MIDA ME EI TEA PAUL KERESEST 1938–1948?

The western favourite theory says that soviet authorities coerced Keres to lose games to Botvinnik during the 1948 match tournament.

The essay defends the neutrality and objectivity of historical research.

The essay suggests a hypothesis that Botvinnik intentionally lost the last game to Keres because Botvinnik had already earned the title — the last round was regarded as a competition between the soviet/western coalitions.

The essay notes that in the book

Paul Keres: Mälestusi, materjale, kirju [= Paul Keres: Memories, materials, and letters] (2015) Editor: Paavo Kivine. Tallinn: Olympia.

one of Kingston’s critical essays from 2001 has been published partially, without noticing the reader and probably without the copyright holder’s consent.

The author submitted the essay to the culture journal Akadeemia in 2017. The journal did not publish the paper, and did not inform the author. Only in 2021, the journal admitted that they decided in 2017 that they “cannot publish it”.