Not to be forgotten

Larry Evans: Do you know of any other critics of FIDE who have been punished or attacked apart from yourself and Parr?

Ricardo Calvo: Yes. During the Moscow title match Ratko Knezevic was punished because he published an interview with Kasparov in Belgrade that was very damaging to the FIDE leadership. They denied him a visa at the critical moment when he had to stay in Moscow. Ratko said that Campomanes was the hand behind the scene. And David Goodman of the AP has spoken ot direct threats by Campomanes. That in the Philippines they know what to do with journalists like him. It reflects very well to the reader the mentality of these FIDE people.

GM Larry Evans, in his Monday column, reminded us of elections for FIDE Presidency back in 1986 and ruthless censure of Dr.Ricardo Calvo in 1987.