A couple of recent droppings from the smelly Parrot cage at ChessVile. They continue the policy of attacking the Marinello presidency and praising the Dream Team: http://www.chessville.com/Editorials/AlekhinesParrot/Index.htm "The proverbial Winds of Change may be about to sweep through USCF Headquarters, as the elections appear to have put into office Bill Goichberg and friends. This is a...

I would like Mr. Innes to explain, in English if he is able, and with the help of a translator if he is not, why he stated the following in a Shakespeare newsgroup: "My qualifications for saying so is that I was nearly an international master, with a rating of 2450, which is a tolerably qualified level to offer an opinion - for example, , who used to post here before splitting, so to

According to the USCF's financial statement: http://www.uschess.org/org/govern/finance/2004-05AuditedFinancialStatementsforfiscalyearending5-31-05.pdf (page 13) ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Federation now has an agreement with Chess Cafe, an unrelated entity, to process all retail sales. The Federation will receive a yearly comission of 13.5% on sales up to $2,000,000.00 and 15% on sales in excess...

Now that Hanke and Marinello have resigned from the USCF Board the federation will fall into the hands of the most conventional thinkers. We can expect a whole lot of nuttin' much to happen in the near to mid-term future. There will most likely be some cosmetic diddling with Chess Life and maybe some dinking around with the web site, but not much else. The most interesting possibility might be...

Let's have another grudge match. Phil Innes and Neil Brennen - Knight odds as suggested. You will play on ICC. I'll supply the ICC accounts. You two will *each* need to get a current USCF TD to procter. (Local level or higher. I *must* have knowledge of this TD and agree to him or her). It WILL be USCF rated.

Tim Hanke has submitted his resignation from the USCF Executive Board. Under current USCF Bylaws, the Executive Board has the option to decide whether or not to call for a special election, as well as to set the timing for such an election. When there are two or more vacancies, a special election is required, though the Board still sets the timing for it. A provision for the Delegates to elect...

"When I was young I often listened country music. My favourite song was "Hunging tree". -- Goran Tomic, 8 August 2005 Goran's too modest to mention it, but he had quite an impressive music career of his own. To see one of his best videos, go to: http://www.molvania.com/video_medium_2.html Enjoy!

In another thread, wrote: Taylor Kingston will defendhis new-found ally Mr. Brennen because he must. His ego can't take any more flak just now. Sorry, Larry, my ego is doing just fine, though I humbly concede that it has failed to rival your own towering edifice. In Parr's Distorted Dictionary, definitions depend first and foremost on whether the person being...

"Goran Tomic" wrote in message ... It would be interesting to organise match with only tree paricipants: Neil Brennen (The Hysterian), the Masked Bishop (The Coward), and Mr Taylor Kingston. Who would be the winner? Maybe somebody whose friend is one KGB spy, strong chess player?

I just noticed that Harry Sabine is a member of the LMA Committee. A vote of the LMA Committee was required to use USCF Funds to build a new building in Crossville. Yet, Harry Sabine has also been representing the City of Crossville in negotiations with the USCF. Obviously, there is a conflict of interest and Harry Sabine is required to disqualify himself from voting on the move.

Grant Perks, the CFO of the USCF, has been fired. The firing took place just three days before the ballot count, with Beatriz Marinello, Elizabeth Shaughnessy and Steve Shutt voting to fire Grant Perks and Don Schultz voting against. Randy Bauer and Tim Hanke were out of contact and did not participate in the vote. The reason for firing Grant Perks is unknown.

1=2E Note M - prior period adjustments In light of 5/31/05 Note M, the true FYE 5/31/2004 increase in net assets was $163,759. 2=2E 5/31/05 stmt of activities: Pull out the nonrecurring items from the increase in unrestricted net

I have just received word that the land provision stated in the auditor's report has been incorrectly worded and that the land will fully revert to USCF after the building is complete. As I previously said the leaders of Crossville are triple A class people and I could not equate that to what would have amounted to outright deception. What bothers me is that some very smart people here seemed to...

Greetings all, Does anyone know of a link to monitor activities at the US open? Thanks all,

In my opinion Mr. Brennen's "discussion" repelled many potential chess players from the chess. Because children who read these posts could think that all chess players use ugly words and make vandalism (sorry from this word, but Wikipedia named Mr Brenen vandal because false nickname and false posts he used on it, Mr Kingston supported him in that vandalisnm). So, it could be introduced new word,...

Turn on your TVs QUICK !!!! The Meth Problem in Crossvlle is featured on the NBC Nightly News right now, featuring Mark Potter. Sam Sloan

In other threads, George John has been creating a list of types of people who should not be allowed to run for or serve on the USCF Executive Board. Of course, this is a matter of principle, according to George John. For example, George John wishes to exclude those who organize chess tournaments for profit, such as Bill Goichberg, while allowing those who lose money on the chess tournaments they...

This seems to have all the elements for a good grudge match. The individuals dislike each other, both are strong players, and there have been doubts cast by some as to whether the players deserve their ratings. Jerry Spinrad

Now that (apparently) the auditing firm has amended its financial report to correct the "land doesn't belong to the USCF" part, it would be a good idea to post the most recent version. Doing this would go a long way towards showing that this is not just a rumor and will also provide some redemption for the auditing firm's stained reputation (yes, that was a serious mistake - if it was a mistake,...

Meth labs, a toxic threat to rural America. One small town grapples with scourge of addiction. "Along a country road on the Cumblerand Plateau" begins a NBC story, and one suddenly realizes that the story is about Cross-to-Bear, a.k.a Crossville. There is a sheriff with the wonderful name of Butch Burgess -- looks just like Rod Steiger from In the Heat of the Night -- and there is the good...