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Originally Posted by MarkH
What does coaching the Olympiad team have to do with
the Kasparov Chess Foundation?
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The Kasparov Chess Foundation is the sponsor of the US Woman's
Olympiad Team. They pay for the team. Without their sponsorship, we
would not be able to send a woman's team to the Chess Olympics.
The rift arose when Michael Khodarkovsky, President of the Kasparov
Chess Foundation, decided that since he was paying for it, he should
be the team captain. Susan Polgar was demanding an exorbitant amount
for her services. This led to an immediate break-down in relations
between Susan Polgar and the Kasparov Chess Foundation and resulted in
dozens of attacks posted by Paul Truong against the "illegal contract"
between the Kasparov Chess Foundation and the USCF.
Sam Sloan