I just noticed the "Member Services Area" link on the USCF ratings page. Has this been there long? I don't remember it, but it is GREAT! This is why I pay a membership fee! I can see all tournaments I have been in, I can click on any player and see their tournaments - who they played, etc! This is the one of the services that the USCF should be providing for my membership fee. It looks...

Questions are being raised by members of the Chess Trust on how much USCF charged for its "administrative services" for the trust. It now appears that amount under Niro may have been more than half the Trust's income. Does anyone else have more details?

Anyone have any ideas - my website has been taken over by hackers - my server is looking into it. In the meantime anyone interested take a look and offer me any suggestions you have. Don Schultz the site iswww.chessdon.com

And some racist comments by the agent that the Jury never saw: http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/106474074441470.xml

The New Gang of Four The term "Gang of Four" comes of course from the group that ruled China when Chairman Mao was still alive but too infirm to be an effective ruler. The leader of the Gang of Four was the wife of Chairman Mao. After Chairman Mao died and the Gang-of-Four was overthrown, the gang members were all put in prison where they remained until they died. The first time I ever heard...

Thanks to Pete Nixon for updating his page. http://detroitchess.com/USCFmem2.htm 23165 to 22853 a drop of 312. How can we tell how many are due to the reclassification of the prisoners?

I have just posted the 10/3 USCF membership numbers at: http://detroitchess.com/USCFmem2.htm Total membership is up by 332. Regular Adult fell by 259. Thanks to Mike Nolan for sending me a copy of the expiration audit. Peter C. Nixon http://detroitchess.com/

Hi! I search the book of Jakow Neistadt: "250 traps and combinations" Thanks to alls and sorry for my english.

Given certain recent accusations, I thought I would add my favorite piece of reporting from my chess history research. The obituary for the famous player Berthold Englisch (NY Times Oct 20 1897)mentions the fact that Englisch withdrew from the recent Berlin tournament. Rumors of his accepting a bribe from a weak player to withdraw were disproved by his death.

The Expiration Audit for September 30th was prepared Friday afternoon, I'm not sure whether the office has sent a copy to Pete Nixon yet. On Aug 31st there were 22853 Regular members including 503 prison members, for a net of 22350. On Sep 30th there were 22594 Regular members including 419 prison members, for a net of 22175. On Aug 31st there were 642 Economy Adult members.

That's why it's dying out. At the current pace, we can expect to see the internet chess clubs being the only ones left standing, and they will eventually hold big events offline. The days of the club-based small tournament are fast drawing to a close. In the late 1980s, I used to trek 100 miles up on Septa/NJ Transit on a Thursday night to make it to the "Four Rated Games Tonight" tournament,...

Tim Krabbé also took notice of the "The Great Annotated Empty Moving Boxes Robbery"? He finds the story "heartbreakingly funny, on a par with I was tortured at the Pasadena Jailhouse". http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary.htm Krabbé is, in an awkward sarcastic way, disappointed in Fischer: "Vintage Fischer - except that one word is shockingly missing - Jew. One thing I never thought Bobby...

Check out "Thirteen." LOL!

The bigger challenge, it seems to me, is the "vision" thing. Once the house gets put in order, at least financially, what then? What can the USCF really do to generate interest in chess in the U.S.? How can it can create more opportunities for people--adults and kids-- to learn and to play? That, it seems to me, is where the organization has been most ineffectual. Ned, Well said.

Will Sherzer's dildo be displayed in the Chess Hall of Fame? RSHaas

It was good to see Don Schultz and Tim Hanke vote correctly, as far as I'm concerned, on USCF Executive Board motion 04-15 at the EB meeting on Sept. 28 in New Windsor: "To remove Phil Simpkins as Organizer of the Year for 2002/2003." While Schultz and Hanke were in favor, President Marinello and Vice President Shutt were opposed. The two Franks, Brady and Camaratta, were absent. Thus, the motion...

A call to the Mobile Register revealed that the verdict is NOT GUILTY

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 12:37:03 GMT, WinterSea wrote: On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 00:10:45 -0400, "StanB" wrote: garbage snipped You morons need to learn how to keep your posts in the proper groups. I don't think anybody in rec.games.chess.computer is interested in

In a message dated 09/30/2003 3:07:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: "The first speaker in open session was Bill Goichberg, who said that he wanted to make three points. Bill said that no more life memberships should be sold, economy memberships should be abolished, scholastic dues should be raised but adult dues should not be lowered, and prison memberships should be...

MSNBC reports that an Oklahoma court threw out the anti-telemarketing ban. We'll see how the ban fares in federal court. I hope the feds throw it out on 1st amendment grounds. RSHaas