Chessdon goes zero for zero for 10 on his arguments against TMB's arguments
for moving to Paris!!


1) Sam Sloan is thousands of miles away, and won't be able to make all the
board meetings.

Wrong - Sam consistently shows up at important meetings wherever they are.
Didn'tyou see the Rain Man with Dustin Hoffman. Well Sam is our Dustin
Hoffman.

WRONG! - Sam is not a mathematical savant, nor does he have a brother with a
classic Buick. Even if he did, Buick's don't float.

2) Ditto Don Schultz.

Wrong - My wife loves Paris. We lived there five years. We would be there.

WRONG! - Once, maybe. But then we'd get you on the no-fly list and that
would be that.

3) The French suck at chess, so our players will actually look good for a
change.

Wrong - The French are very good at chess. Spassky lives outside Paris and
is a
solid first board for them. Than there is GM Joel Lautier and many ohers.
The
talent in Crossville, Liberty and even Lindborg pales compared to that in
Paris.

WRONG! Spassky stinks, and Lautier is the ONLY GM in France, Don. You're
reaching.

4) Beatriz Marinello will get her free health care, so she can stop making
a
shameless run on the ED position.

Wrong - Beatriz would not be eligible for free health care as she is a
volunteer thus not eligible for most French Medical benefits.

WRONG! You get free health care no matter who you are. Break your arm on
vacation, they fix it for free--happened to a friend of mine.

5) We can laugh about Yasser Seirawan and his ideas about chess
organizations from a safe distance.

Wrong - Paris is a comfortable 4 hour train ride from Yasser's home in
Amsterdam.

WRONG! There's no such thing as a "comfortable 4 hour train ride" and Yaz is
too stoked on hashish to make the trip anyway.

6) Bill Goichberg won't be able to work for free anymore, because the
commute would be a killer.

Wrong - This is the age of the computer and the Internet. Bill would
certainly
continue his valuable volunteer contributions.

WRONG! Bill Goichberg can't operate a computer. Everyone knows that.

7) Kalev Pehme's distorted command of English can become an even-more
distorted command of French.

Wrong - Your mistaking an advantage for a disadvantage.

WRONG! Kalev's drooling sexism will play well with franco sensibilities.

8) Instead of watching crummy state organizations like the ICA flame-out,
we
can cheer the success of regional chess bodies like the AEP (Association
d'Echecs Provence).

Wrong - The AEP is not in Paris but rather Southern France..

SO WHAT -- the parallel remains. Hello?

9) Better lunchtime eats in Paris than in New Windsor by a country mile.

Wrong - The McaDonalds, Burger Kings and Wendy's now dominate Paris.

WRONG! Maybe for you, in your tourist bermudas and flip-flops, Don.

10) Nude beaches galore -- and you won't have to swim at one named for some
peevish muckraker.

Wrong - Get a map, Paris is not by the beach.

SO?? The beaches are a comfortable 4 hour train ride away!!