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My understanding is that GM Evans has several offers pending to
pick up his Q&A column from prestigious European magazines.

If that happens, we will have a good way to
quantify the value of Evans' column. Parr can
feel vindicated if Evans' new magazine gains,
say, 10,000 subscribers and USCF loses 10,000
members.

But whatever the effect on subscriptions, I'd expect that
Evans' columns will improve in quality. This
is because working for a private magazine dependent
on subscribers is going to be more demanding than
his semi-patronage position at the USCF. So the
chess world wins in any event.