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Polgar Blog Humor by
samsloan
These remarks are all being posted today on Susan's Blog at:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2008/04/another-sad-day-for-uscf.html
Some of the remarks are so typical of Paul Truong a/k/a "The Fake Sam
Sloan" that he must have written them. For example:
"I bet you we'll be able to get rid of Polgar and deport her back to
Hungary soon.
"Hah! That is a laugh Mr. Laughing Laugherty!
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Four Challenging Chess problems by
OracleOCA
Hi,
Checkout some mind boggling chess problems at the following link.
(Week # 15)
http://oraclearticles.googlepages.com/chess.htm
Post your solution, with the shortest possible route for the same...
Position: Black to move and checkmate.
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Joel Channing Talked a Better Game than He Played by
samsloan
Joel Channing Talked a Better Game than He Played
In Joel Channing's final interview, as reported in the New York Times,
he said that since chess is a "zero-sum game" (in that there is always
one winner and one looser) his efforts to make the USCF run like a
business failed.
http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/united-states-chess-federation-executive-board-member-resigns/
That is not...
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I have been Suspended from Posting for One Year by
samsloan
LEVEL FOUR SANCTION
By a vote of 3 in favor and none opposed, the Moderation Committee
is imposing a level four sanction on Sam Sloan 11115292 as a result of
his posts:
MQ:Where are Bauer, Berry, and Channing on the Finances?
by samsloan on Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:53 am #89659
Do not make personal attacks or defamatory or disparaging comments
about any person, group or company.
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April 12th 08 08:44 PM
by Rob
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Question by
parrthenon@cs.com
THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS
"Nowadays lawyers seem to be replacing good moves over the board." --
GM Larry Evans (page 71)
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April 12th 08 02:42 PM
by SBD
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Steve Gets Caught Up In Mass Hysteria and Bandwagon Group Think by
samsloan
On Apr 9, 3:13 am, Gregory wrote:
On Apr 9, 1:00 am, p944dc wrote:
On Apr 8, 7:20 pm, Gregory wrote:
It is sad that you are so caught up in an emotional bandwagon against
a candidate that you are trying to remove that you can't see the logic
of this. It is also sad that you are deliberately framing...
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United States Chess Federation Executive Board Member Resigns by
samsloan
On Apr 11, 5:39 pm, "J.D. Walker" wrote:
http://gambit.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/united-states-chess-federation-executive-board-member-resigns/
--
Cordially,
Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
Good. Wonderful. Now that The New York Times has written it, it must
be true!!!
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Perfect Computer vs Computer Chess Game? by
Tibor Gyula Balogh
On FICS (www.FreeChess.org) I run "AIChess" and "DeepThoughtII" computer
chess accounts...
Both are very strong with minimum computer resources, outplaying anybody on
LOW cpu priority setting
running in background of Apache web server housed in an old "$20.00" 500MHz
PIII computer...
-tibor
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Help Bot Still at the Top !!! by
Sanny
Help bot is now at Top at GetClub Chess.
He Won: 346 and Lost: 25 and has got Highest Rating of 1528.
Chess Played at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
Any there one who can beat "Help Bot"s Record???
He played all games without taking help from any Computer and beat
records of all players and reached the Top Ranking.
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April 11th 08 06:40 PM
by Sanny
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Read my first Chess Life in 15 years, and... by
Andrew Fabbro
....the mag seems the same, though not quite as thick. The production
value is better - a much slicker publication - but it seems like some
of the old columns are gone. The feature articles are longer, though.
Alex Dunne's correspondence chess column seems absent...is
correspondence chess dead? Rendered impossible due to computers?
I see they still print all the tournament life entries,...
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April 11th 08 05:01 AM
by Rob
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Polgar Moving Back to Hungary - Is this an April Fools Joke? by
samsloan
On Apr 1, 8:32 am, (Sam Sloan) wrote:
It has been announced on the Internet this morning that SusanPolgar
is resigning all her positions in chess and moving back toHungary.
http://www.chessville.com/misc/PolgarQuits.htm
That would end the need for a recall.
The problem is that today is April Fools Day. We will have to wait
until tomorrow to find out whether...
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Avoiding the Upside-Down Rook: Someone Else Must Have AlreadyInvented this Variant by
Quadibloc
One of the older rules still used in some informal Chess play is that
a Pawn can only be promoted to one of your own pieces that has already
been captured.
The intent of this rule is, of course, to permit Chess to be played
neatly with one ordinary Chess set.
One of the ways chess players have coped with the practical issue is
to use an upside-down Rook to stand for a Queen.
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Joel Channing's Threats To Resign by
samsloan
Now, Joel Channing has posted to the USCF Issues Forum a statement
that he resigns effective immediately if the vote to cancel the
"Internet Insurance" passes. The problem with this is that at every
meeting while I was on the board, Channing said that he was
considering resigning. This is clearly part of his bullying tactics,
saying "If you don't do things my way, I am taking my ball and...
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Don Schultz defends "Internet Insurance" by
samsloan
Yes the EB approved it but the stakes are now higher - the loss of an
important Board member, who has opportunities in the oven and the fact
that at least one Board member feels that the very existence of the
USCF is at risk because of the potential magnitude of legal
developments. Personally I agree with that assessment. Right or wrong,
Susan's potential marketability is enormous and its...
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The Motion Passed: Now We See If Channing is Bluffing or Not by
samsloan
by chessoffice on Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:39 pm #97874
Two votes have been completed as follows:
To cancel the internet insurance: Yes 4 (Bauer, Berry, Goichberg,
Hough), No 1 (Channing), Abstain 2 (Polgar, Truong). The motion
passes.
To shut down the USCF Issues Forum: Yes 2 (Polgar, Truong), No 4
(Bauer, Channing, Goichberg, Hough), Abstain 1 (Berry). The motion
fails.
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Suitable time controls on the internet by
KDP[_2_]
While I've always liked and enjoyed chess, I've never been a strong
player. I've found that I tend to freeze up under time pressure so
I've been playing alot of correspondence chess and have improved to
the point where I'm ready to try some live games. I have an account
at FICS and was wondering what type of time controls is appropriate.
5 and 10 minute games are definately out and although I...
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The Devil - (round eye version).. by
mudshark
G'day gruppe,
I'm having an issue with 'the devil went down to Georgia'. I'm aware of
manic fiddling & that TK has left the gruppe for sunny California, so
his esteemed, musicalogical analysis shan't & won't be forthcoming any
time soon. It seems to me, that when the boincy, bundling, billy-bob
(oh! what name TK) bratwurst-bibbing, baby-bonced bleh blibbering, blehh
booby gets on his haunches &...
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