tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post2741272456269300295..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Post paste (with Grandmaster Keene)Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-47039679778150584232008-10-11T15:32:00.000+01:002008-10-11T15:32:00.000+01:00I first read about Sam Sloan's absurd delusion tha...I first read about Sam Sloan's absurd delusion that I might secretly be Edward Winter when he posted it on Wikipedia a few years ago. It never occured to me that Raymond Keene might give it any credence. If, as it appears, Keene did in fact post the parade of nonsense in which Sloan, the chess world's village idiot, made this claim, I can only conclude that Keene must have been feeling especially desperate. <BR/><BR/>To address what few specifics Sloan presents in support of his hypothesis:<BR/><BR/>Sloan: "Attention has focused on Taylor Kingston, a chess journalist in Vermont."<BR/><BR/>The only person giving this notion any attention is Sloan himself. <BR/><BR/>Sloan: "Kingston is about the same age that Winter appears to be."<BR/><BR/>Since Sloan knows neither my age nor Winter's, one wonders how he reached this conclusion. <BR/><BR/>Sloan: "Kingston is from the same part of England that Winter is believed to be from."<BR/><BR/>I am amazed to learn that my birthplace — San Diego, California, USA — is actually part of England. I am "from England" only in the sense that some of my ancestors came from there hundreds of years ago. <BR/><BR/>Sloan: "this puts Winter as having been born in 1956. If true ... this puts Winter at almost exactly the same age as Taylor Kingston (whose name may also be a pseudonym)."<BR/><BR/>Interesting then that my birth certificate should have this very pseudonym, and that it is dated 1949 rather than 1956.<BR/><BR/>It is just amazing to me that Keene has given this preposterous notion of Sloan's any credence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26872433424401334602008-10-01T09:54:00.000+01:002008-10-01T09:54:00.000+01:00A qualified librarian writes: you'll be lucky.A qualified librarian writes: you'll be lucky.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-84399614540312484882008-09-30T20:43:00.000+01:002008-09-30T20:43:00.000+01:00Given my history, I feel I should avoid posting co...Given my history, I feel I should avoid posting comments on articles like this. Oops - too late! :)<BR/><BR/>I know, I'll play safe with a nice complement...I'd just like to say that Ray Keene and David Levy's book 'How To Play The Opening In Chess' was one of the first books I ever read about chess from my local library and I had it out on loan so long that I was half hoping they would just let me keep it! :)Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517158230340317999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-15412476707699086512008-09-30T17:47:00.000+01:002008-09-30T17:47:00.000+01:00That's it! They must have travelled backwards thro...That's it! They must have travelled backwards through time and Grandmaster Keene must have read them two years ago!ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-56018683877692778052008-09-30T15:59:00.000+01:002008-09-30T15:59:00.000+01:00"Such pivotal attainments" now has five links on G..."Such pivotal attainments" now has five links on Google. The top two are now links to this blog entry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-49232174680431094052008-09-30T15:43:00.000+01:002008-09-30T15:43:00.000+01:00Well, as I've pointed out elsewhere, at least Raym...Well, as I've pointed out elsewhere, at least Raymondo hasn't threatened to sue us.Jonathan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293162543015231439noreply@blogger.com