Wowowow. Not a single member of the men's team is native-born! Conspicuous by their absence were Nakamura and Akobian (also foreign-born). Naka missed out on some weird formula, which is too bad because it appears he's stronger than at least half the team we're fielding. What do I know? Let's hope that after USCF moves to Doublecrossville, the epicenter of US chess talent, it will be in a...

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http://www.floridachess.org/frances.htm STATE CHAMPIONSHIP STATUS UPDATE The tournament has been postponed. It will probably be rescheduled for the weekend of October 1. The hotel is canceling any room reservations. Only call them if you will still be using your reservation.

The ecology of progress By Ravi Batra To understand Prout, it is necessary to begin with its concept of progress. In common parlance, the term "progress" is associated with technical and scientific advancement, or anything that enhances the comforts of life. But these also create problems and can therefore not be termed as real progress. Humanity is said to have made tremendous progress today...

"Matt Nemmers" wrote in message news:1eAUc.5432$Fg5.2092@attbi_s53... "Sam Sloan" wrote in message ... I will argue my appeal before the Supreme Court of New York - Appellate Division - Second Department tomorrow, August 18, 2004. SNIP Who cares?

Welcome to another edition of PROUT Gems. The conservative economists will tell you that there are no alternatives to capitalism. But they fail to look at co-operatives and blindly mistake them for communes in the Soviet era. They are wrong. Co-operatives would have to be the most efficient and effective vehicle for economic enterprise. Why because of the safeguards of worker-shareholder...

Distributions of Wealth and People's Economy The question of wealth distribution requires a fundamental look at what forms a holistic economy. Sarkar states that a developed economy should consist of four parts: people's economy, psycho-economy, commercial economy and general economy. It is the people's economy that offers economic liberation and security for all. Its scope, implementation and...

On economic decentralisation and cooperatisation ... Cooperatives As you know, human society is one and indivisible. A human being cannot live alone. If a person wants to drink water from a well, he or she needs a rope and a bucket, and to tie the rope one needs a hook. For all these things, the help of the others is indispensable. In society human beings have to work jointly with others so...

Hurricane Frances is heading straight at the Florida Open. Will the players find it disturbing when the roof comes off during round 2? Will the FCA provide life jackets? Will the Sharpie pens work on the rain soaked wall chart? Will the FCA annual business meeting take place In Boca Raton or across the state in Boca Grande? These are the questions, gentlemen. Old Haasie

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The Internet Scholastic Chess Championship (ISCC) will be the largest and most lucrative student chess tournament online, and it all happens at the #1 internet chess community www.worldchessnetwork.com! All information he http://www.tentonhammer.com/WebPortal/Output/Proxy.ASP?Method=LoadPage&ResourceCode=WCNEventsISCC For more information please contact Mr. John...

In the latest radio interview Bobby Fischer says he wants Alexandra Kosteniuk in his cell when/if he is sent to the USA - pretty cool eh? Alexandra - if you are reading this post - what do you think? :-)

We can all celebrate...we scored the hat trick: Beatriz Marinello: the worst USCF Board President of all time. Bill Goichberg: the worst USCF Executive Director of all time. Kalev Pehme: the worst USCF Chess Life Editor of all time. It took some time, years even, but finally everything came together and we now have the worst possible leadership team in USCF history. Ms. Marinello spends her...

There's an article at http://pkchess.bizland.com/chesspress/chesspress5/cpress5_1.html that starts off like this: "When the 14-year-old Bobby Fischer obtained the title of an international master, he was not too happy. "Oh, they could have made me a grandmaster at once!" - he complained."

On ICC I've experimented with these moves as white: 1 d4, 2 f3, 3 Be3, 4 Bf2, etc. Does this opening sequence have a name other than irregular QP? So far I have two wins and a draw with this odd duck. Old Haasie

From: Alan M. Kirshner, Ph.D. To: Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 10:30 PM Subject: No commentary needed! From Eric Hicks It seems that Peterson has sent out an email to our entire membership accusing Elizabeth of embezzling cal chess funds. Peterson is this really

Vis-a-vis Eric's and John Fernandez's posts, I have to defend USCF an eensy-weensy bit on this. Confidentiality is an important component of honest negotiations. Note that "honest" doesn't just mean the parties are being truthful to one another, but that the premise for the negotiations themselves is reasonable. Having said that, it's clear that USCF has destroyed its own credibility over the...

Good quote!!!! On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:02:01 +0100, banana wrote: . From the 'Washington Times': http://washingtontimes.com/world/20040830-091413-6723r.htm

We discuss Bobby Fischer topic in our Copenhagen club and need the comments of highly intellectual Russian speaking guys who are interested in the subject. U are welcome and all ur comments will be highly appreciated. http://forum2.berezin.org/viewtopic.php?t=2207 Greetings Catherine