On 9 Oct 2003 21:57:20 -0500, Bruce Draney wrote:


It has been well established that Eade had virtually nothing to do with
this tournament and the organizers were Koepcke and Peterson among
others.

I have been away in South Carolina for a week because of court
hearings about my brother's court cases against my mother, so I have
missed the latest slanders by Bruce, but I just came across this one.

At the time that the CalChess deal was made between Mr. Eade and Mr.
Niro, which was August 2002 immediately after the conclusion of the
USCF Delegate's meetings in Cherry Hill, Frank Niro had no idea and no
way of knowing that Richard Peterson was involved. Richard "Take the
Money and Run" Peterson is a notorious character in the USCF. I
discussed this issue with Frank Niro during the Kasparov vs. Computer
Chess Match and Niro told me that he would never have agreed to it had
he known that Richard Peterson was involved.

It is true that Richard Koepcke was present at the meeting between
Eade and Niro. However, Koepcke had no official position other than
being a delegate. By contrast, Jim Eade was the USA Zone President.
Niro was the Acting Executive Director, serving without pay, and was
applying to be made permanent executive director with pay. Niro knew
that Eade had the clout to block Niro from being made Executive
Director. Therefore, Niro had no choice but to agree to Eade's demand.

Significantly, two of America's biggest scholastic organizers, Richard
Crespo and Richard Jackson, were in the room and overheard this
conversation and they immediately asked for the same deal. Niro told
them that they could not get this deal. Only Eade and Koepcke could
get this deal.

Since only Eade, who was the Zone President, had any official position
and only Eade was in a position to stop Niro from getting the job of
Executive Director, it was entirely proper for me to emphasize Eade's
role in this affair and to demand that Eade repay the money that the
USCF lost on this deal.

Sam Sloan