The next ED is likely to be the last one. (RSHaas)

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_2147784,00.html They are making fun of us, and of themselves: Just say checkmate, you all July 31, 2003 Call it "The Retro Beverly Hillbillies." Call it "The Oddest of Couples." Call it "When the Bluebloods Met the Rednecks."

Is Sam Sloan okay? Is he still alive in NYC? Did his cab get mobbed by desperate individuals trying to get across town at any cost? Is he busy looting the local chess shops? IS HE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POWER OUTTAGE? Or did he get help from his nefarious assistant Larry Parr? just checking in, O.K.

Bob/Paul, Okay, you dodged the questions when I asked if you were in LA during the US Open and you won't say where you live. So now, I guess I must post some proof. While you are in LA you are using Google thru your AOL account. Just like Paul. When you are both in NY, you use Google thru your AOL account. Just like Paul. This is despite the fact that AOL newsgroups is easier to navigate than...

A lot of opinions get bandied about on this forum concerning Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, and their um, quirks. A lot gets said about whether or not they were good champions (or if they, in fact, still ARE champions -- I think it's like a lifetime title, but that's another thread). All the ballyhoo aside, I just really liked Andy Soltis' final paragraph...

MR. BROCK'S "CULTURAL" ALLUSION By Larry Parr Bill Brock's "cultural" allusion to a movie called Taxi Driver with an actress called Jodie Foster gets the better of us. We have never seen the film and know nothing more about the actress in question than that she was the love interest of John Hinckley. At our home we prefer films such as Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn...

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One of the biggest cheerleaders and spinners for the Niro-McCrary-Camaratta axis was our good buddy Bill Goichberg who frequently posted inside information with his own peculiar slant and bias to it, months before anyone could read or challenge the information's accuracy on his own webpage. For over two years if you wanted to know what was going on at USCF you never looked at USCF's website...

Can the USCF itself directly operate a fundraising program or must it be done through the ChessTrust? (RSHaas)

I was expecting Tim Hanke to be posting reports from LA by now. Even Sam Sloan has not posted anything.

StanB wrote: "Miriling" wrote in message ... " . . . There are nearly 2,000 USCF-affiliated chess clubs, and more than 100,000 chess players participate in USCF events every year. The USCF sanctions thousands of chess tournaments with a half-million rated games each year."

Hi, has anyone received their September issue of Chess Life in the mail yet?

Hey, after Chess HQ gets settled into Crossville maybe it can reduce costs enough to clear $10 from the adult dues. Then we could go Mensa style and have the world's best chess federation. (RSHaas)

Certain topics are too serious to joke about, and for anyone with the normal human allotment of empathy, almost too painful to discuss. I'll be spending my time elsewhere...hope to see you OTB!

One of the attractions of the US Open for me is the opportunity to meet young players who will be the stars of the future. Every once in awhile I find myself playing a youngster who proves to be surprisingly difficult to beat. After some of these games, I know that that was the *last* time that I'll ever defeat that particular opponent. The best example of this may have been in Chicago, when I...

Bob, Come on, lets be civil. No reason to stir up visions of a nude Sam Sloan. Okay, so you say you don't know Paul Truong. You seem to know so much about him. So, you didn't at least introduce yourself to him at Foxwoods or in LA at the US Open? I assume you were at least in LA, your post about Foxwoods seemed to be a slam at Aviv.

One of the advance delegate motions to be voted on this August at the USCF Delegates Meeting in Los Angeles is ADM 03-31, submitted by Mike Nolan of Nebraska and Bill Goichberg of New York, on behalf of the Election Procedures Committee. This motion modifies the USCF bylaws to include the following in Article VI (Executive Board). An important part of the motion is the following: "...The...

This just in: FEMA officials and New York and Con-Edison Power officials are looking into the possibility that the massive power outage this afternoon at about 4:00 PM was caused by a shortout of the motherboard of a TRS 80 computer in the New Windsor headquarters of USCF. Acting whatever his title is, Mike Nolan could not be reached for official comment but denied that USCF is any longer using...

"Recmate" wrote in message ... The USCF audited financials, released today in Los Angeles, showed a surprisingly large loss, coming at a time when the ED and Board were expecting a small profit. Much of the difference was due to an error in the recording of multi-year memberships. For details see www.chessnews.org. ...

(drahmiel) wrote in message ... With 3/4 of the tournament in the books (and yours truly clinging on to a + score for dear life at 5-4), I thought I'd give my impressions. Despite claims of a poor turnout, I have to give this tournament a generally positive review. I really think that any low numbers are merely due to a...