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**Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)** · August 6th 06, 09:47 AM posted to rec.games.chess.politics,rec.games.chess.misc

wrote:
A GOOD AND GREAT THING

I usually agree with Wlod, [...]

I wish, Larry, that you and others who have
devoted so much energy and time to chess,
would finally and totally ignore USCF+FIDE
(thus would also stop complaining about the
stupid FIDE+USCF), and would build a chess
movement away from these anachronic,
centralised, bureaucratic organizations, which
these days stifle the chess progress around
the world.

There is no point in any attempts to "improve"
these wrongfully designed organizations.

The Internet chess portals act already
but only in for amateur competitions,
since their rated games are not properly
supervised (and most of the time the games
are not supervised at all).

Just think about it, Larry, how nice it'd be to
get rid of all that ugly overhead. Observe that
Sam Sloan is already using his first election
success to blackmail those who oppose his
wikipedia abuse. It's a stupid blackmail, inefficient,
but nevertheless crass and symptomatic. And Sam
is not yet certified! Just imagine what may happen
when Sam gets any semblance of power.

A friend (AJ) quoted Koran:

give a man power, and he'll make angels cry!

And that (the human nature) is one more reason
why central, monopolistic organizations like
FIDE & USCF are doomed to be corrupted
and abusive.

Regards,

Wlod