[BrianWall-ChessList] Gregory Steele on: Curtis Carlson always was and always will be a big, fat, loudmouth, greedy, materialistic patzer [1 Attachment]

[Brian Wall]

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    Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:58:44 -0500
    From: Gregory Steele <gsteele62 at gmail.com>
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 Subject: Re: [BrianWallChess] Jeffrey Baffo, Paul Nikitovich, Curt Carlson,
	Steve Jared on: Curtis Carlson always was and always will be a big, fat,
	loudmouth, greedy, materialistic patzer [1 Attachment]
      To: Brian Wall <BrianWallChess3 at taom.com>

Brian,

I never met Curtis Carlsen but I encountered him once.  I had read his
writings in the Colorado state publication -  annotated games and endings,
sprinkled with Fischer references.  For those who might remember me, I was
active in Colorado in 1982-83 while stationed at Fort Carson, CO.  At the
1982 Boulder Open, tournament organizer Randy Siebert was giving a
stemwinder of a speech before Round 1 about organizational bureaucratic BS,
of which I recall nothing, and Carlsen was in the back catcalling,
haranguing and trying to make life miserable for ol' Randy, but Siebert was
having none of it, ignoring Curt, and on and on the speech went - 45 minutes
or so.  I think Brian read the whole Denver Post during the monologue.  At
the time I figured there must be a history or some back story I was unaware
of.  After all that Curtis didn't even play, so he must have made the trip
just for the heckling!  Looking back I realize that dedicated organizers are
worth their weight in gold, and giving one grief doesn't make a whole lot of
sense, unless of course one intends to abandon OTB chess for
correspondence...

Greg Steele

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