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Financial crisis versus Redman's rating Dear Mr. Sloan, It is correct that my rating dropped below 2000, and I played in a Southwest Open and tied for first for the A prize. An old friend from Ohio, David Hater, playing in the same event and remembering my 2100+ rating from those years made a jocular remark about my winning an A prize.

Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote: Dysfunctional an organization as it is, the USCF with Sam Sloan anywhere remotely near the helm is a PR disaster of unprecedented proportions. It might as well shut down, pay Beatriz's kidney fund and all the staff all the cash to keep them out of Sloan's clutches, and hand over the Crossville keys to playchess, chessbase, ICC, FIDE - anyone but Sam. But...

Hanken more Fully Explains the OLM Title Jerry Hanken called me at 7:00 AM this morning to continue our conversation of last night. He says that I caught him as he was on the way out the door when I called him to ask about the OLM Program and he answered off the top of his head and that he was unaware of the thread that was going on. When Jerry hurriedly finished the previous conversation, he...

Sam Sloan wrote: As everybody who has studied chess history knows, Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906) had the most brilliant mind and was the most talented chess player in the history of the game. Oddly enough, I've studied chess history, and I didn't know this 'fact'. I see the rest of your posting is stuffed full of such 'facts', and I've placed it in the appropriate file - the...

Sam Sloan wrote: As everybody who has studied chess history knows, Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906) had the most brilliant mind and was the most talented chess player in the history of the game. Oddly enough, I've studied chess history, and I didn't know this 'fact'. I see the rest of your posting is stuffed full of such 'facts', and I've placed it in the appropriate file - the...

When I play with Beginner Level, I find the computer sacrifices its pawns for no reasion. But Once I am pawn up, I find that it is taking long time to defeat it. So was this pawn sacrifice done to improve the game position. Play a game at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html But when I play with Easy/ Normal Levels It does not sacrifices pawns as it calculates its pawns being killed and save...

The lunatic called Sam Sloan madly drivelled: The source of the Pillsbury malady was his wife, Mary Ellen Bush. He married her in 1901. She had a genetic disease inherited from her great grandfather, Prescott Bush (1758-1846). By now, everybody of above average intelligence should have figured this out. The grandfather of our great leader was also named Prescott Bush !!!!

Borked Pseudo Mailed writes: A thing that came out from one of my discussions - your poster "jr" is not GM Larry Evans, as I read. Instead it is definitely and certainly the fired and discredited ex-editor Larry Parr. Parr sent an email to someone at the federation with the same IP (207.200.11?.???) as is used for the "jr" posts. Parr must have forgotten he...

wrote: Bobby Fischer loved to hate America. Now, Sam Sloan is an AMERICAN HATER. Sloan loves to move America, with his PRISION RECORD, and his FAILURE of friendships of former USCF Treasurer Tom Dorch. Sloan would just love to sniff Bobby's farts, *If* he could ever get the chess player's attention. Sloan is a US TRAITOR as a supporter of Osama Bin...

I predict that, handled properly, this could get to the Post or the Times - as well as Slate, which may count for more. And my rebuttal dossier will follow within seconds. A chess federation that hires a relative of a known organized crime figure is in a very precarious position to be talking about morality on its board, but feel free to see what the public thinks.

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This shows how unproductive and petty you people can be; it may be a contributing factor to the sorry state of affairs within the USCF. You mean to say that you are willing to waste your time and money on this, all because 1 board member you don't like was elected? You guys really need to focus on chess. Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote:

Bs'd I can't get fics. What's happening? I don't wanna go back to yahoo, God forbid. Eliyahu

FamilyNet International Newsgate From: "thedarkman" I know her e-mail address, her mother might answer that, but I would suggest people contact Couldsdon Chess Club in the first instance. It appears to have been suicide; she's the last person I would have thought. She'd achieved so much in her short live and had so much to

THE PLOY AGAINST SAM "Sam is a convicted criminal" is the predictable first salvo against the man after his election. What surprises me just a bit is that this ploy does not get more mileage. Here are the reasons:

Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote: Only a borked idiot may care. Why? Sam and USCF deserve each other! Let Sam be on USCF EB to the last days of USCF, who cares! It's time for serious people to seriously

I hate to admit that I think Sam Sloan might actually try to make a change in the federation. Being that I am rated 2250 FIDE and 2201 USCF, I have a lot of disgust for things that never get done in this federation. Noone on the board of directors has ever been FIDE rated, or relies on playing chess as a source of income. Few things we need.

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 11:31:55 -0500, "StanB" wrote: Hey Charlie, I stand by what I said. StanB "Bob Bennett" wrote in message ... Sam, do you mean these more 'mild' comments from this news group like:

Worth it or not?. Will it lose members or not? I think the allowed five years at lower rate will cancel any losses. It did for me. I think 209 for five years is a steal. I think no play for non member is a mistake myself. It may cost more than it saves? -- Gil W0MN Yanoff +, the PDA reader Creed en las obras y no en las palabras