Re: Opening: be aggressive or no?

On Sep 9, 9:10 am, "Chess One" <OneCh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Miles, Keene & Tisdall were the first English GMs


If true, this doesn't say much for "that hated
country", as it was called in the movie
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. As I recall,
in WWII the British army was quite easily
cornered at Dunkirk, being no match for
German strategists. No surprise then that
they were also easily bested by a band of
disorganized colonists in America.


and spawned another 20
natives when the US with 5 times England's population, produced 10.


America seems to have attracted considerable
outside talent-- unlike um, what did you say your
puny country was called again-- I forget?


I should
like to add this to the list of their crimes, to which they are justifiably
haughty. Indeed, maybe this 'cheap' sort of chess writing has something to
it after all?


I think you would have to back up a generation
or so; who was "churning out" potboilers back
when those fellows who failed to become
strong chess players were growing up? My
guess is writers like Fred Reinfeld. Certainly,
the paucity of American grandmasters could
not have been affected by what hacks like Ray
Keene and Andy Soltis did after-the-fact; no,
their aftermath is probably being felt only now,
at a time when the Russians are challenged
by a man from India.

You know, I was browsing the famous Web
site TheGreatPedant.com and reading Mr.
Winter's take on the variety of books churned
out after the 1992 rematch between former
FIDE world champs Bobby Fischer and Boris
Spassky. Quite a few efforts appeared, and
it is not surprising that among them was one
by the incomparable Ray Keene. As one
might expect, the great pedant made short
work of RK's work, as well as that of a few
others whose efforts were insufficient to
amount to much.

Say, wasn't there once -- just once mind
you -- a fellow from your neck of the woods
who bragged his way to chessic fame?
You know who I mean-- Howard Dean... or
was it Howard End... no, um, Stanton, or
Stanley or Stanford? No, it definitely had a
Howard in it somewhere. Oh well, that
was centuries ago anyhow... .


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