I noticed RdC's reference to the Streatham & Brixton blog:
Roger de Coverly wrote:
Given the latest rant/exposure on the Streatham blog, I did wonder who was the publisher. Keverel rather than Hardinge-Simpole, but the London Chess Centre have it in stock and advertise it.
Out of curiosity I looked at that blog, in which the latest post was Justin Horton's "A likely customer" from 17th September. I'm not a fan of Horton's obsession with The Penguin*, but, credit where credit is due, I was actually amused by his uncovering of Ray Keene's latest self-boosting. This time by writing his own reviews on Amazon, and getting a select few of his chums to do the same. Can anyone shed light on who this so-called Hugh Davies "Teenage Chess Prodigy" actually is? Pretty sad career step, that, writing 5 star reviews for Keene!
One thing I would say, though, is that Richard Eales's Chess The History of a Game is actually a seriously good book and I would recommend it whatever boosting Harding-Simpole may have undertaken of its publications.
*I note John Cox's obvious wrath, too, vid. "tea-bagging". I agree with JC, what was written on the Streatham blog concerning the recent junior chess tournament on the Austrian/Slovenian border was seriously out-of-order. I also agree with him that the Streatham blog writers went far too with their insinuations about Andrew Farthing and other board members, in their pursuit of de Mooi and Short. And I also agree with him that continually writing in that manner can only present English chess in a bad light. Nevertheless, in this particular case, I commend Horton, it's worth a good chuckle.
Statistics: Posted by Paul McKeown — Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:39 am