I think you recognize and agree that during my one year on the board I consistently advocated a big cut in expenses. In particular, I advocated very specific cuts that would have reduced expenses by $80,000 without any reduction in services to the membership. Unfortunately, at that time the board was deadlocked. I could only get two-and a half to three votes to cut expenses. With a...

Louis Henry Watson was a rapidly rising star in the World of Bridge. At the age of only 29, he had won virtually every major title that existed, playing with partners that included Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken and Sam Fry. Watson was ranked the number four bridge player in the world. On Valentine's Day, February 14, 1936, in what seemed to be perfect health, after a luncheon, Watson became ill...

I am about to publish a book about bridge. However, somebody told me that nobody plays bridge any more. Is that true? Is bridge play up or down? Would it be a waste of my time and money to publish a book about bridge? Sam Sloan

(1) rgcp is a cesspool so it doesn't count (2) Sloan and Gordon are held in low repute so it's obvious nobody would want to steal their identities. (3) These charges are destructive of the USCF and they should stop (4) Sloan has dirty stuff on his web site so it doesn't count (5) A *child* could have faked all this evidence, so it doesn't count (6) A master hacker could have faked all...

On Mar 14, 7:53*am, (Sam Sloan) wrote: The United States Chess Federation is in a lot of trouble. What with $2 million that has gone missing and the insiders are showing no inclination to find out what happened to the money plus a laptop computer with all the financial data on it just walked out the door all by itself, and then we received calls for a high profile...

From the USCF Issues Forum: by DACP on Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:14 pm #95389 Recall Status as of this minute... 33 Signed Petitions in Hand 16 Petitions Reported to be on their way 27 Individuals in process of being contacted by various folks with the anticipation that they will sign.

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The following is from a post on chessdiscussion by Dougie. My comments follow --------------------------------------------------------------- by Tennessee Vols on Wed Mar 19, 2008 2:55 pm Hal Terrie, are you that blind to see evidence that conflicts with your world view? Just cherry picking evidence that only and only supports your claims is a person that is in denial or refusing to look at...

I have two books in front of me: "The Outline of Contract Bridge" by Louis H. Watson author of Watson on the Play of the Hand published in 1934 and "Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge" new edition enlarged and modernized by Sam Fry, Jr.published in 1959

Does anybody have the tournament bulletins for the 1988 Seven Stars Cup Tournament of Chinese Chess in Beijing China? If so, would they kindly send me two of my games by email in a PDF Format or otherwise by regular mail. The games I especially want to receive are my two games against C. K. Lai. I won both games. C. K. Lai is a well known Xiangqi player who won the 11th European Xiangqi...

I present again Sam Sloan's claim: "The fact is that Taylor Kingston has never beaten a master." Interested readers can check the original post he http://tinyurl.com/27n2xd Sam's claim is quite absolute and unequivocal, and also unequivocally false. I have challenged Sam to put his money where his mouth is. I have 10,000 actual, official American dollars that say I have beaten an...

I was talking about new Games and Help Bot suggested me that why not have a board 100x100 size. That is too Big. We see people have mastered Chess so deep that they have just memorized first 10 Moves. But the beauty of Chess lies in its complexities. Here is a new GRAND CHESS I propose.

After creating "GetClub Chess" I think I should design something more interesting. Can the Chess Players give me some thing they would like to play at GetClub. View the new GetClub Site: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html What is your dream game which you would like to play.

I wonder if all the people involved in this political wars stop to think a minute about what is going on. There is a distinct chance that the way Go is taking off, that chess may end up falling behind it worldwide, with the total number of players involved. I am curious if all the squabbling going on will help accelerate people playing other games besides chess. Anyone have any comments? Is...

Chessbase has put up a good article which these newsgroups also researched this past January. Here is the URL http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4513 Varieties of adjustment of scoring are considered by Kung-Ming Tiong, who is a mathematician and logician at School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. He is interested in the application of

In another thread, our inimitable Sam Sloan (I think the real one this time) wrote: On Mar 14, 12:18 pm, SBD wrote: On Mar 14, 10:06 am, wrote: "Seeming to reply to Evans in his foreword to 'Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection' (ICE, 1997), Nunn says 'Attempts to analyze the games themselves for evidence of Keres' suicidal efforts ......

I agree that Goichberg should resign but I am sure that he will not do so. However, my reasons for believing that Goichberg should resign are entirely different than those suggested by Bill Brock. In the first place, this entire situation was created by Goichberg. After the votes were counted and I was declared to have been elected to the board on July 20, 2006, Goichberg started a series of...

On chess discussion Mr. Brock call for the resignations of both Mr. Truong and Mr. Goitchberg. Mr. Truong, reacting to Mark Nibblin's suggestion that Mr. Truong resign, noted that Mr. Brock called for Bill G's resignation but neglected to note the call for his own resignation. In case Mr. Truong missed the post (or pulls it), here is what Mr. Brock wrote: by billbrock on Wed Mar 12,...

It isn't the fact that it exists on Usenet that I am wondering about, but why the state of chess calls for a need of it. Is there ANY indication there will be any changes in ANY of the rules? Is there a chance that draws will be scored differently, the clock changed, or the reality that championships favor the champ going to ever be changed? If not, then what is the point of politics? Is it...

This question is related to my other question about why this newsgroup. Can someone please tell me what all the fighting is over? Do people get access an executive's restroom or something? Is there a private jet they get to use? Is there a multi-million dollar golden parachute for getting fired? What exactly are they fighting over? Please fill me in as an outsider here. I am working on IAGO...