This is very interesting especially because the insurance the USCF paid $15,000 for was not supposed to be for any of these things. Our "Internet insurance" which was the subject of a vote on August 14, 2006 was supposed to protect us from lawsuits arising from "moderation". Suppose just in a purely hypothetical case somebody says that Candidate X is a member of Mensa and Mr. Y says, "That is a...

When will this book be released from the publishers?? Amazon has asked me to accept a rescheduled delivery twice. Anyone has the inside scoop on this book? Locksley

They're trying to frame me by making all the candidates sign a code of conducts. I won't sign anything. I've never been convicted of any crime. I have the most experience and I'm also the most famous chess player. I deserve 4 more years. Hal Bogner and Leroy Dubeck will campaign for me. Sam Sloan

32 studies of Alexander Herbstmann illustrated with pictures about Russia http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Herbstmann/base.htm JMR

I admit that I should not have posted about the "under the table" incident, and I regret doing do. As I was sitting next to Beartiz, I witnessed the incident when it took place. However, after the meeting, Beatriz said that she considered it to be a non-issue, and asked me not to say anything about it. I adhered to her request until today, when Joel Channing started

Mike Goodall has been hospitalized One the same day that he was announced as an official candidate for election to the USCF Executive Board, Mike Goodall suffered a heart attack and has been hospitalized. Mike is now in the ICU in Kaiser Hospital in Marin County, California. I just spoke to his nurse who informed me that he has been stabilized. Sam Sloan

Please note that Stephen Jones is a surprise new candidate for election to the USCF Executive Board. I know very little about him and met him only once, which was at the 1963 US Intercollegiate Championship at Notre Dame University in Indiana. There I remembering him drawing with our team member Donald Dean when Dean was a piece down in a position that looked hopeless. My team, which was the...

How do you get symbols for chess pieces in a Microsoft Word document? In a slightly older version of MS Word (2000 I think) I was able to Insert/Symbol and get them. Now I have a newer version (2003, SP2), and if I bring up an old document that had chess piece symbols in it, they are changed. For instance, a black king now shows up as a superscript "3". Now I can't find the chess symbols...

How are the games going and who is winning ? I read you mite have a second tournament so if you do you should let the winner of your tournament play the winner of the second tournament to see who the best is.... Maybe post a few of your games ...

Raunacher, Johann Bapt. Jakob (1705-1757) Eine Schachpartie (1755) http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/pages/094.htm Adolphe Alexander Lesrel (1839-1921) The Chess Players (1910) http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/pages/095.htm Carl Probst (1854 - 1924) The Chess match (1902) http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/pages/097.htm Henry Siddons Mowbray (1858 - 1928) A Game of Chess

Hello, The book "The King's Gambit Uncensored" by Jonathan Tait, which was scheduled to be published in January 2007 by Everyman Chess has apparently been cancelled. Does someone know what happened and if the book will eventually be released by another publisher? Thanks, Nitreb

CROSS-T0-BEAR AND HARRY SABINE An Executive Board member -- and I am authorized to say it is not Sam Sloan -- contacted me to say that there is real question over the title to what is supposedly USCF land in Crossville. This person has asked me to state the following: "I don't want to cross Joel Channing and Bill Goichberg in public, and I don't know whether I will

"samsloan" I had thought that a Wikipedia administrator would delete these obviously objectionable edits by Truong, but that has not happened. Wikipedia is a bull**** organization run like "Boys Town" where the most popular boys get to do whatever the funk they want. Since you are not popular, anyone can screw with you. Get used to it.

Sam, Please try not to include me in your postings, unless it's necessary. I think that postings like this one contribute to the polarization of the USCF's leadership; I want not part on it. I asked you not to say anything about the 'under the table situation." You did not respect my wishes, and then apologized for it. I appreciate the apology, but this does not give you a green light to...

I would like to make a proposal, and discover your interest in two forms of Human v Machine matches - since I am sometimes approached by both sides to investigate possibilities. In conversations elsewhere there are discussions of fairness, so I propose two options; a) Human plus database, vs Computer b) Human vs Computers Simul.

THE POLITICS BEHIND THE CHANNING FOUR By Larry Parr Fascinating politics lie behind the early announcement of a ticket for the Executive Board elections in 2007. The ticket consists of celebrated Grandmaster

Regarding the "Under the Table" incident at the board meeting in Stamford Connecticut on November 17, 2006, Joel Channing has told a lie when the truth would have served him better. This has caused me to wonder how many other things Joel Channing says about himself are lies. For example, Joel Channing claims that he is a member of Mensa. Somebody has looked him up and says that he is not a...

Anybody know a source for extra (different) modules for the Mephisto Exclusive chess computer? Right now, I have the Senator module...I've heard of some others like Polgar, but cant seem to locate them anywhere. TIA!

Just wondering because id like to know mine but i do not know how to figure it out...

THE REAL AND THE FAKE This seems to be the real Sam Sloan -- This seems to be the fake Sam Sloan -- One way to tell is that the real Sam doesn't use profanity. Let's hope that Marcus Roberts or someone else solves the mystery soon.