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- Mon Jun 14, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
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Re: Nice 74
I see I have been promoted further to Mr Cooksey, which is very gratifying. My point is that it would be more helpful for Olimpiu to ask Mr Winter why he chose not to sue than for me to speculate. Paul Cooksey will find Mr Winter's e-mail address at the top of https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/in...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:49 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
On 27 March 2015 I contributed this post : Re: Keene's claim to have won "22 national championship titles." Post by O.G. Urcan » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:41 am I suggest that three basic questions are worth consideration: 1) Is plagiarism wrong? 2) Does proof exist that Raymond Keene has plagiarized a sub...
- Mon Jun 14, 2021 5:58 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
After Paul Cooksey raised the subject of alleged cases of compensation for Raymond Keene's plagiarism, I wrote here yesterday: "One injured party who was certainly never compensated is Edward Winter. A substantial text of his was plagiarized three times by Raymond Keene: in The Spectator , on a webp...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
Two lists by Justin Horton of his exposés regarding plagiarism by Raymond Keene:
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... index.html
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... index.html
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... index.html
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.c ... index.html
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:14 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
Beyond the well-known Donaldson affair, could Paul Cooksey kindly name one or two cases in which the injured party was compensated for Raymond Keene's plagiarism? Many thanks in advance. O.G. Urcan I think the most extensive plagiarism was that of the My Great Predecessors series, which Justin expo...
- Sun Jun 13, 2021 11:21 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
...I was arguing earlier that GM Keene has been held accountable for his plagiarism. As far as I know in all the cases the injured party was compensated. Beyond the well-known Donaldson affair, could Paul Cooksey kindly name one or two cases in which the injured party was compensated for Raymond Ke...
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 5:28 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
I'd rather just dismiss him as a hack. The very example that I have just given (C.N. 8298) shows that Raymond Keene cannot just be dismissed as a hack. I'd read it. But isn't his behaviour exactly what you would expect from a hack? Publishing a column that meets his employers requirements, but with...
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:44 pm
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
My interest is in serious scrutiny of Keene's writing and conduct. We all need a hobby! But is Keene's writing really worthy of serious scrutiny? I ask because I am reluctant to treat him as a major figure and criticise him. He seems to gain much more from being treated as a major figure than he lo...
- Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
My interest is in serious scrutiny of Keene's writing and conduct. Another example is his dishonest attribution of research in the Oxford Companion to his friend Barry Martin. See C.N. 8298.
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:09 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
1) In this thread, I noted that the coverage of Staunton and Morphy in the Oxford Companion to Chess is particularly controversial and that extensive discussions and corrections regarding that coverage are in Chess Notes. 2) In C.N. 11126, Edward Winter noted that Keene could have avoided four eleme...
- Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Under Statement?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5418
Re: Under Statement?
Johnston, not Johnson.John Upham wrote: ↑Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:50 pmZeticula Ltd. would appear to be a one person (Stuart Johnson) operation located at
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- Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:43 am
- Forum: Chess History
- Topic: Nice 74
- Replies: 344
- Views: 25599
Re: Nice 74
Anyone can produce a superficial article on Staunton and Morphy by lifting chunks from The Oxford Companion to Chess, but the book's coverage of both masters has proven particularly controversial. See the extensive discussions and corrections in several Chess Notes feature articles.
O.G. Urcan
O.G. Urcan
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Under Statement?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5418
Re: Under Statement?
This is the publication information in Fifty Shades of Ray:
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:22 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Under Statement?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5418
Re: Under Statement?
I am indebted to leading chess historian Richard Eales Is he married to your sister, Ray, you don't mention it here In 2014 I wrote this brief note: https://sgchess.net/2014/10/09/1276-more-cronyism. On page 62 of Fifty Shades of Ray , Raymond Keene refers categorically to "the world's leading ch...
- Mon Jun 07, 2021 6:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Chess Royalty
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9196
Re: Chess Royalty
On page 288 of Fifty Shades of Ray, Raymond Keene gives this description of himself.
"Created Count of Torres Vedras by The Protector of the Portuguese Royal House of Saxe Coburgo Braganza."
O.G. Urcan.
"Created Count of Torres Vedras by The Protector of the Portuguese Royal House of Saxe Coburgo Braganza."
O.G. Urcan.