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NOLANLAND

Dear Phil,

Stalin once said famously that you have a man,
you have a problem. No man, no problem. Kaganovich
observed that bullets at the base of the skull settle
debating issue faster than words, words, words.

While we do not favor the Zhdanov-Kaganovich
method, we note that it fits snugly into the spirit of
Nolanland, if not yet the actual practice.

Dear Larry,

Looks like both board members are now re-instated, and the firing was with
blanks on this occasion. Fortunately this is toy guns and toy politics.
Meanwhile both Kirsan and Goichberg have said 'soon' to their respective
deployments about 1000 level ratings and the US Championship.

Because of the current hoo-hah, its unclear if the board have even noticed
the threat inherent in the first, and I suppose we will have one 'bidder'
for the second, maybe, sometime...

And that's the core business news of chess USA.

Phil