FISCHER & KASPAROV ON THE USCF (some 20-odd years ago)
=93As far as the U.S. Chess Federation goes, I have nothing to do with
them, I consider them to be a pro-Soviet, criminal organization,
terrible people. I would like...I would appreciate it if all my fans
canceled their subscriptions to their horrible magazine Chess Life. I
call it Chess Lies -- and withdrew from member****p of this
organization.=94 -- Bobby Fischer
=93The small minded leaders of the Unites States Chess Federation try to
keep it an amateur game and must be purged like entrenched Communist
Bureaucrats.=94 -- Garry Kasparov
P.S. <Of course, when CL made it mandatory for every article to have a
red-baiting angle, Evans complied with his wild, fact-free
allegations> --
David Kane cannot prove his ludicrous charge because there was never
any
such policy -- either verbal or written. In fact, the powers-that-be
largely tried to squelch exposure of
either FIDE's dirty deeds or Soviet cheating.
And so it goes.
parrthenon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> ATTACK IS THE BEST DEFENSE
>
> <Of course, when CL made it mandatory for every article to have a
> red- baiting angle, Evans complied with his wild, fact-free
> allegations> --
> David Kane
>
> The opposite of rabid anti-Soviet bias evidently is pro-Soviet bias,
> largely exhibited here by both Jurgen and David Kane who lied
> outright because no such directive was ever issued by me or
> any other editor of Chess Life to any writer in this magazine..
> In fact, the opposite was true. GM Evans was asked to tone down
> his criticism of FIDE on several occasions..
>
> I<If David Kane has any proof of his ludicrous charge, let him
> present it here.>
>
> Unable to offer a scintilla of proof -- as expected -- the Kanestar
> typically launches new smears and the old Ad Hom Attack.
>
>
>
> David Kane wrote:
> > <parrthenon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >
news:ede19792-8086-4380-9cf4-5d7691a873f9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > PUT UP OR SHUT UP, MR. KANE!
> > >
> > > <Of course, when CL made it mandatory for every article to have a
> > > red-
> > > baiting angle, Evans complied with his wild, fact-free allegations>
--=
> > > David
> > > Kane
> > >
> > > The opposite of rabid anti-Soviet bias evidently is pro-Soviet bias,
> > > largely exhibited here by bothf Jurgen and David Kane who lied
> > > outright because no such directive was ever issued by me or
> > > any other editor of Chess Life to any writer in this magazine..
> > > In fact, the opposite was true. GM Evans was asked to tone down
> > > his criticism of FIDE on several occasions..
> > >
> > > If David Kane has any proof of his ludicrous charge, let him present
> > > it here.
> >
> > Parr continues to astound with his ridiculous arguments. First,
> > he raised the technicality that GM Evans' was an independent
> > contractor rather than a salaried employee as proof of something.
> > His new line is that only a written directive can establish policy.
> > The man is surely confused. If you are going to shoot down
> > strawmen, at least build up something worth shooting at.
> >
> > During the period that Chess Life was filled cover to cover
> > with sophomoric polemic, do you think that GM Evans
> > was too stupid to notice? Of course not. And it was at
> > this time that his own writing moved away from its somewhat
> > more responsible approach earlier in his life.
> >
> > There are more inconsistencies in Evans' output than
> > any one man can do***ent. Many of them have been
> > posted here repeatedly (such as his approach to
> > Fischer, at first reasonable, later blaming the Soviets
> > for Fischer's own behavior) and I'll not bother
> > repeating it.
> >
> > A particular favorite of mine is approach to playing
> > in Cuba. He ****trays himself as a fearless maverick -
> > defying the embargo as a matter of principle. But
> > isn't that just aiding the same evil communists responsible
> > for all of the worlds ills in his other posts? Not only
> > that, but he brings out this particular little story as a
> > reason for why it was wrong to get upset at
> > Fischer for defying the worldwide embargo
> > on Serbia - a country, let us not forget, that
> > was actively engaged in genocidal repression.
> >
> > Consistency is not highly valued in Parr's crowd.
> >
> > For the record, I do not hold Karpov responsible
> > for the USSR's wrongdoing any more than I
> > hold Keres' responsible for the Nazis' for playing
> > in Nazi-organized tournaments. How they
> > behaved politically is frankly of little interest to
> > me. How they behaved as chessplaying s****tsmen
> > has a lot more to do with my view of them.
> > And Karpov does deserve condemnation on
> > that count - there was abominable s****tsman****p
> > on both sides and Karpov certainly does deserve
> > some of the blame for the behavior of his side.
> >
> > But the truth is that for both Karpov and
> > Korchnoi it was always about the chess -
> > the political controversy was a manufactured
> > sideshow. And they did give the chess world a
> > memorable match.
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