We just had to stop it. 1,000 phone calls and e-mail in 12 hours, including
the New York Times... ggg

Poor old Hodmezovasarhely!

I thought I stocked it pretty well, with

an old castle
of the Austrio-Hungarian empire
stone chalets
wonderful gardens!
artists and musicians

nuns!
[always add nuns]
all that was missing was the perpetual motion

Naturally MICE was a guffaw.

But the joke is not quite over, because some certain aspects of the Ruby
Tuesday message were TRUE!

It is not my place to say how much, or when an announcement will be made. I
believe Susan Polgars birthday is April 21st [?]

Phil Innes

On Apr 2, 8:15 am, "Chess One" wrote:
We just had to stop it. 1,000 phone calls and e-mail in 12 hours, including
the New York Times... ggg

Poor old Hodmezovasarhely!

I thought I stocked it pretty well, with

an old castle
of the Austrio-Hungarian empire
stone chalets
wonderful gardens!
artists and musicians

nuns!
[always add nuns]
all that was missing was the perpetual motion

Naturally MICE was a guffaw.

Oh, so there were hints in the article about going back to Hungary
that indicated it was not true.

I remember bumping across a web site that is selling a book on how to
snap up a castle for a bargain price in Eastern Europe.

But was it that... or, from your description, the comic book "Girl
Genius" - that inspired the spoof?

I see on her site she is wearing a T-shirt that says "Chess Mom".
Going back to Hungary to live in a larger house... if the "true" part
was that she is expecting a new arrival, I will congratulate her.

John Savard

On Apr 2, 6:35 pm, Quadibloc wrote:

I see on her site she is wearing a T-shirt that says "Chess Mom".
Going back to Hungary to live in a larger house... if the "true" part
was that she is expecting a new arrival, I will congratulate her.

Having seen now the original April 1 article, I see that she did not
claim anywhere in it to be expecting a child.

But she did express some dissatisfaction with how the USCF is
currently run; it's hard to think that would be in even an April 1
spoof unless there is something to it.

Expanded efforts to teach Chess to young people - well, there may well
be truth to that, given her existing work.

And renaming an institute named after her to instead honor Frank
Marshall - that would be a good and unegotistical thing. Of course,
she would change around the rest of the acronym so it would not be a
silly thing like MICE...

Perhaps she has to change the name, because Victoria Beckham does not
think the Polgar sisters can sing well enough to join them!

John Savard

"Quadibloc" wrote in message
...
On Apr 2, 8:15 am, "Chess One" wrote:
We just had to stop it. 1,000 phone calls and e-mail in 12 hours,
including
the New York Times... ggg

Poor old Hodmezovasarhely!

I thought I stocked it pretty well, with

an old castle
of the Austrio-Hungarian empire
stone chalets
wonderful gardens!
artists and musicians

nuns!
[always add nuns]
all that was missing was the perpetual motion

Naturally MICE was a guffaw.

Oh, so there were hints in the article about going back to Hungary
that indicated it was not true.

I remember bumping across a web site that is selling a book on how to
snap up a castle for a bargain price in Eastern Europe.

Actually, Hohn, when the Wall came down I was working with an East German
physicist [electro-optics] and he told me that the communists left the
infra-structure of old East Germany so 'uninproved' that entire villages and
towns were still essentially medieval in character - and West Germans and
others were touring the place with amazement, and with check-books, snapping
up properties. He himself was content to trade-up his Trabi for 2 Mercs.


But was it that... or, from your description, the comic book "Girl
Genius" - that inspired the spoof?

I see on her site she is wearing a T-shirt that says "Chess Mom".
Going back to Hungary to live in a larger house... if the "true" part
was that she is expecting a new arrival, I will congratulate her.

Not my place to announce what is or is not true in the spoof - though more
than one item of it is definitely true! And that is [BTW] not Sam Sloan's
idea that /I/ can resign Susan Polgar from the USCF board. snort

I think the other idea in the spoof was for a chess-training 'place' to
exist - not unlike what Lazslo Nagy has done in Budapest in creating his
norm-tournaments which attract players from all over the world.

But a slight adjustment on that idea is to have a chess-//training// place
for serious study. About 8 years ago I knew a guy associated with USCF who
would have donated property and buildings to such a program - but our
estimate was that to bring it up to standard and also accommodate enough
people would have cost too much.

I also note that the Brits [or rather the English Chess Fed] have created a
permanent chess studio for themselves, where games and training material can
be recorded, formatted and re-broadcast as on-demand digital video &c.

Cordially, Phil Innes

John Savard

On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:12:50 -0400, "Chess One"
wrote:


But a slight adjustment on that idea is to have a chess-//training// place
for serious study. About 8 years ago I knew a guy associated with USCF who
would have donated property and buildings to such a program - but our
estimate was that to bring it up to standard and also accommodate enough
people would have cost too much.

Phil, after all our acrimonious debate, I'm glad to have the
opportunity to help you out in a positive way.

For a chess study facility, you need a place free of distractions.
And,since there's not all that much money in chess, it needs to be
inexpensive.

I think I know of such a place: A little town a few miles North of
Glasgow, Montana (not far from where I grew up). Check some of these
prices:

http://www.northwest-national.com/20-662.htm
http://www.northwest-national.com/20-645.htm
http://www.northwest-national.com/20-601.htm

From what I know, these places are in good shape and they have
reasonable access to Amtrak.. I've got a feeling you and Rob could
put this together.

"Mike Murray" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:12:50 -0400, "Chess One"
wrote:


But a slight adjustment on that idea is to have a chess-//training// place
for serious study. About 8 years ago I knew a guy associated with USCF who
would have donated property and buildings to such a program - but our
estimate was that to bring it up to standard and also accommodate enough
people would have cost too much.

Phil, after all our acrimonious debate, I'm glad to have the
opportunity to help you out in a positive way.

For a chess study facility, you need a place free of distractions.
And,since there's not all that much money in chess, it needs to be
inexpensive.

I think I know of such a place: A little town a few miles North of
Glasgow, Montana (not far from where I grew up). Check some of these
prices:

http://www.northwest-national.com/20-662.htm
http://www.northwest-national.com/20-645.htm
http://www.northwest-national.com/20-601.htm

Remarkbale prices compared with Vermont!

I think only Vermont and the Carolinas have maintained their property value
over the past year. Still and yet, crossing over into mid-state NY you can
still find a farm house of two plus a bunch of out-buildings [barns bigger
than the house] on 1000 acres for not very much at all. About an hour from
the Adirondaks.

From what I know, these places are in good shape and they have
reasonable access to Amtrak.. I've got a feeling you and Rob could
put this together.

This is something a non-profit would could should promote chess. Of course
the capital cost of the property is an inhibition, but a relatively small
staff could take care of a bunch of chess players!

It would also serve, IMO, as a good ambassadorial place where chess kids
could come from other countries around the world and meet Americans out of
uniform - and thus would have a high social or cultural value.

Thanks for the info, Mike.

Multi-millionaires, e-mail.

Cordially, Phil Innes

Gosh! Looks like some aspects of the April Fool's joke were true! I hesitate
with my bad Swabische to translate the Dresden announcement, beyond this
other aspects of the 'joke' have not been released. Hopefully certain people
will be suitably enraged by this news and the as yet undisclosed parts.
Phil Innes