The message below is from the Rec.gambling.poker newsgroup: Good going Tom! A very nice victory! Looks like chess masters and world class pokerists Dan Harrington and Bob Ciaffone have a serious competitor:) Aviv -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Legends Of Poker Results: $1,000+60 Pot Limit Hold'em (Legends

Why bother with Crossville? Why bother with B&E? Why bother with Chess Life? 1. Let's not move to Crossville! Let's hand USCF over to Erik Anderson, Yasser Seirawan and AF4C. Let them own it. Let them run it. Let them take over our headaches. Let them move it to Seattle. 2. Let's not lose money with B&E. Let's just get out of B&E at once. Let Malcolm, Hanon and Camaratta fight it out. They...

On 21 Aug 2003 at 14:25:32 GMT, Dr. Kevin Croxen scribbled: -I could actually easily see in, say, six months or so, right before -the USCF tanks for the last time, that CL could be gone completely -and the only print coming out of New Windsor/Crossville would be a -monthly, stapled, 5-page mailing of TLAs to the membership. Good idea! I'm glad you thought of it! Keep up the good...

At 05:41 AM 8/27/2003, wrote: Ponomariov, the so-called FIDE World Champion, has once again refused to sign a contract to play the match with Kasparov. The cry-baby of chess clearly knows as does everybody else what the result of this match will be and he does not want to lose his world championship. Today is the final deadline. If Ponomariov does not sign, and it...

After keeping this still-hot property under wraps for over a decade, because of the critically-derided Jaws IV, Universal has finally announced plans to begin filming "Jaws V -- End Game" next summer. The plot involves an over-the-hill chess American grandmaster, currently in hiding somewhere in East Europe, and a secret conspiracy movement working against him and western chess interests. This...

You've heard him on RGCP. America's favorite optometrist is now immortalized with his own line of USCF T-Shirts for the 2003 Holiday Season. Comes in all the most popular sizes of X Large, XX Large, XXX large, Double Reinforced Chair Breaker, Triple Reinforced Chair Breaker, and Need a Bulldozer to move me for those who used to wear the quintuple gargantuan shirt that has been discontinued. ...

OK Richard, a number of threads and postings regarding your action(s) have asked you specific questions that you have neglected to directly respond to. Aviv, a really nice guy and PROFESSIONAL, asked you some direct questions regarding your legal suit against the USCF. He asked you to elucidate the details and to see if there was a way to quietly make the problem go away. Your response was to...

We hear that various parties are coming forward with emergency cash in order to keep USCF liquid. They are spitting in an ocean of debt. Now the question must be asked, who is being served by their charity? Is it the average player in the street or the children's program in the inner city? I think not. I think those served are the same ones who put us in this position. If I were them, I would...

I've been following the issues concerning the survival of the USCF for a number of months now, and am one of the paltry few who voted in the new election. For the record, I have never played in a tournament rated or otherwise. I joined the USCF for the magazine when my favorite local news- stand went out of business. I also thought there would be some benefit from access to US Chess Live and...

Lower dues but a fee of $1 per player per game (or some other meaningful number) may be reasonable. Kevin L. Bachler Well, $1 per player per game is $2 a game in fees. A lot of "low cost entry fee" events would not be able to break even on that plus the TLA fees. John Fernandez

We need him. The man is too good for the organization. Fair. Unbiased. Very good player. Could be doing 1,000 better things but seems to like the game. Just hand the federation over to him. I'll rejoin if they do.

Each challenger has to play ME in blitz chess, and each time one of them loses, they're eliminated. Seems as good as the format they are using now.

It might work! I can't believe it hasn't been thought of before!

(Todd E. Flambers) wrote in message ... Did you pay attention that "money" in the FBI files turned into "the child support" in the Philadelphia Inquirere's article? It is very suspicious. Oh yes! Plus, other lies by the Philadelphia Inquirer, like the part where they wrote that Gerhardt was not permitted by...

Tim Hanke has come up with a proposal for USCF dues that is very interesting and certainly merits discussion. I know that if the Board passes Tim's proposal, that this will be historic, because I know several of the most powerful and prominent leaders of USCF in the past are vehemently opposed to the entire concept of non-magazine/tournament participation memberships. Desperate times however...

Camaratta is not the VP of Finance anymore. Tim Hanke is. Regards, Matt "LWDubeck" wrote in message ... Frank Camaratta should resign from the Executive Board. As the Vice

Here's the scenario: Two players are playing a G/30 game with an analog clock. The tournament allowed use of a digital with 5-second delay, but neither player had a digita. It's Black's clock...White didn't have one. White got into time trouble. With two minutes left to play, he stopped the clocks and asked the tournament director for a digital clock (there was now one available from a nearby...

I recently discovered and signed on to market an outstanding turnkey fundraising program that could be utilized by the USCF and other chess organizations.. as well as organizations beyond chess. I have sent the link to Beatrice and Tim for their examination. I won't reveal specific details until I get some feedback from Beatriz and Tim. If the USCF signs on to participate in this fundraising...

Can the chess trust fund HQ operations? (RSHaas)

Sit down and lift your right let off the floor. Begin a clockwise circular motion from the knee. Then reach into the air a draw a 6 with your right hand. Your right leg will reverse direction. RSHaas