I personally believe that one of the board members when I was on the board actually knew exactly who the Fake Sam Sloan was, spoke to him about it and encouraged him in his activities possibly even paying him some money for this. That same board member posted to this forum that he was "amused" by the postings of the Fake Sam Sloan. Furthermore, that same board member shot down all of my requests...

THREE LITTLE WORDS I wonder what all of this is about??? -- j.d. walker Susan Polgar won't be at the board meeting because of three little words... Samuel Ishmael Sloan.

Post #75595 refers to my statement, "I think you guys are really stupid", which was in response to the motion that was one vote away from passing that the US Championship tournament be canceled and replaced with a match between the champion and a challenger. That was not a false statement. It was a true statement. They were stupid. The USCF was formed in 1939 for the purpose of holding a...

Paul Truong, who has not been heard from almost since I filed my lawsuit against him on October 2, 2007, has posted today on chessdiscussion.com chessdiscussion.com is a safe medium for Truong because it is owned by Truong and registered to Truong. It is moderated by Gregory Alexander who deletes any remarks negative towards Polgar or Truong Here is the registration information: Registrant:

I would like some opinions on this chess variant: Birds and Ninjas http://chess.computerwebservices.net/birds.php It uses the flying bomber piece for the game Flying Bombers Grand Chess also found on that site: http://chess.computerwebservices.net/flying.php What do you guys think about that variant? Or with chess variants in general?

GM LARRY EVANS' NEXT BOOK.... "The Crazy World Of Chess" (296 pages) will be published this August. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $9.95. I have just seen the proofs and the book is a humdinger. The final chapter pays tribute to the late Arnold Denker, who had a low opinion of chess politicians. An excerpt:

Chess Players Rule! You make excellent executive decisions, relish complexity, and foresee what is most crucial and relevant. We, the devoted, daring, and driven members of the Exposition Park Chess Club consider you a kindred spirit. We warmly invite your participation in our chess club. This coming first Sunday of the month, November 4th, 2007, will be the occasion of a free,...

Thank you, Dr. Spinrad, for a fascinating article. You mention a story involving a lawyer, a piece of candy, and an off-hand remark by Morphy. I have never heard this story - would you mind providing some details? Regards, zdrakec

I have created my own blog where I am trying to create links to all other blogs where the lawsuit is being discussed. My blog is he http://samsloan.blogspot.com/ I have listed 14 other blogs where the lawsuit is being discussed. Anybody aware of any additional blogs that should be added to my list,

(d) Waiver of Service; Duty to Save Costs of Service; Request to Waive. (1) A defendant who waives service of a summons does not thereby waive any objection to the venue or to the jurisdiction of the court over the person of the defendant. (2) An individual, corporation, or association that is subject to service under subdivision (e), (f), or (h) and that receives notice of an action in the...

by Brian Mottershead on Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:16 am #76279 What Sam Sloan says is basically correct. I was asked by Bill Hall to prepare a report for him and the EB. I did, and I put it up password- protected on my private web site and sent the seven board members plus Hall usernames and passwords so they could access it. I also gave usernames and passwords to Brian Lafferty, who asked for a copy...

Hi, at the German website http://www.schachverband-sachsen.de you can take part in a poll regarding the chess novel of Stefan Zweig. The poll is initiated by a young woman interested in literature. Of course the questions are in German.

I find it amazing when those who are a queen down in the endgame claim that they are winning when the rest of the world can see that they are losing. Remember, during the Invasion of Iraq there was this official Iraq government spokesman dubbed by the press as "Baghdad Bob" who daily showed up for his TV interview in which he would claim that the American forces were being decimated, driven...

Ok, in the ongoing idea suggesting new ideas for multiple reasons, I am wondering about this one. I read in Games Magazine that the Chess960 world championship was decided with a final game of Blitz Chess960. On that note, I am curious what people's thoughts would be if you were to have regular chess have a final tiebreaker game be a blitz chess match, rather than the world champion retain the...

Ron Suarez has posted a very good discussion of what has been going on over at the USCF Forums for the past few weeks. I am reposting it here to preserve it, as it will likely be deleted from the Forums soon. Gregory Alexander has already responded with the same sort of rants and raves:

Lawsuit creates problems for local chess tournament Adam Young Issue date: 10/24/07 Section: News Though a $20 million identity-theft lawsuit involving Texas Tech, two Tech employees and the United States Chess Federation has not officially been served to the university, its accusations are blamed for $10,000 in lost sponsorship. A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern...

Why does chess software seem to look so Windows 95? (CT-ART, Chess Mentor, etc.) Seems to me they would sell a lot more if they made the interface look/ function better.

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=PdMzP3-P6rM :-P There is an idea in there perhaps to be a bit more serious. - Rich

THE HAPPY TALK COMMANDMENT Do you have any evidence that Bill Goichberg told the editor not to publish your name? Evidence would be a statement by Goichberg, a statement by the editor, or something in writing. No? I thought not. -- John Hillery es. Your friend Jerry Hanken told me that Bill Goichberg ordered Dan Lucas not to publish my name in Chess Life and to remove my name from any...

Eric Moskow gives money to tournaments so that he can play in those tournaments. His FIDE rating is 2254, so he knows that he will not be invited to an All-Grandmaster tournament unless he sponsors it. Earlier this year, he played in the Gausdal GM-A in Gausdal, Norway, a tournament in which the LOWEST Rated player other than himself was Grandmaster Lajos Portisch, rated 2512.