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Date Posted: Fri, March 12 2004, 19:23:49
Author: Peter van der Hoog
Subject: Re: Still controversial
In reply to: Katerina 's message, "Still controversial" on Sun, March 07 2004, 10:40:19

>It is not so. Have u heard of "closed" cities where foreigners were not allowed to go? There were a lot of such cities where secret plants and laboratories were located. Also foreigners lived in big cities, like Moscow and St-Petersburg and did not have any idea of how provincial ppl live. There were many things they did not know.

Yes, I heard about "closed" cities already a long time ago. The iron curtain was not that tight and there were people who managed to escape to the west. But maybe I'm losing track of this discussion.

>That is all understandable, but why should Soviet grandmasters help Fischer?
It was Spasski�s fear. Fear is often not rational.

>And if they decided to help him they could do it in Iceland too.
That�s not true. Not many Soviet grandmasters were allowed to go to Iceland.

>No, I don't agree with the authors.
They bring it as a fact, not as an opinion. You can of course doubt the truthfulness of that fact.

>Look: if the campaign towards Fischer took place, it was not Pavlov who started it.

Why not? According to the book Pavlov ordered an attack on Fischer and he was in the position to do so. The authors spoke with many people who played a role in the Fischer-Spassky match, especially with people from Spasski�s site. The book is detailed and makes a thorough impression on me. Then why would you doubt such a statement?

>It could be somebody from ideological section of the Communist party.
Yes, it could be but that�s pure speculation. At this point I see no reason not to trust the book

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Re: Still controversial -- Katerina, Sat, March 13 2004, 0:34:03
- "It depends on the person who informed the authors". -- Todd, Mon, March 29 2004, 20:26:46
  - So, the circle is closed. Those ppl can't be trust for one bit. -- Katerina, Tue, March 30 2004, 2:33:10