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Bogus Financial Figures and the Move to Crossville by
samsloan
The USCF has had big losses in the six figures every year that we have
been in Crossville.
It is just the bogus accounting such as counting the receipt of
$100,000 annually in "imaginary money" and claiming that our land and
building is worth $881,000 when in reality it is probably not worth
more than $200,000 that keeps the financial statements from not
appearing to be a total disaster.
Sam...
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April 15th 09 07:54 PM
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PDF summary of endgame tablebase by
Jud McCranie[_2_]
Somewhere I've seen a PDF summarizing the results of endgame
tablebases, but now I can't find it. Does anyone know where I can get
the summary?
--
Replace you know what by j to email
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2007 Volunteer Expense Report by
Rob
On Apr 13, 12:23*pm, samsloan wrote:
2007 Volunteer Expense Report
Thanks so much to John Hillary for providing the link. The report is
on page 7 of the 2007 Delegates Call, which is available at:
http://main.uschess.org/docs/gov/reports/2007_Delegates_Call_inside.pdf
Here it is:
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April 14th 09 08:17 PM
by Rob
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Request to Transfer from Hades to Heaven by
Rob
The only direct indication of what happens to man between his death
and the Judgment Day is given in Luke 16:19-31: "There was a certain
rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared
sumptuously every day. But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,
full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs...
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April 14th 09 06:53 PM
by Rob
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Scid 3.7.2 released (chess database and playing software) by
Pascal
Hi,
Scid 3.7.2 is released at http://scid.sourceforge.net/
The changes since 3.7.1 :
- Fixes:
* Small bug when closing ECO graph window (missing cleanup)
* add missing global shortcuts
* Bug when changing board pieces while the board was flipped
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April 11th 09 08:52 AM
by Pascal
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Has the USCF Board Learned from the Errors of the Past? by
samsloan
My statement is accurate. I wrote that I asked for less than anybody
else asked for. Since Goichberg did not ask for any reimbursement, his
request was not less than mine.
Also, to compare me to Goichberg is not appropriate. Goichberg
organizes the World Open with $400,000 in prizes. I derived no income
from chess. I am a true volunteer, as opposed to Goichberg who is able
to use his position on...
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Has the USCF Board Learned from the Errors of the Past? by
samsloan
The LMA agreed to loan money to operations THIS TIME with the
understanding that if operations defaults and does not repay the funds
on schedule, there would be no more "loans".
Amazingly, for the first time ever in USCF recorded history, the loan
was repaid. Of course, by this time the bequest of $350,000 had been
received so there were ample funds to repay the loan.
However, at the present...
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April 10th 09 02:37 AM
by None
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Motion to Transfer Parker Case to Texas by
samsloan
There is a new development in the Parker case in Philadelphia, which
is that Bill Goichberg and the USCF have just filed opposition to my
motion to transfer to Texas. This is surprising because Goichberg and
the USCF have been dismissed as defendants.
They argue that my motion should be struck because I lack standing.
However, Goichberg and the USCF have less standing than I do, because
they...
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Has the USCF Board Learned from the Errors of the Past? by
samsloan
Allen Priest writes the following on the USCF Issues Forum:
by Allen on Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:54 am #136717
samsloan wrote:On the 2007-2008 financial statements it shows
membership revenue as $1,757,853.
In reality, the USCF received about $100,000 less, or about
$1,657,853.
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Has the USCF Board Learned from the Errors of the Past? by
samsloan
by Allen on Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:49 pm #137001
samsloan wrote:
Allen wrote:
samsloan wrote:On the 2007-2008 financial statements it
shows membership revenue as $1,757,853.
In reality, the USCF received about $100,000 less, or
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IPPOLIT: April Theses by
jefk[_2_]
On 5 apr, 12:05, wrote:
April 4 Theses centrifuge proof PGN of Best Chess Ship. 200 games by 4
minutes with 2 plus seconds.
PARTICLE 2
GAME 101
IPPOLIT 0.065 vs Rybka 3 Chess
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Motion to Transfer Parker Case to Texas by
None
On Apr 6, 9:23*pm, samsloan wrote:
Parker is not dead. A person with a similar name froze to death in an
unheated homeless shelter on December 22. However, the clerks in the
US Courthouse know that he is alive because he came to court to file
something in February. The clerks know him well as he often comes to
the courthouse to file his cases.
My motion to...
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April 7th 09 05:15 AM
by None
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Fritz 8 epic fail by
Hauke Reddmann
I recently entered the following position:
Ke8 Qf8 Qg8 Qg7 Qg6 Qh7 Rf7 Rg5 Bh6 Bh5 Sd5 Sh8 Pe7 Pf6 Pf5 Pg4 - Kc8
Obviously, drawn with White to move.
Fritz 8 threw a #1483 on 34 halfmoves depth.
Hash collision? Is the effect reproducible on other engines?
--
Hauke Reddmann :-EX8
Nur Schufte schuften - Genie genießt.
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Announce: New Best Chess Ship by
yakov_ippolit@russiamail.com
Comrades,
Allowing delights unmeasured I confirm that tenure for Best Chess Ship
passes with renewal for her true and ever home, Mother Russia.This
good ship IPPOLIT now pulls 50 ELO beyond now second-rated Rybka 3
Chess (CCRL: 3175). Contrarily by prior code hoards, IPPOLIT complies
free source, via innovated chesslanguage Ø, in workers publicdomain.
Features (part):
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Misrepresentations in Goichberg's Campaign Statement by
samsloan
Misrepresentations in Goichberg's Campaign Statement
The April Chess Life has just arrived and the campaign statement of
USCF President Bill Goichberg is on page 35.
After recounting his long record as a tournament player and organizer,
only in the final sentence does Goichberg say what he has actually
accomplished. He states: “While Office and Manager and executive
Director, USCF improved from...
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Tim Redman on USCF Financial History by
samsloan
Since Bill Goichberg's statement that the Federation didn't start to
lose money until the last year (fy 99) that you were both on the Board
didn't jive with my memory, and since you also have a different
recollection, I went back to check the audited financials. Here is
what I discovered:
1996-1997 (fy 97)
Increase or (Decrease) in Net USCF Assets: (117,542).
Gain or (Loss) resulting from LMA...
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April 3rd 09 06:31 PM
by None
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Rybka best by
yakov_ippolit@russiamail.com
Comrades,
Whom is Rybka 3 best? Chess, Human, Dynamic?
Yakov
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1.e4? by
jefk[_2_]
now that we know that 1.d4? is losing to 1..g5!! the magnificent Borg
defence
a new line has been found to improve at least a little on white's dim
chances
1.d4? g5!!
2.Bxg5? Bg7!
3.c4 ! and now after eg. c5 the line has transposed to the Myers
gambit
1.c4 g5?
so better after 1.d4 g5 is 2.Nc3, but after 2..h6!! 3.e4
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Critical by
M
"One brilliant mind to be mistaken as an ignoramus by scores of
scolding critics."
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April 1st 09 04:16 PM
by M
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Debating the Move to Crossville by
samsloan
The reason I did not and could not have brought up the issues that
John Hillery says that I should have brought up is that in order to
win I had to show that the move to Crossville was not merely a bad
business decision but that it was illegal and a violation of the
USCF's own by-laws.
I believe that I did show that. Under state law a not-for-profit
membership corporation cannot just sell its...
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April 1st 09 04:01 PM
by None
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