This might be of interest to some readers he http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-10-internet-defamation-case_x.htm I have seen quite a few good people slandered here on the chess newsgroups and always wondered about possible legal action. Things around here have quieted down a bit though... but there's always the next election.... --Duncan

Жухал долго не живет, заболеет и умрет You lost the main match 5-6, you lost the blitz 1.5-2.5. The only thing you can do is harass and cheat. Good riddance! I hope no tournament will take a risk at inviting you.

MOEN is now sponsoring the World Chess Championship! Their new slogan: "Moen...buy it for looks....buy it for life....buy it for when you find yourself at move 26 in the poisoned pawn...." -- Money is not "game."

I see Larisa Yudina was mentioned in a story about the recent murder of Anna Politkovskaya. See: http://tinyurl.com/vrnpm "The authorities are not interested in shedding light on murders of journalists who denounce their corruption," said Bogdanov. --Duncan

Interesting discussion on the USCF web site: http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_127.php Seems the Federation recently brought the US rules into conformance with FIDE rules, forcing the player to move before recording. Now there was no groundswell among players and organizers for this change.

With the score tied in the final rapid game, Topalov blundered and resigned.

Would anyone (particulary the alleged cc'd parties) care to comment on the authenticity (or lack thereof) of the following BINFO, which I understand was deleted soon after it was posted? ******* BEGIN QUOTATION BINFO 200603590 Date 2006-09-25

How do they plan to stop CHEATING? -- Money is not "game." Looks are not "game." Social status or value is not "game." Those are the things that game makes unnecessary. A seduction guru who teaches you that looks, money or status is game is not

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2007 US CHAMPIONSHIP DETAILS ANNOUNCED The 2007 US Championship, organized by America's Foundation for Chess in cooperation with the US Chess Federation, will consist of 32 players who will play knockout matches. To maximize spectator interest, each match will be broadcast live on the internet and only one or two matches will be held per day. It is expected that most matches will be held in the...

A Question for the Real Sam Sloan? Do you still want to fire the USCF Executive Director, Bill Hall? Marcus Roberts

A GANG in DISARRAY Phil Innes "Chess One" wrote in message news:tBjSg.4959$Zj4.1229@trndny04... Matter of fact, the vast majority of responses to Innes come from parr, who realizes that Innes needs someone ... anyone ... to talk to ... 'cause it

Dear readers, Chessville has been able to oblige organisers in India to web-advertise the current World Championship for the blind - please see:- http://www.chessville.com/News/2006WorldChampBlind.htm As well as a notice in this week's Parrot, http://chessville.com/Editorials/AlekhinesParrot/Index.htm

Just got an email from gothic chess about an announcement coming up tomorrow on chessfm. Anyone else hear about this? Rob

how boring this is like a botvinnik-smyslov match

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NEWS FROM RENO Attendance was down from over 400 players last year to 309 this year but the field was strong with 11 grandmasters and many titled players in the top section where GMs Kudrin and Serper shared first at 5-1 ahead of Ehlvest, Yermolinsky, Ibragimov, Lein, etc.

Given their friendliness with ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURES, this isn't a shock, of course. Someone who heads a committee for USCF has said I should "bring it on" with regard to my suit. I have decided to do just that. Sounds like civil rights is a joke to this organization. --