Chess Now is a new chess show broadcast out of Manhattan, NYC on local public access TV and available for live streaming through the Internet. Viewers are encouraged to call-in and make a move, and whether they be novice, intermediate, or expert to comment on the live game taking place. Air date for second live call-in show: - Thursday, Jan 18th, 2007 at 7:00PM EST Additional shows will...

I have been suspended from posting to uschess.org/forums Mike Nolan has sent me notification that I have been suspended for one week from posting to the USCF Forums. This in itself is not surprising. Susan Polgar and Paul Truong have been demanding for the longest time that I be banned from posting to the forums. Also, Joel Channing has been bombastically demanding that the moderator and the...

Bill Goichberg made the following announcement this afternoon, and made the same announcement to Executive Board members last night: Yesterday, USCF was in contact with Erik Anderson regarding the 2007 US Championship. By mutual decision of USCF and AF4C, the 2007 US Championship will not be sponsored by AF4C, but the two organizations will continue to work together on different projects, and...

Yesterday, USCF was in contact with Erik Anderson regarding the 2007 US Championship. By mutual decision of USCF and AF4C, the 2007 US Championship will not be sponsored by AF4C, but the two organizations will continue to work together on different projects, and AF4C will continue to look at possibilities for future US Championships. Erik Anderson also said that he will donate $25,000 to the...

We are going to have the first ever rgc online email chess tournament. Please email me after you sign up with your registration name so the cross table can me maintained. This is everyones chance to show what they have got. We have at least three signed up so far. Who will be next? Who would you love to play? Come on, issue a challenge to someone. Will they play? There will be no way to...

I recently purchased a Rybka 2.2 plus Chess Openings download from Convekta. BIG MISTAKE. The interface is complex beyond comprehension. Assorted boxes and windows appear with no rhyme or reason and I never know if closing one will "wreck" the setup. Supposedly there is an openings training mode but I have no idea how to access or otherwise take advantage of it. Even tasks as simple as...

I want to hear your opinions on Fritz 10. What's better, what's worse etc.? I think it shouldn't be 3,5 GB DVD because most of this data are samples of Fritz trainer videos. That's foolish. I f I wanted to look videos I would have purchased video DVDs.

This is the current nickname list of players: adp chess one GrantPerks Inconnux Mike Murray Nemmers Randy395919 VinnyJH

Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20 Answers which appear at http://www.chessville.com:80/Editorials/AlekhinesParrot/2006ChristmasQuiz.htm Phil ////

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have put in a game I played recently where I was sure I had a won endgame but only drew it. What I want to do is click through the game to the ending then set engine vs engine and see if Fritz can win the ending against Fritz. How do I do that?

I told you that they're afraid of me. I told you that Bill Goichberg is a mouse. My lawsuit threat is mightier than their their votes. They're afraid of me. Nolan doesn't want to lose his job like Tanner. I'll always win! Sam Sloan

Chess One wrote: From the USCF Forum: "Tim Redman gets my vote for brilliant idea of the day. He has suggested that the USCF should recognize that the Forums are (now) essentially a political arena and make the job of Moderator that of the USCF's chief political officer, ie the USCF President." // Mike Nolan. Having joked this week about Pravda-in-Connecticut, at least USCF are ...

The Executive Board has voted 4-1-1 to lift the posting rights suspension of Sam Sloan, effective immediately and to rescind the suspension of Beatriz Marinello. (Marinello abstained, Sloan voted against the motion.) My understanding is that this also wipes the slate clean in terms of past infractions on both Sloan and Marinello. I will update this note with the exact text of the motion when I...

This dictator Mike Nolan is out to get me. He unfairly suspended me from the USCF Nolanland forum. I can't appeal to anyone because he's a dictator. Fire Mike Nolan and vote for me for 4 more years! Sam Sloan USCF Executive Board Member

FIDE regrets to announce the death of Grandmaster David Bronstein in Minsk, Belarus on 5 December 2006. David Ionovich Bronstein was born 19 February 1924 in Bila Tserkva, near Kyiv, Ukraine. The Champion of Ukraine (1939), of Moscow (1946), of USSR (1948 and 1949). The winner of the first Interzonal tournament (1948) and the first Candidates Tournament in Budapest (1950)

Chess coach pleads guilty to sex charges FORT COLLINS - A former chess coach accused of sexually assaulting three of his students pleaded guilty to two charges today and avoided any prison time. Robert Snyder, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault on a child and one count of unlawful sexual contact during a hearing in District Court. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Snyder...

I wrote to Duncan Oxley and he'll defend me. Sevan Muradian should be banned and not me. I'm innocent of all charges. Don Schultz is out to get me so his friends can get elected. I don't know why Mike Nolan and Bill Hall are against me. I'm sure that they're consipiring to get me off the board. Hal Bogner will help me get rid of ICC too. They got rid of him so it's pay back time. Sam Sloan USCF...

NOTIFICATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION Date: January 5, 2006 To: Sam Sloan Your post to the USCF Forums on January 2nd in the USCF Issues Forum was in violation of the Acceptable Usage Guidelines for the USCF Forum because it referenced a confidential matter that you had knowledge of only as a member of the Executive Board.

Even when they suspended me from the USCF forum, all they can talk about is me. I told you I'm the most famous person in chess. They can't live without me. Sam Sloan USCF Most Famous Executive Board Member