I have done some research this morning on the reasons given by Susan Polgar for refusing to defend her Woman's World Championship title and the reasons given by FIDE for forfeiting her and declaring the title vacant. First, here is Susan's letter: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic241.html#13 Here is the reply from the concerned official of FIDE:

The issue of conflict of interest was raiased in Sam Sloan's Yahoo group, one writer replied... **my comments are** Phil Innes -------- I disagree. Not everyone who has experience in US Chess automatically has a conflict of

Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory has just been published today Take a look at http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891889

Now, I will tell you what really happened. What really happened is that in about December 2006 I was having an online debate here with Sevan Muradian, a person unknown to me at that time but whom I have since met. Sevan Muradian was insisting that the USCF send a team to compete in the Woman's World Team Championship held May 19 - 30, 2007 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Chessville's reviewer Rick Kennedy commented this week on the new title, Discipline, including these;- Nick Herbert, Ph.D., who has written Quantum Reality and Elemental Mind (has Sam Sloan linked to this guy's home page?), sees an "exciting white-knuckle metaphysical adventure story." "It's supposed to be a thoughtful and adventurous read that has some chess sprinkled in." Says...

He's the only one who submitted a bid and AF4C is out. Bye bye Erik Anderson and the AF4C. Sam Sloan

This comment follows a comment on Sam Sloan's usage of Pal Benko's material So are you saying I can take pages from Time magazine, bundle them in a book (looking exactly as printed in TIME)....and say "here is my new book of author X's work"? I don't think so. You can't just copy CL pages.

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From: Duncan Oxley To: Bill Hall Sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 3:54 pm Subject: Brian Lafferty This is the third time Brian Lafferty has made threats against me although this threat is a rather mild one this time. Can Bill Hall or someone please speak with him and explain that he has

From the SusanPolgar Blogspot: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/09/saturday-open-forum_08.html " Anonymous said... " How do you stop a few trouble makers on the USCF forums from attacking, insulting and threatening other members or staff? "Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:34:00 AM "

On 10 Jan 2007 14:03:58 -0800, "samsloan" wrote: wrote: Please do not spread false rumors around. I have not submitted a bid for the US Championship. I request that my name is not used without my permission here.

Does any one know how many people played in Mesquite last week in the Pizza tournament?

About USCF finances when Attorney Generals step in and the IRS and Justice Department come calling. Will it be: Joel Channing? Grant Perks? Frank Niro? Bill Goichberg? The cooks are hard at work preparing the books. But, they await the final spice that will be so nice.

The current Maor of LA made an insane list of often contradictory campaign promises to get himself elected. At his first press conference as Mayor, he was asked when he would begin implementing his fantasy wish list. His reply? "I didn't promise to do them all in my first term" Sam didn't promise one million scholastic members in his first term. We lost a great opportunity by not giving him...

After an extremely divisive election campaign in which many feel was the dirties campaign in USCF election history, Susan Polgar was elected in a landslide and received probably the highest percentage of votes in any contested USCF election. In recognition of this, Susan was given the title of "Chairman of the USCF" (a title that does not exist in the bylaws but that is another issue). Now,...

Just a top note: I have received several other inquiries on 'insider-trading' - one from another GM, and 2 more from national names in chess, and I have also invited 2 board members to look at this situation after they get their feet under the table - or the full board, as necessary. If what follows at bottom is part A of the affair, part B relates to trading-partner practices, and here is a...

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Hi, Just click on this link n use ur common sence to navigate. It has 23 pages one after the other, starting from this first Page. The trick is to find a way to go to the next page. If u can really go to the 23rd page ur a genius in ur own respect :)

I believe that the word "Trollgar" was originally invented by Neal Brennen, who has recently returned to posting here as "The Historian". The first use I can find of the word "Trollgar" comes in the thread entitled "Legal Threats from Polgar and Truong", posted on January 1, 2004. The term "Trollgar" has become widely accepted. For example, Jennifer Shahade uses it in her acclaimed book "Chess...