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THE IMMORTAL GAME National Public Radio, All Things Considered, September 2006 Even in this era of Game Boys and PlayStations, you can still read an account of Hezbollah's raid across the Israeli border as"Nasrallah's gambit," and you can find descriptions of the response it provoked as "Israel's endgame." Chess vocabulary forms a metaphorical bridge between a harmless board game of strategy...

We are smart people. We don't exchange a rook for a knight if we can help it, unless it's part of an attack we hope will produce checkmate or something. Morons gamble. They'll pay $100 for a 1-in-38 chance of winning $3500. But that's where the money is. They insist on being stupid. They vote stupid, and unjust laws get imposed on us, and now it's payback time.

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Crossville has turned down the proposal to move the USCF HQ to Palm Beach Gardens. Expect this to be a bitter and costly legal battle! I'm still muzzled by Joel Channing. This is all I'm allowed to say.

Does anyone have the dates of the 1998-9 and 1999-2000 Hastings Congresses? I'm more interested in the dates they finished. Also can anyone tell me how to send chess games by e-mail? I gather there is a special format; I want something more than Forsyth notation. Thanks

Does anyone know the email address of USCF expert Jon Jacobs? He grew up in Queens and was active in NY chess until the 80s or so. Please send his address to angelodp (at sign) gmail - dot - com. Thanks, Angelo

I'll bring up a motion to fire Hoffman, Lucas, Polgar, Alburt and Benko immediately. I would like to see more articles by Larry Evans, Raymond Weinstein, Bobby Fischer and Bill Lombardy. I would like to bring back the best of America. I'll also vote to move the USCF HQ to Palm Beach Gardens starting January 2007. I have enough of this cow town Crossville.

At our annual meeting in Albany, the New York State Chess Association, Inc. authorized the purchase of a Gold Affiliate membership, becoming the third affiliate from New York and fourth overall to support USCF at the highest level. Clearly given all of the vicious words said about New York before, during and after the move of USCF headquarters to Tennessee, these are gracious acts that reflect...

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Rumor has it that the USCF's stapler is missing! It must be part of some nefarious plot to make USCF documents less secure. Everyone knows that it is easier to remove a key page from a contract or report if it is attached with a paper clip rather than a staple. Who took the stapler? How many documents have been compromised? Where is the stapler now? Did anyone check the bottom drawer? Get...

I'm stunned to learn of the death of Croc Hunter, Steve Irwin. He became only the third person in the Australian records to die from a stingray attack. Old Haasie

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My plan is to move the USCF HQ to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. I plan to start a lawsuit against the city of Crosssville. We got a horrible deal from Sabine and it would be nearly impossible to sell this worthless building. I'll be in charge of the relocation process. Sam Sloan

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I notice the Chess Life Online "Senior Open Update" is stuck on Round 4. How did it come out?

Dear friend, i search TWIC issues from Nr 1 to Nr 150. Can you help me? Alf

An easy way to be nice to the members of newsgroups that have nothing to do with r.g.c.p. is RIGHT BEFORE you hit send check what groups you are sending it to. If it is about USCF politics there is a 99.99% chance you will only annoy members of the dozens of crossposted groups. Take them off the distribution list. It only takes a second. You will score some good karma.