But you said yourself, you only did the annotations. That's not what I have in mind. Maybe a collaborative effort with Townsend.

<it's not a commercial proposition.>

One writes a book like this for posterity, or one doesn't write at all.

<In any case it's on my list along with something on von der Lasa.>

Ray, time is short, #1 on your list must be your autobiographical games collection.

<I have the first Townsend book.>

Willing to sell? Name your price. I could send you photos of the Staunton chapter in the later work.

In short, Townsend makes a compelling case that during the 1830s, Staunton fathered two illegitimate children, and following the mother's death, supported them and probably kept in close contact. I don't call this tying up loose ends.

<Yes, Tony Buzan did play chess and represented the RAC in club chess.>

I'd like to read this book you wrote:

<Fischer-Spassky II : the return of a legend >

but, it's for in-house use only. So many books, so little storage space...

under "Keene" I also get books written by Speelman and Krogius, for some reason.

Oddly enough, when I enter the name <Raymond Keene> in a library search here I also get DVDs for season 1-3 of a TV series called "Major Crimes." Hmm…..If I misspell your name and type in <Raymond Keane> I get an Irish bar/restaurant in Woodlawn, an Irish neighborhood in the Bronx, NY. I'm sure they have good food.

Good to hear.

< ... along with something on von der Lasa.>

1) I am happy to present the Townsend book as a gift but need an address and I can't do it until I get back home after Easter.

2) ditto if I can locate a spare copy of my book on Fischer v Spassky 2

3) I don't recall writing with Speelman and Krogius etc....

I thought <Five Crowns>, written by Seirawan was good, because the notes weren't too heavy. Been years since I read it, but I think it's about the fifth and final KK match.

In his book <No Regrets>, about the '92 Fischer/Spassky rematch he mentions that when he saw Fischer on a beach (off day) in Croatia during the match BF praised him heavily about a previous book written on a KK match.

GM Keene also has a book out about Fischer/Spassky II, but like many chess books it's for in house use only.

Hi Miss Scarlett,

Jim could be a good one to approach as well, User: Plaskett he played in it.

When was this played? It couldn't have been on the occasion of Tal's 24-board display at John Lewis’s in Oxford Street on January 9th, could it?

Anyway, I think I've worked it out.

Tal's last game in Hastings was on the 8th of January: L Lengyel vs Tal, 1964

On the 9th, he's at <John Lewis> playing the Middlesex county team.

On the 11th, he's playing in Birmingham: Tal vs P N Wallis, 1964 and on the 12th he was flying onto Reykjavik (1964).

What I'd missed in one of the reports was that on the 10th, he played 'a formidable team of London's best junior players.' This makes sense of something else I overlooked: Tal vs N J Kalton, 1964

I think the same report actually did mention Kalton, I was only in the club for about 10 minutes to access B.C.M. & CHESS looking for something else and remembered to check this out.

CHESS had this picture C.N. 4899 but scarce on details. (it says the Birmingham post has more information.)

BCM added that these two: N Gaprindashvili vs Gligoric, 1964 were also giving simuls in the London region at the same time (11th Jan) Gligoric (Croydon) and Nona Jan at the Athenaeum Chess Club.

Hi FSR,

Think one needs to log onto or have a facebook account for that.

Here is the best photo-copy I could get, it's a wee bit small but readable, screen magnification should do it.

https://www.redhotpawn.com/imgu/blo...

I often argued on Ray's behalf that it is impossible to acknowledge every source especially when noting up a game, and the editors cutting scissors may have been at work, leaving in the analysis but snipping the source.

But against full piece plagiarism there is no defence.

What I did find disappointing was Ray re-hashing word for word from another source the intro to the 2018 Carlsen - Caruana match.

Again in the past I defended Ray using 'his' own old material in his column. (emphasis on 'his') But this, on such a memorable occasion, especially on a match being held in London was a PR disaster. (though perhaps that dull match - 12 draws - got the book it deserved!)

The book was later withdrawn from sale.

OOPS! Nearly forgot. The photo-copy is from Private Eye, 18th-30th October 2019, No. 1507 (page 9).

(Hope Ray has been replaced for being naughty and it's not a health issue.)