Brian Towers wrote:
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! David! Where to start?
OK, first off, would you like to borrow my glasses? In the part you quote of my words the word "chess" does not appear. The word "bridge" does. It is all about bridge, not chess.
Like Michael Farthing a few posts later on, I had a senior moment. I have corrected my post.
Brian Towers wrote: ....
Third, I suspect you may have some slight knowledge of bridge but either your knowledge of its history is scanty or you just couldn't pause for the two seconds necessary to put your brain into gear and consider the irony in my allusions to incidents of cheating.
After nine hard days at the World Senior Team Chess Championships, it's taking rather longer than two seconds for my brain to engage gear.
Brian Towers wrote:hold your cards with different numbers of fingers extended to show your heart holding.
Brian Towers wrote:I wonder if this could possibly be an allusion to the events of the 1965 Bermuda Bowl where Terence Reese and Boris Shapiro were accused of doing exactly that?
Brian Towers wrote:Here's the ironical part, Dave. They were all men! Not a woman in sight. And all this alleged cheating is happening at the highest levels of bridge.
For the record, I did understand the historical references. I once had the opportunity to discuss them with Alan Truscott, albeit only briefly.
One of the accusers was female.