Larry Parr was recently caught retailing a lie regarding what he termed "most scholars" endorsing a bogus claim by his mentor GM Larry Evans, that he and he alone was clever enough and a strong enough chess player to spot deeply hidden "clues" which he says amounted to "proof" of the throwing of games. These "clues", we were told, were deeply embedded in the moves of the games themselves. ...

The USCF Executive Board has decided to hold the February 2008 meeting online over the Internet. There is no way that the general membership will be able to participate. This was because Paul Truong refused to go to California and Bill Goichberg refused to hold the board meeting anywhere other than California, where he lives during the Winter months. I am wondering if it is a violation of the...

Why is this guy ranked so low in the top 20 fide list? His results have to mean something doesn't it? EZoto

Interesting toy to mess with. Interesting to test it with actual performances. http://fairmodel.econ.yale.edu/aging/chess.htm

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THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans (page 82) Just Testing Two players had their scores erased at the 2004 World Team Championship in Calvia because they refused to comply with a "random" drug test demanded by FIDE. Yet many people wonder why there is any need to enforce Olympic restrictions now that both the International Olympic...

On Nov 4, 4:13 pm, "B. Lafferty" wrote: Why? Does anyone know what his problem is? He made it clear at the USCF EB meeting that he can't enter CA, but refused to say why. This is not entirely true. A state will often refuse to pay the charges to extradite a person from another state. Let us say that you commit a crime in Hawaii and are arrested in Florida. Florida...

Bill Hall calls USCF member complaints "ridiculous, salacious" http://boomp3.com/m/ffd53679788c Here is another brief audio tape from the USCF Executive Board meeting held in Crossville Tennessee on November 3, 2007. On this tape, Bill Hall, USCF Executive Director, states: "Its amazing how many ridiculous, salacious scandals are imagined out there."

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On Nov 7, 4:39 pm, Rob wrote: What if the USCF went out of business? I am not advocating this. Honestly, how would things change for the chessplayer? It is well known that Ron ("the Robber") Mitchell wants the USCF to go out of business so that he can take over the USCF's business. Rob ('the Robber") Mitchell got his moniker "the Robber" through a scam he pulled by...

On http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/index.htm : - Betty Ollier-Lopez (b 1960) La Simultanée (tableau inspiré d'une simultanée donnée par le Maître International français Patrice Etchegaray) - Nicolas Sphicas (b 1961) From the game Spassky Petrossian1969 (1992) JMRW

I think that under the circumstances there is a good chance that we could get the 96 signatures needed to start a recall of Mr. Truong. However, then there would be articles in Chess Life from both sides and finally a vote. Truong might easily defeat the effort to oust him. Right now the best chance is through my court case. The judge has given them until November 20 to answer. The judge has...

True enough but I still have hope (maybe misplaced) that the USCF could take leadership on some of these issues and can help to push along some of the work that people have been doing in the field. I thought Tim Redman raised some interesting issues in his recent post about the benefits of chess for an aging population concerned with maintaining mental and physical agility. I hope that you will...

Lucas Contract debate at the USCF Executive Board meetings http://boomp3.com/m/3ab271e995de Jerry Hanken Owes Sam Sloan $100 This is an audio tape of the meeting of the USCF Executive Board held on November 17, 2006 in Stamford, Connecticut. This is the portion of the debate in which the board debated whether to extend the contract of Chess Life Editor Dan Lucas.

Has anyone successfully bought any items from OneStopChess.com? Their advertised prices are considerably below other chess dealers. I was not able to complete my order because they asked for a code that was nowhere to be found. Is it a legitimate site???

Meeting Link, Accounting Crisis discussed at USCF Board meeting http://boomp3.com/m/ec8c82fe9fb8 Here is another audio tape from the USCF Executive Board meeting held in Crossville Tennessee on November 3, 2007. On this tape, Joel Channing comes out well, as he is the only board member to bring up the Meeting Link Scandal. Then Bill Hall lies as usual by saying that the USCF has had a...

Glad you brought that up. What did the Executive Board censure me for? To find out, look at the document on my website and scroll down to page 7 Appendix B at: http://www.samsloan.com/board-censures-sloan.pdf There you will see that I was censured for writing three letters to the other board members dealing mainly with issues involving the US Championship. First, I berated them for one month...

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Donna Alarie is Bad Bad Bad mp3 file http://boomp3.com/m/bb4ff72a09dd In this audio tape, several members of the USCF Executive Board openly attack concerned USCF member Donna Alarie. The audio tape starts with USCF President Bill Goichberg expressing concern that there will be "tremendous outcry" if something is not done about the Pension and Profit Sharing Crisis soon. Paul Truong then...

Lawsuit Process Server in Sloan vs. Truong on mp3 file I have uploaded an audio file in mp3 format of the process server, Robert Collester, serving the summons and complaint in Sloan vs. Truong et al, 07 CIV 8537 (SDNY). The file is at: http://www.uploadhut.com/id78688/process-server.mp3 On the uploaded tape, it starts at 2:02 minutes and finishes at 4:25 minutes.