Does anybody know the story behind this? Why is he playing for Palestine? I wouldn't think that it would be because of a big stipend, although I suppose that it is possible. The Oil rich Gulf Arab states have purchased a lot of sporting and chessic talent over the past few years. Come to think of it, how come Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait aren't playing in the Olympiad? 1.50 50 ...

Have we had the dinner with the "friendly countries" yet? How did it go? Has the palace coup been set in motion?

Schiller's Proposal: Move the USCF Headquarters to Nevada Eric Schiller, once a respected USCF insider who was ex-communicated for, among other things, writing his own rule book, has made an excellent although obvious proposal: Move the USCF to Nevada. Among the benefits which Schiller does not mention is that land in Nevada is completely free because it has thousands of square miles of open,...

CHESS MOVIES I'D PAY TO SEE "Another Fine Mess" Laurel and Hardy as two scholastic TD's. "Tin Cup Finger" Sean Connery stars as a fund raiser for chess. "In His Own Defense" Stan Booz plays the role of the young Petrosian, mainly because he looks like Petrosian. Realism is enhanced by adding two Fuller brushes simulating Petrosian's eyebrows.

We could save us all a lot of time if in replying to any message we delete the previous message in the reply box. Yes it does take a few seconds but it makes it so much easier to study a stream of replies. Otherwise you have to scroll past all the old messages with each reply. I am suprised google doesn't make this the default. It also takes oodles less storage space for the group and makes it...

How did Kramnik get Draw Odds?? I am sure that many chess players are upset as I am that Kramnik was allowed to keep his Birdbrain "World Championship" by DRAWING the match with Leko. Leko led for most of the match, took a draw in a position where he could have played for a win, only to lose the last game and allow Kramnik to draw the match and keep the "world title". I thought that draw odds...

In light of the recent vote of the USCF's executive board to move the USCF headquarters to Crossville, Tennessee, here are some facts and figures regarding the current tax structure in Crossville: PROPERTY TAX CITY COUNTY Rate per $100 value 70 cents $ 1.64 total = $ 2.34 per $100 value SALES TAX CITY COUNTY STATE 0% 2.75% 7%

The original Executive Board that voted to move to Crossville did so by a 4-3 vote. Shortly thereafter, John McCrary and Frank Camaratta, the principle proponents of the move, resigned. Tim Hanke, one of the ones who replaced them, campaigned for election saying that he was against the move to Crossville. Beatriz Marinello was opposed to the move to Crossville as well. Therefore, the bidding was...

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At 09:34 AM 10/24/2004 -0700, David Surratt wrote: In the Mechanics' Institute Chess Room Newsletter by John Donaldson #214, 10/20/2004, it states "The $508,000 the USCF made from the sale of its building in New Windsor went to the Life Member Assets fund, but this is still not enough to cover its future obligations." If that is incorrect, where is the USCF going to get the...

Thank you for posting this especially because it leads to a point I was trying to think of a delicate way to bring up: The two players who were most questionable and controversial for the USA team are doing by far the worst and are dragging the team down. Boris Gulko should have been kicked off the team and paid some money not to go because he has been almost completely inactive. He should have...

This is a serious issue, especially with "Pocket Fritz" on the rise. About 15 years ago, I was playing a game against an Expert. I played the Yugoslav against his Dragon, and when we reached a key position, he took his bookbag with him to the bathroom, came back about seven minutes later, reeled off six perfect moves, and won. I see problems both with players and spectators relaying moves...

Someone needs to post that attorney letter here, so that everyone sees how the majority of the EB really kowtowed to legal threats, thinking of the old chess maxim that "the threat is stronger than the execution." George, Post Hoc speculation aside, a copy of the letter in question can be found at: http://journals.aol.com/betteruscf/OnBoardforChess/entries/698

Naturally, the Olympic fetishists will refuse to accept reality, and will assiduously look for a silver lining. ----------------------------------------------------- The IOC this week sent out a 33-point questionnaire to all 28 Olympic sports federations. The form also went to golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports, which are among the 28 ``recognized'' federations not on the Olympic...

I commend the USCF's EB for its progress in cleaning up the mess left by others. Short term expense reductions were painful, but necessary. There were also three difficult more long term goals that had to be met: 1. Sell the building 2. Outsource books and equipment 3. Relocate

I have a State Championship tournament starting tomorrow that I am trying to get ready to direct. I cannot find the PDF USCF membership form on the USCF website anymore. I am blind or is the form gone from the website? --- Douglas L Stewart President, Mississippi Chess Association

(Parrthenon) writes: ... You would certainly want to have a satisfactory engineers inspection of this or any property you intend to purchase, to confirm the underlying soundness of the facility. ...

I have received the following comment from Eric Schiller on the Crossville controversy. This comment is especially important because Schiller lives in Northern California and is close to Elizabeth Shaughnessy who could provide the swing vote on this entire matter: At 05:49 PM 10/21/2004 -0700, Eric Schiller wrote: Lindsborg is interesting but what happens if the chess...

Why could not you have waited two weeks? Beatriz Marinello has now finally made statements explaining why she voted to move to Crossville. Tim Hanke and Beatriz have both said that now the decision has been made, there is no going back. Beatriz has today for the first time started attacking Bill Goichberg publicly on the Internet and twice today called for Goichberg to resign as Executive...

Domitian: Questions or comments on the annotation? Please email: Kramnik-Leko World Chess Championship, 2004, Game 14. Caro-Kann Defense Kramnik must win to tie the match and retain his World Champion title… 1 e4 …