Mig has posted an interesting peice on the dirty side of chess journalism. http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/archives/plagiarism_chronicle.htm Enjoy, Duncan

Which person was Yasser Seirawan on FIDE referring to when he mentioned a "grandmaster no one had ever seen compete" in his editorial seen on the site www.chesstoday.net ? "Others will have their own favourites such as fixed tournaments and awarding Grandmaster titles to players no one had ever seen compete. " from: www.chesstoday.net

.... this time in Washington state http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/5501764p-4959165c.html

WHERE WERE WE? The memoir that I have been working on is with the publisher and it will be appearing in March in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and London, with a later date after translation for China. So there is now some time. Where were we?

When should we expect to see the USCF dues drop from $49 to a much lower figure? Bill Goichberg himself said not all that long ago that $49 is too high even though he once championed the increase to $49 from a time before. $49 has killed organized adult chess in many places throughout the country. Down my way only se/Florida and Orlando seem capabable of pulling off adult tournaments. The next...

Their dues structure is outdated. USCF should use its existing mailing list to build a revenue-stream that generates x amount of dollars per member through chess-related commerce. If they don't do it, ICC probably will just take over OTB chess, since you actually get something for your money.

USCF has GOT to take the lead on this. I don't care if it costs more to enter a tournament; I would GLADLY pay it if we can ensure that no one CHEATS. The rules have to be simple: 1. NO leaving the board except for a bathroom break, which must be taken on the opponent's move, and while the player's clock continues to tick (i.e., immediately after his move). Cut the time controls to g/30 or...

She's what, 22? 24? She's rated what, 2400? USCF is paying her how much to write about chess? She has ALL DAY AND NIGHT TO TRAIN. During her breaks from training, she can write articles and run the USCF's e-zine website.

Half a Bitch is Better Than None: http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/articles/a060214.htm "Much of the press controversy provoked by the title and cover is silly, and in at least one case, a ridiculous interview with Ms. Shahade at the Chessville website, an assault against grammar: 'What do you think of mostly men who say that they would object to the book becoming part of a high school...

Schultz, Channing and Goichberg gave Shahade and Hoffman big money under the table as political payoff. They are corrupt. They should all resign and put Marinello back as President immediately. Chess **** Shahade and Hoffman have no experience in the field where they were given positions and big money. When will this corruption end? Marinello was the best President and she would cut their balls...

An ad in 'NIC' drew my attention to www.chesschronicle.org "It contains theoretical analysis, opening surveys, chess novelties, and well-annotated games, as well as instructive theoretical material from Grandmasters and International Masters". (quote from the site) It's one to subscribe to and would cost 45$ for 24 issues which is about 24 cups of coffee/ 30 copies of a newspaper (which one?) /...

Explain this to me...poker matches are NEVER shown live...games are EDITED for maximum effect to show only the "exciting" hands played. Now games of poker can last for hours on end...yet with editing...these games can be shortened down for managable bit sized one hour "events" shown on cable. Now turn to chess. Here's a game that can ALSO last for hours and hours. But I don't see the kind of...

We need lesbians like Marinello and Jen Shahade to run the USCF. They can cut the balls off weasels like Schultz and company.

With all the mystery as to Mr. Fischer's online chessplay, was there any noticable absences of any strong players during his incarceration?

Does anyone know the story behind why Bobby Fischer's book "My 60 most memorable games" is out of print. I checked Amazon and if you have a copy you could probably get $60 for it. I assume this has to do with legal problems or his antisemitic remarks but does anyone have the actual facts?

Those interested in FIDE politics may want to read this, from GM Yasser Seirawan: http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles.htm

It not has become apparent why Greg Shahade abruptly resigned from the USCF Executive Board. The answer can be found in Section 2 (a) of the "Standards of Conduct" at http://www.uschess.org/org/govern/conduct.html which states: "(a) Except where noted below, no Executive Board member or a member of his immediate family may receive financial compensation from the USCF for any reason, except for...

OK...........Don Schultz has very slowly told us more and more of the story. When he said "every member of the board wanted Jennifer" does that include him? He acted as if he knew nothing about all this just a few days ago? So now let's give us one more piece of the puzzle...............

The first time a computer beat a reigning world champion under tournament conditions was 10 years ago today, per Wikipedia anniversaries list. This was the first game of the first DB-Kasparov match and Kasparov was shocked by this loss, but he came back to win the match with a 4-2 score. He lost the subsequent and more famous match a year...

Earlier you had only one choice to play Chess with Computer at http://www.softtanks.com/chessgame/Chess.html Now you can play with human opponents as well. There are Four Levels available The Beginner The Easy The Normal