Susan Polgar has created a new blog on which she posts her views on the coming USCF election. However, there is a mystery. She provides a list of the candidates and then says that there is "one other candidate". Who is that "one other candidate"? Here is Susan's list: Susan Polgar Mikhail Korenman

We are going to have the first ever rgc online email chess tournament. Please email me after you sign up with your registration name so the cross table can me maintained. This is everyones chance to show what they have got. We have at least three signed up so far. Who will be next? Who would you love to play? Come on, issue a challenge to someone. Will they play? There will be no way to...

From the USCF Forum: "Tim Redman gets my vote for brilliant idea of the day. He has suggested that the USCF should recognize that the Forums are (now) essentially a political arena and make the job of Moderator that of the USCF's chief political officer, ie the USCF President." // Mike Nolan. Having joked this week about Pravda-in-Connecticut, at least USCF are admitting Redman's point,...

This is the current nickname list of players: adp chess one GrantPerks Inconnux Mike Murray Nemmers Randy395919 VinnyJH

I told you that they're afraid of me. I told you that Bill Goichberg is a mouse. My lawsuit threat is mightier than their their votes. They're afraid of me. Nolan doesn't want to lose his job like Tanner. I'll always win! Sam Sloan

_ "As of Wednesday morning, the USCF office has received eight election petitions. _ Sam Sloan Joe Lux Mikhail Korenman Susan Polgar Paul Truong Mike Goodall

The Executive Board has voted 4-1-1 to lift the posting rights suspension of Sam Sloan, effective immediately and to rescind the suspension of Beatriz Marinello. (Marinello abstained, Sloan voted against the motion.) My understanding is that this also wipes the slate clean in terms of past infractions on both Sloan and Marinello. I will update this note with the exact text of the motion when I...

This dictator Mike Nolan is out to get me. He unfairly suspended me from the USCF Nolanland forum. I can't appeal to anyone because he's a dictator. Fire Mike Nolan and vote for me for 4 more years! Sam Sloan USCF Executive Board Member

Chess coach pleads guilty to sex charges FORT COLLINS - A former chess coach accused of sexually assaulting three of his students pleaded guilty to two charges today and avoided any prison time. Robert Snyder, 52, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault on a child and one count of unlawful sexual contact during a hearing in District Court. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Snyder...

Ok who wants to spill all dirt available on Tanner? Let's hear it all.

I wrote to Duncan Oxley and he'll defend me. Sevan Muradian should be banned and not me. I'm innocent of all charges. Don Schultz is out to get me so his friends can get elected. I don't know why Mike Nolan and Bill Hall are against me. I'm sure that they're consipiring to get me off the board. Hal Bogner will help me get rid of ICC too. They got rid of him so it's pay back time. Sam Sloan USCF...

On USCF Forums, Bill Goichberg just posted the following regarding the suspension of Beatriz Marinello from posting: DECISION MADE BY MIKE NOLAN, SERVING AS A MODERATOR OF THE USCF FORUM; BILL HALL, USCF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND BILL GOICHBERG, PRESIDENT OF THE USCF I was not aware of the above headline in advance and do not agree with it. I expressed my personal opinion (that the info was...

NOTIFICATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION Date: January 5, 2006 To: Sam Sloan Your post to the USCF Forums on January 2nd in the USCF Issues Forum was in violation of the Acceptable Usage Guidelines for the USCF Forum because it referenced a confidential matter that you had knowledge of only as a member of the Executive Board.

Even when they suspended me from the USCF forum, all they can talk about is me. I told you I'm the most famous person in chess. They can't live without me. Sam Sloan USCF Most Famous Executive Board Member

I played a cute chess game in a tournament at the Marshall Chess Club last week, and here it is:

Jennifer Shahade aka the Chess Bitch got her job as a payoff from Don Schultz to her brother Greg Shahade. How many other people were interviewed for the position of web editor? Was the position ever announced? Was it ever advertised? I'm positive it didn't. It's clear that this was an illegal political move by Don Schultz, Joel Channing and Bill Goichberg. Sam Sloan USCF Executive Board Member

For some time now FIDE has announced plans to rate players down to 1000. This might put it in direct competition with the USCF. If this were the case, FIDE could then , in theory, sanction it's own tournaments without the USCF being involved at all and strangle national federations economically. If something isn't acted upon soon,there will be a new kid in town.

Yes, and those who misread the past and think they have it right, are condemned to look like fools. I could give a few prime examples, but The Hanken has entered his mellowhood! Cheers and enjoy life as I am. "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made!" Yeah, really. .The old lion in winter, Jerry Hanken

DECISION MADE BY MIKE NOLAN, SERVING AS A MODERATOR OF THE USCF FORUM; BILL HALL, USCF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; AND BILL GOICHBERG, PRESIDENT OF THE USCF NOTIFICATION OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION Date: January 8, 2006

I see that chessville also features a chess based puzzle which will now become a movie - see the article by Robert Tuohey at http://www.chessville.com:80/misc/History/PastPawns/NinthGateProblem.htm where the 7th card is discussed. The movie was directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Johnny Depp He asks a question about the position that is shown "If this position is original with the...