Happiness in Nolanland: Another Polgar Thread is Deleted.

I will give a few examples of the problem we have here. On February 22,
2006, Susan Polgar started a thread entitled "Polgar Letter to the
Board". In it, she attacked the board which had just APPROVED her
proposal made two days earlier. At that time, I was not yet a member of
the board, so her attack on the board had nothing to do with me. Here
is her first letter of attack:

Originally Posted by SusanPolgar

SusanPolgar 12452240

Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 57
Location: Forest Hills, NY

PostPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject: Polgar Letter to
the Board
Mike,

I do not have a problem with board members analyzing it. I encourage
them to study it. They can call me if they wish. However, I do have a
problem with board members pushing their own personal and political
agenda publicly or misleading the members.

My letter stated very clearly that the Susan Polgar Foundation will
cover the costs. In no place I mentioned involving the USCF
financially. I want to do this with the USCF to reach out to the most
girls possible and to help the federation. If they have a question, ask
me. Don't pose the questions publicly without having the courtesy to
inform me FIRST. Did they expect me to have psychic power to know their
questions? At least give me the courtesy to respond to the inquiries. I
did not even see the questions until someone alerted me. This is not a
professional way of handling important matters.

I never talked about dumbing down any girl. The idea is to help raise
the girl's playing level so they can compete equally in open events
with their male counterpart in the near future. Not everything has to
be political. The program offered is as is, no more, no less.

Why does this program have to be debated by board members in this forum
before it's done while a secret deal was signed with the KCF in 2004
while the USCF had a legal contract with the SPF without any public
discussion or awareness? Isn't that a double standard?

Then there is the issue of getting more sponsorship. I need time to go
out and raise more money to perhaps cover housing and food expenses for
these players. I ran my girl's event last month and got 40 sponsors.
The participants paid $28 advanced entry fees and received a $65 goodie
bag. I need to maintain the same level of professionalism to attract
serious sponsors. This is about the girls. This is not about chess
politicians.

Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org
www.SusanPolgar.com
www.SusanPolgar.blogspot.com

This letter evoked more than 200 responses. Almost immediately, Polgar
started screaming that she was being attacked and started demanding
apologies (ignoring the fact that it was she who attacked first).
Finally, she said that she was quitting the forum and would not return
until she received apologies from all involved.

The result was that Mike Nolan deleted several of the postings,
including some of Susan's, and locked the thread so that it cannot be
restarted. His final words a

"This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies."

However, at least Mike Nolan did not delete the entire thread, as he
did here, so everybody can still go back and read it.

Similarly, on the fide-chess Yahoo Group, Polgar started threads which
attacked those who criticized her "Woman's Chess Olympiad Training
Program". She had one "Bob Bennett" who supported her. Her opponents
included IM Georgi Orlov and former US Woman's Champion WGM Elena
Akhmylovskaya. This online brawl led former US Woman's Champion
Anjelina Belakovskaia to remark, "You are acting more like girls in a
bordello fighting over a client, than a Woman's Olympiad Team preparing
to win a gold medal."

This remark led to Polgar demanding an apology from Anjelina and, when
no apology was forthcoming, she quit that forum as well.

Similarly, over on rec.games.chess.politics, the same pattern followed.
Polgar and Truong became known as "Trollgar" and they demanded
apologies and then both publicly quit that forum.

The real question now is, how can she become a candidate and run for
election, if she cannot withstand any criticism?

Sam Sloan