tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post8853813941511252783..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Plus ça changeTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-3253251548938233502013-10-18T12:40:56.173+01:002013-10-18T12:40:56.173+01:00And doesn't your Acton link rather make my poi...<i>And doesn't your Acton link rather make my point that it's been common knowledge for years that Ray simply copies every word he writes in the Times? </i><br /><br />I think it's been known for a long time that he's been known to engage in the habit. As I've said before, it's the sheer scope that I think has previously escaped attention.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-26101230348120422612013-10-18T12:11:37.693+01:002013-10-18T12:11:37.693+01:00Good Lord. That climate change link is surreal. Is...Good Lord. That climate change link is surreal. Is RDK really reduced to making friends with anonymous loons talking about politics in the comments section of chessgames.com?!<br /><br />What's the back story of all these Hardinge & Simpole -v- Winter games, then?<br /><br />And doesn't your Acton link rather make my point that it's been common knowledge for years that Ray simply copies every word he writes in the Times? Not that chronicling it as you are isn't valuable.John Coxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-66490033346392673532013-10-18T11:49:06.302+01:002013-10-18T11:49:06.302+01:00Issues 643, 644 and 645 of Private Eye were in Aug...Issues 643, 644 and 645 of Private Eye were in August 1986. The Korchnoi book perhaps, unless it's a reference to the 1984 termination. It's too early for the seconds affair to have become public, or for that matter the overspend on the London KvK match of that year. The PCA and BrainGames were far into the future.<br /><br />RdCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-34008090855568695972013-10-18T08:28:58.042+01:002013-10-18T08:28:58.042+01:00By the way, does anybody recall the subject of the...By the way, does anybody recall the subject of the "wheelings and dealings" referred to in 1245 <a href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/cuttings.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.com