On Oct 12, 1:34 am, help bot wrote:.

This reminds me of Jude Acers; although he was
likely a much stronger player.


I didn't know Jude Acers was an alcoholic.


"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.

... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.


I generally take a week of in May to rejoice in
the greatness of this unknown amateur; my
justification is that he just might be distantly
related to Paul /Morphy/.


Good one.

Um, drinking is not actually an occupation.


It is if you're a professional drinker (wine taster).



This looks like yet another gaffe; he did finish 15th
in an ordinary blitz tournament held at the World
Open. If that was indeed a "world championship", it
must have been the weakest one on record.


Good catch but you're ruining the story Bot.


Perhaps he would do well to study the games of
Mr. Blackburne?


Or "Mason" the Irishman, who wrote a book and also was a boozer.

Looking at the USCF ratings page, I noted that he
seems to be "working on" his blitz rating; now it
seems to me that as a teacher, he ought to prefer
working on his regular, OTB rating, but then, that
might be a hopeless task.


He's a member of USCF? WOw, how can he afford the dues.

How much can a Class A player expect to get?

-- help bot

If he's a celebrity more than you.

RL

On Oct 12, 10:15 am, raylopez99 wrote:
"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.

... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.

I don't think GM and IM are American titles.

raylopez99 wrote:
help bot wrote:.
Um, drinking is not actually an occupation.

It is if you're a professional drinker (wine taster).

Professional wine tasters tend not to drink on the job. If you're
tasting fifty or sixty wines (not unusual), a few sips of each will
leave you in no fit state to do any job.


Dave.



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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ house in the woods but it'll make you
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raylopez99 wrote:

"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.
... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.


Expert is not a title - it's a rating class.


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Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/

On Oct 12, 10:15 am, raylopez99 wrote:
On Oct 12, 1:34 am, help bot wrote:.



This reminds me of Jude Acers; although he was
likely a much stronger player.

I didn't know Jude Acers was an alcoholic.

"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.

... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.

I generally take a week of in May to rejoice in
the greatness of this unknown amateur; my
justification is that he just might be distantly
related to Paul /Morphy/.

Good one.

Um, drinking is not actually an occupation.

It is if you're a professional drinker (wine taster).



This looks like yet another gaffe; he did finish 15th
in an ordinary blitz tournament held at the World
Open. If that was indeed a "world championship", it
must have been the weakest one on record.

Good catch but you're ruining the story Bot.

Perhaps he would do well to study the games of
Mr. Blackburne?

Or "Mason" the Irishman, who wrote a book and also was a boozer.

Looking at the USCF ratings page, I noted that he
seems to be "working on" his blitz rating; now it
seems to me that as a teacher, he ought to prefer
working on his regular, OTB rating, but then, that
might be a hopeless task.

He's a member of USCF? WOw, how can he afford the dues.

How much can a Class A player expect to get?

-- help bot

If he's a celebrity more than you.

RL

We need a homeless man to sue the USCF in IL. That would be perfect!
Does he want a
job?

Marcus Roberts

On Oct 12, 10:15 am, raylopez99 wrote:
On Oct 12, 1:34 am, help bot wrote:.



This reminds me of Jude Acers; although he was
likely a much stronger player.

I didn't know Jude Acers was an alcoholic.

"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.

... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.

I generally take a week of in May to rejoice in
the greatness of this unknown amateur; my
justification is that he just might be distantly
related to Paul /Morphy/.

Good one.

Um, drinking is not actually an occupation.

It is if you're a professional drinker (wine taster).



This looks like yet another gaffe; he did finish 15th
in an ordinary blitz tournament held at the World
Open. If that was indeed a "world championship", it
must have been the weakest one on record.

Good catch but you're ruining the story Bot.

Perhaps he would do well to study the games of
Mr. Blackburne?

Or "Mason" the Irishman, who wrote a book and also was a boozer.

Looking at the USCF ratings page, I noted that he
seems to be "working on" his blitz rating; now it
seems to me that as a teacher, he ought to prefer
working on his regular, OTB rating, but then, that
might be a hopeless task.

He's a member of USCF? WOw, how can he afford the dues.

How much can a Class A player expect to get?

-- help bot

If he's a celebrity more than you.

RL

We need a homeless man to sue the USCF in IL. That would be perfect!
Does he want a
job?

Marcus Roberts

On Oct 12, 10:15 am, raylopez99 wrote:

This reminds me of Jude Acers; although he was
likely a much stronger player.

I didn't know Jude Acers was an alcoholic.

Or a drug addict. Or a blue whale Or a vegetarian.



"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.

... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.

It is a curiosity that America does not run world
chess, does not dole out world titles. Somebody
(who obviously knew nothing) founded the
international chess federation in some insignificant
European country, instead of the USA. As they
say, "sh*t happens".


Um, drinking is not actually an occupation.

It is if you're a professional drinker (wine taster).

No, for then you are being paid not to consume
the wine, but merely to taste it. There is one case
where you are paid for consumption, and that would
be the hot dog eating contests. (Of course, I am
not trying to imply that there is any alcohol content
in hot dogs.)


This looks like yet another gaffe; he did finish 15th
in an ordinary blitz tournament held at the World
Open. If that was indeed a "world championship", it
must have been the weakest one on record.

Good catch but you're ruining the story Bot.

Perhaps the story was a bit over-inflated.


Perhaps he would do well to study the games of
Mr. Blackburne?

Or "Mason" the Irishman, who wrote a book and also was a boozer.

I didn't know that. I did know about his book.



Looking at the USCF ratings page, I noted that he
seems to be "working on" his blitz rating; now it
seems to me that as a teacher, he ought to prefer
working on his regular, OTB rating, but then, that
might be a hopeless task.

He's a member of USCF? WOw, how can he afford the dues.

The article says he makes twenty or thirty bucks
an hour teaching chess; three hours and he's set.



How much can a Class A player expect to get?

If he's a celebrity more than you.

Ah, I knew it! So then, he is related to Paul Morphy.

The article seems to indicate that he is not making
celebrity wages, but desires to do so by moving up
the USCF rankings to the next level. I just found it
a bit strange that he seems to focus heavily on his
blitz rating, which many people would regard as of
little value in measuring the worth of a teacher.

My own blitz rating of course is sky-high, so this is
not any attempt on my part to demean blitz chess or
blitz chess ratings. Check my results against the
GetClub Beginner level and you can see for yourself
how amazing I am at this kind of play, how it has
moved me well ahead of pretenders like IM Innes,
Rob Mitchell, and even 2300+ Taylor Kingston. ;D


-- help bot

On Oct 12, 11:27 am, Kenneth Sloan wrote:
raylopez99 wrote:

"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.
... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.

Expert is not a title - it's a rating class.


I think you are correct. No certificates or titles
are issued when a player slides past the critical
1999 mark, but there are numerous people who
regard their status the very same as if it were an
official title, and just looking at it you can see
that the USCF seems to have run out of letters
(Class D, Class C, Class B, Class A, oops).


In this particular context, I did not consider the
claim to having a USCF "title" to be an error of any
real consequence; let those who are my superiors
have their day in the sun. Let them call themselves
titled players, even if it is not official or sanctioned.
Let them strive for still higher titles -- but please, do
not let them just make stuff up ("I'm the Arch Duke
of Canterburry, descended from King Arther by way
of Mary Poppins") or get their USCF titles all mixed
up with those of FIDE. Such utter incompetence
deserves to be pointed out, noted.


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