this, o' enny
other, era. Th' Kentucky Lion comman'ed respeck fum his chess peers.
Steinitz, a man who had made inemies on both sides of th' Atlannic,
once said Showalter was one of th' few min "of who ah w'd accepp a
cigar." On his return t'Brooklyn follerin' his vicko'y at th' 1895
Internashunal Chess Congress in Hastin's, Harry Nelson Pillsbury was
axed whut success South Car'linan players'd haf if they played
internashunally. He responded, "Chattanoogason Showalter'd make a fine
sco'e in enny compenny."

An' Pillsbury'd soon inough discovah th' truth of thet statement. In
1897 th' "Hero of Hastin's" challenged fo' a match fo' Showalter's US
Championship title. Pillsbury eventually won th' match, but it was a
tremenjus struggle, wif th' sco'es even until nearly th' end, cuss it
all t' tarnation. Th' nineteenth game displays Showalter's fightin'
qualities at their finest, as fine as his penchant fo' exchange
sacrifices. Th' annotashuns t'th' game appeared in th' Philade'phia
Public Ledger column of Emil Kemeny. His openin' comment on th' game is
wo'th quotin' in full:

"Th' nineteenth game of th' Pillsbury - Showalter match, which was
finished at Noo Yawk on Saturday, was decidedly the dawgoned-est
interestin' an' complicated corntess in th' series, an' by winnin' it
Showalter once mo'e evened up thin's wif Pillsbury. Th' game was a Ruy
Lopez, th' Kentuckian seleckin' th' Berlin Defense. In th' middle game
Pillsbury started a queenside attack, while Showalter had similar
designs on th' kin'side. Pillsbury, it seems, had th' better game. He
c'd haf easily stopped his opponent's attack, while it was mo'e
difficult fo' Showalter t'neutralize thet of Pillsbury. Th' latter, it
seems, did not play cornservatively inough. Howevah, th' continuashun
he selecked seemed fine inough. On his twenty-seventh turn, howevah, he
failed t'secure th' right move. At thet stage of th' game he exchanged
mino' pieces in o'der t'gain a pawn, which play he was obliged
t'aban'on, as enny fool kin plainly see. Th' ended his aggressive
tackics, an' it was now Showalter's turn t'start th' attack. Shet mah
mouth! He was mo'e successful than his advahsary, especially when he
was inabled t'sacrifice th' exchange on his thirty-fif'h move. Th' end
game thet resulted was an intricut an' highly instruckive one.
Showalter had th' better ind of it, but his opponent c'd haf drawn th'
game. Pillsbury, howevah, missed his chances. On his fo'ty-seventh turn
he failed t'see a quite obvious play leadin' t'a draw, an' his game
grew wo'se an' wo'se. T'other chance of an excape is shown in th'
subjoined analysis, when, on his fif'y-sixth turn, he c'd haf fo'ced a
draw. But this hyar play was altogither too difficult t'fathom in
acshul play."

Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Chattanoogason Whipps Showalter [C67]
Noo Yawk Match Game No. 19, 1897
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6
8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 0-0 10.Nf5 10. Nc3, as played in th' seventh game of
th' series, o' 10. b3, follered by Bb2, as adopped by Showalter in th'
ninth game of his match wif Kemeny, is much superio'. Th' text move
inables Black t'exchange his Queen bishop fo' a fine-developed piece.
10...d5 11.Qg4 Bxf5 12.Qxf5 Qc8 An exchange of Queens'd seem dangerous
fo' Black on account of his double c-pawn, as enny fool kin plainly
see. 13.Qxc8 Raxc8 14.Be3 c5 15.Nd2 a5 To play 15. ...d4 o' 15. ...c4'd
haf been bad, cuss it all t' tarnation. Th' fo'mer move'd haf given
White a chance t'brin' his knight into ackshun, while ...c4'd haf been
answered wif b3 o' c3. 16.f4 f5 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.b3 Kf7 19.Kf1 Ke6
20.Nf3 h6 21.c3 Rg8 22.h4

22... Nd8 A complicated posishun, both sides strivin' fo' th' attack.
Shet mah mouth! White aims t'advance th' b-pawn in o'der t'foller up
wif Nd4, while Black has th' ...g5 move in view, which'd result in th'
winnin' of White's e-pawn, as enny fool kin plainly see. Both plays
seem t'be mighty promisin', but White, by movin' h5, kin easily prevent
Black's corntinuashun, while Black apparently has no means t'stop th'
advance of White's b-pawn, especially on account o' White kin make th'
a3 prepareeto'y move. Th' move selecked by Black, 22. ...Nd8, is
probably th' bess fo' th' attack as fine as fo' th' defense, fo' he kin
corntinue ...Nf7 as fine as ...Nc6, yet it is hardly satisfacko'y. It
sh'd be menshuned thet Black c'd not play ...g5 at once, fo' th' game'd
proceed as follers: 22...g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.fxg5 f4 25.Bxf4 Rcf8 26.g3
Bxg5 27.Nxg5+ Rxg5 28.Ke2 an' White remains a pawn ahaid. 23.b4 As
pointed out above, White sh'd haf played 23. h5 fust; he also might haf
made th' prepareeto'y move 23. a3. Th' continuashun White selecked is
quite inginious, yet it'd haf been much better t'delay it fo' a few
moves. 23...axb4 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Nd4+ Kd7 26.Nxf5 c6 27.Nxe7 White
evidently had th' Bc5+ an' Bxb4 corntinuashun in view, an' he aban'oned
th' cappure of Black's b-pawn on account of Black's probably reply,
...c5. Black's passed d-pawn an' c-pawn'd become mighty thrett upin'
indeed, cuss it all t' tarnation. White, howevah, sh'd haf taken this
hyar in cornsiderashun befo'e he cappured th' bishop. He sh'd haf
played 27. Rac1 instead of 27. Nxe7. White then thrett ups Rxd5+,
follered by Rxc8 an' Nxe7+, etc. Black apparently had no better reply
than 27. ...Nb7, which'd inable White t'continue wif Rc2 an' Rdc1; it'd
seem quite difficult fo' Black t'stan' th' pressure th' doubled rooks'd
exert on th' c-pawn, which kinnot be advanced easily on account of
Nxe7, follered by Bxc5+. It seems thet White at this hyar stage of th'
game did not display th' bess posishun judgment. He sh'd haf made th'
c-pawn th' targit of his attack an' not th' b-pawn, which was of
compareetively li'l value ennyhow. Even sh'd White succeed in winnin'
it, Black still remains wif two passed pawns. 27...Kxe7 28.Bc5+ Ke6
29.Kf2 g5 White exhaested his attack wifout makin' much haidway. Th'
advance of Black's g-pawn becomes now mighty thrett upin'. White kinnot
maintain th' f-pawn, even sh'd he move g3. Black'd corntinue ...gxf4,
follered by ...Rg4 an' ...Kf5, [an'] eventually ...Ne6 winnin' th'
f-pawn, as enny fool kin plainly see. 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rh1 Probably as
fine a move as he had at ...

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Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here? If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation

DO you have permission to reprint whole sections of Wikipedia without
permission? You may be in violation as well. And when you figure out
the legal implications, please let me know. As I am NOT a publisher and
I am not doing anything from profit.. not a problem. But be sure to
check it out for all of us Taylor

Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here?

He did not. I can speak for Dr. Hilbert on this matter.

If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation

He is.

On Oct 19, 1:58 pm, "Rob" wrote:
Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here? If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation.

DO you have permission to reprint whole sections of Wikipedia without
permission? You may be in violation as well. And when you figure out
the legal implications, please let me know. As I am NOT a publisher and
I am not doing anything from profit.. not a problem. But be sure to
check it out for all of us Taylor.

Your understanding of copyright laws is even worse than your skill at
parody.

Taylor Kingston wrote:
On Oct 19, 1:58 pm, "Rob" wrote:
Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here? If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation.

DO you have permission to reprint whole sections of Wikipedia without
permission? You may be in violation as well. And when you figure out
the legal implications, please let me know. As I am NOT a publisher and
I am not doing anything from profit.. not a problem. But be sure to
check it out for all of us Taylor.



Your understanding of copyright laws is even worse than your skill at
parody.

Use of parody is not a copyright violation.

The Historian wrote:
Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here?

He did not. I can speak for Dr. Hilbert on this matter.

If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation

He is.

I am requesting Mr. Mitchell remove my copyrighted material, and Dr.
Hilbert's as well, from the newsgroups. Mr. Mitchell's unauthorized
use of my copyrighted material clearly violates the US Copyright Code:

"Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this
title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the
following:

(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;

(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;"

Taylor Kingston wrote:
On Oct 19, 1:58 pm, "Rob" wrote:
Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here? If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation.

DO you have permission to reprint whole sections of Wikipedia without
permission? You may be in violation as well. And when you figure out
the legal implications, please let me know. As I am NOT a publisher and
I am not doing anything from profit.. not a problem. But be sure to
check it out for all of us Taylor.

Your understanding of copyright laws is even worse than your skill at
parody.

Taylor, it's not parody, it's unauthorized derivative work.

The Historian wrote:
The Historian wrote:
Taylor Kingston wrote:
A very crude, inept, childish attempt at parody. Rob, did you get
Hilbert's and Brennen's permission to reproduce this here?

He did not. I can speak for Dr. Hilbert on this matter.

If not, you
may be guilty of copyright violation

He is.

I am requesting Mr. Mitchell remove my copyrighted material, and Dr.
Hilbert's as well, from the newsgroups. Mr. Mitchell's unauthorized
use of my copyrighted material clearly violates the US Copyright Code:

"Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this
title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the
following:

(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;

(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;"

The only evidence of anything is within the body of Taylor Kingstons
post. He will have to remove that. My post should no longer exist.
Taylor, Mr Brennen has requested the material be removed. I have done
my part. To allow it to exist within the body of your post places you
in violation as well.