Comments on: Robert Burnt, New Yonkers Times–Game Of The Week: How do you get to the Bolshoi Theater? Practice! http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/ Net home of the Isolanis Chess Club Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Butcher http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-5004 The Butcher Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:45:28 +0000 http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/#comment-5004 Some interesting web pages: See <a href="http://isolanis.com/2007/06/lombardy-missed-point-of-missing-keres-games/" rel="nofollow">Lombardy Missed Point of Missing Keres Games</a> In 2002, A.J. Goldsby received copies of what he believes are likely genuine KGB papers of an agreement between the Soviet government and Paul Keres. "This paperwork seems to be an agreement for Keres to lose to Botvinnik in 1948. In return for his cooperation, Keres would have several of his relatives released from prison or work camps." http://www.geocities.com/LifeMasterAJ/bestplay.html A long article on the "Keres-Botvinnik Case" by Taylor Kingston, 1998. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kb1.txt and http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kb2.txt Yuri Averbakh: An Interview with History Part 1 by Taylor Kingston, 2002. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles181.pdf Some interesting web pages:

See Lombardy Missed Point of Missing Keres Games

In 2002, A.J. Goldsby received copies of what he believes are likely genuine KGB papers of an agreement between the Soviet government and Paul Keres. “This paperwork seems to be an agreement for Keres to lose to Botvinnik in 1948. In return for his cooperation, Keres would have several of his relatives released from prison or work camps.” http://www.geocities.com/LifeMasterAJ/bestplay.html

A long article on the “Keres-Botvinnik Case” by Taylor Kingston, 1998. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kb1.txt and http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kb2.txt

Yuri Averbakh: An Interview with History Part 1 by Taylor Kingston, 2002.
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles181.pdf

]]> By: The Butcher http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-4999 The Butcher Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:24:10 +0000 http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/#comment-4999 Master Schroeder wrote me in March, and I give most of the substance of his comments here: He says that Fischer's accusation of "the fix" was at the Candidates Tournament of 1962, and is known to be correct. He says that Keres was forced to lose four games to Botvinnik in the 1948 World Championship tournament - which was well-known to European masters and was proven in the book "Russians versus Fischer" - and was forbidden to ever win a Candidates Tournament. He says there has been much publicity about this in recent years. Master Schroeder wrote me in March, and I give most of the substance of his comments here:

He says that Fischer’s accusation of “the fix” was at the Candidates Tournament of 1962, and is known to be correct.

He says that Keres was forced to lose four games to Botvinnik in the 1948 World Championship tournament – which was well-known to European masters and was proven in the book “Russians versus Fischer” – and was forbidden to ever win a Candidates Tournament. He says there has been much publicity about this in recent years.

]]> By: Robert Burnt http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Robert Burnt Mon, 05 Mar 2007 20:07:11 +0000 http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/#comment-117 I do wish Master Schroeder would tell us how he knows all this. Certainly, Fisher's accusations of "the fix" at the Interzonals in 1967 have at least circumstantial merit. And the first Karpov/Kasparov match of 1984, abruptly cancelled just when it seemed Kasparov's tactic of wearing his opponent down with endless draws was about to pay off, reeks of political interference. But a fine line has to be drawn: unless an insider comes forward to tell the world first-hand exactly what happened, allegations of cheating remain just that: allegations. The whole business can readily degenerate into the kind of Danilov babble that so marred the last world championship. There are facts and there is the interpretation of facts, that is, postulating a cause and effect relationship between the facts. Unless scientifically demonstratable, interpretation remains a fiction of the human mind. I do wish Master Schroeder would tell us how he knows all this. Certainly, Fisher’s accusations of “the fix” at the Interzonals in 1967 have at least
circumstantial merit. And the first Karpov/Kasparov match of 1984, abruptly cancelled just when it seemed Kasparov’s tactic of wearing his opponent down with endless draws was about to pay off, reeks of political interference. But a fine line has to be drawn: unless an insider comes forward to tell the world first-hand exactly what happened, allegations of cheating remain just that: allegations. The whole business can readily degenerate into the kind of Danilov babble that so marred the last world championship. There are facts and there is the interpretation of facts, that is, postulating a cause and effect relationship between the facts. Unless scientifically demonstratable, interpretation remains a fiction of the human mind.

]]> By: Schroeder http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Schroeder Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:10:21 +0000 http://isolanis.com/2006/12/robert-burnt-new-yonkers-times-game-of-the-week-how-do-you-get-to-the-bolshoi-theater-practice/#comment-113 Keres - Smyslov, Zurich 1953 is a farce. Keres was forced to lose both games to Smyslov in that tournament so that Smyslov could win the tournament. Keres – Smyslov, Zurich 1953 is a farce. Keres was forced to lose both games to Smyslov in that tournament so that Smyslov could win the tournament.

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