another chess-related query

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Sarah Hurst wrote:

> I’ve been getting some great help from SEELANGS recently, so could
> you please give me some opinions on another phrase:
> 
> И сам Ботвинник, хорошо знавший, что Лилиенталь помогал его
> соперникам Смыслову и Петросяну в матчах за чемпионский титул,
> говорил о нем как ни о ком другом: «Андрюша – единственный, кто
> никогда не злорадствовал, если ты падал, и не лизал тебя при успехах.
> И вообще он не способен был держать камня за пазухой. Второго такого
> шахматиста я не встречал».
> 
> Does не лизал тебя при успехах refer to Lilienthal’s successes or to
> the opponent’s successes? In other words what’s не лизал тебя, is it
> about not gloating as in the first part of the sentence, or is it
> about not knocking an opponent’s successes?

I read it as the complement to the first part -- that he treated you 
(the generic you, like French "on") the same whether you were up or 
down. The author isn't speaking of any particular recipient of the 
treatment, just the generic "you." Lilienthal didn't gloat if you lost, 
nor did he kiss up to you if you won.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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