Andreas P. Hofmann wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/07/23/chessno rwood23.xml The link (above) did not work when I clicked on it. I believe that Andreas P. Hofmann's referring to the termination of Nigel Short's chess column. --Nick

Executive Board member and candidate for election Randy Bauer has disappeared since his boy lost the Grudge Match to Sam Sloan on June 26, 2005.. Bauer put up $100 for the Grudge Match. He obviously did this thinking that Sloan would be humiliated and lose the match, or would chicken out and not play, but Sloan, to Bauer's great surprise, won the match and won one thousand dollars. What has...

USCF Elections: Northwest Region: WA, OR, ID, MT and AK Complete Results Goichberg 204 Shahade 201 Channing 185 Tanner 176 Bauer 48 Shaughnessey 48 Sloan 44

"Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself." Alexander Graham Bell Dear Chess Friends- The third issue of the "Chess Chronicle" is in your mailbox!

USCF Elections: Pacific Region: CA, AZ, NV and HI Complete Results Shahade 563 Goichberg 560 Tanner 504 Channing 493 Shaughnessey 313 Bauer 230 Shutt 180 John 157

USCF Elections: Region 9, Mountains/Plains (CO, KS, UT, WY) Complete Results Goichberg 143 Tanner 135 Shahade 131 Channing 116 Sloan 48 Shaughnessey 47 Bauer 40

USCF Elections: Mid-South Region: TN, LA, AL, AR and MS Complete Results Bauer 127 Shaughnessey 113 Channing 109 Goichberg 108 Shahade 108 Tanner 107 Shutt 103

.... said Korchnoi, and this game seems to verify that statement http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1349021

USCF Elections: Region 3: PA, DC, MD, Del, VA, WVa Complete Results Goichberg 516 Shahade 510 Channing 456 Tanner 399 Shaughnessey 198 Bauer 189 Shutt 163 Sloan 143

USCF Elections: Midwest Region: IL, MO, IA and NE Complete Results Goichberg 328 Shahade 277 Channing 254 Tanner 245 Bauer 147 Shaughnessey 109 Sloan 74 John 64

USCF Elections: North-Central Region: MN, WI, ND and SD Complete Results Goichberg 172 Shahade 155 Channing 142 Tanner 137 Bauer 86 Shutt 72 Shaughnessey 67

New USCF Board will not build new building in Crossville Although the final results are still being tabulated, it is clear that the entire Goichberg Slate has been elected, by a wide margin. Even though the old board is not yet dead and their bodies are not yet cold in the ground, the new board has made it clear that they will not be building a new building in Crossville, Tennessee. Among the...

USCF Elections: Region 5: OH, MI, IN and KY Complete Results Goichberg 365 Shahade 330 Channing 320 Tanner 302 Bauer 102 Sloan 97 Shaughnessey 96 Shutt 72

George John carried his "Success Team" to victory in Texas, the only state that the Success Team won. Tim Redman, who like Geprge John, is known for being vehemently anti-Goichberg, also lives in Texas. However, the big vote for George John in Texas was only good enough to pull him temporarily out of last place, as George John finished last in every other state.

USCF Elections: New York, New Jersey Complete Results Goichberg 610 Shahade 558 Channing 448 Tanner 441 Shaughnessey 201 Bauer 184 Shutt 166 Sloan 156

Sloan beats Success Team in Virgin Islands Proving that a virgin cannot even win in the Virgin Islands, Sloan easily defeated that professional virgin chess politico George John in the Virgin Islands vote. However, one member of the Success Team, Elizabeth Shaughnessy, was able to equal Sloan's vote in the Virgin Islands, but this was because she is not a virgin either! All of the other members...