Hi Geoff,
I once said the same thing to another arbiter about him. The reply I got was "Not while I'm alive."
Unfortunately the person concerned no longer is alive, so you may be correct.
Hi Geoff,
Is heGeoff Chandler wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 11:50 amWhy do it, he is skilled enough to re-write and update his previous stuff.
Maybe though over the years he's got used to all kinds of toadies saying it doesn't matterGeoff Chandler wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 11:50 amHe must know any lazy slip like this is bound to be caught
Hi Justin,
In a footnote on page 266 of his 1999 book Kings, Commoners and Knaves, Edward Winter wrote:"Nor did Steinitz write a book entitled Modern Chess Theory. It was, of course, The Modern Chess Instructor.
After seeing that one, I stopped reading.
I have no idea whether in these passages Ray was recycling errors in previous writings (of his own or others) ..."
Ha ha this is extremely RayTim Harding wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 2:59 pmI am not in the habit of reading Ray's Articles but a couple of weeks ago he emailed me out of the blue. He indicated he had given an (unsolicited) plug for my Steinitz in London book and invited me to give him plenty of stars on the site.
It reads that way. Not that I didn’t enjoy the book but I got the strong feeling while reading it that it was a collection of stuff waiting for a home rather than a book written from scratch. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to find bits had previously published elsewhereJustinHorton wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 9:46 amThat reminds me, I've never got round to researching Becoming A Grandmaster, which I've had suggested to me is an early example of recycling.
Iirc there’s a comment in the back cover blurb that BaG was the first book by an English GM. It felt to me - Reading it some 35-40 years after the fact - that there had been a bit of a rush to get it out ASAP after the Olympiad to capitalise on this.
Part of the prize for being the first GM had been a Batsford book contract. Tony Miles would have been awarded that, but perhaps there was a race to be first to print.Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 11:26 pmIirc there’s a comment in the back cover blurb that BaG was the first book by an English GM.
I didn’t know that. Maybe Miles just wasn’t interested so RDK got it insteadRoger de Coverly wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 12:05 amPart of the prize for being the first GM had been a Batsford book contract. Tony Miles would have been awarded that, but perhaps there was a race to be first to priint.Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 11:26 pmIirc there’s a comment in the back cover blurb that BaG was the first book by an English GM.
I seem to recall there was a book written in conjunction with German player and author Rudolf Teschner. It was a puzzle book with a title of or similar to "It's your move".Jonathan Bryant wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 6:28 amMaybe Miles just wasn’t interested so RDK got it instead