As an outsider, I think that Sam represents here the best interests of the USCF members. After all the scandals involving the decline of the USCF over the past...
Kaarlo Schepel
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Dec 1, 2004 9:22 am
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Fearless Randy Bauer fears certified mail from Sam Sloan The bad guys who control the USCF Board are so utterly terrified of certified mail from Sam Sloan that...
I have just this minute received a letter by UPS from the office of the New York Attorney General in Poughkeepsie NY. The letter is signed by Jeane L. ...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the fide-chess group. File : /nysoag.pdf ...
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Dec 1, 2004 9:26 pm
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The letter from the New York Attorney General to Judge Horowitz regarding Sloan vs. Marinello is posted at http://www.samsloan.com/nysoag.pdf The letter...
STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ELIOT SPITZER REGIONAL OFFICE DIVISION Attorney General POUGHKEEPSIE REGIONAL OFFICE November 29, 2004...
... Exactly the point. The delegates would never have approved this deal. Beatriz Marinello will never be elected to anything in the USCF again. They could...
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Dec 2, 2004 1:27 pm
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... I have just improved and reposted my scan of the letter from the Attorney General. Please take another look. It still needs improvement. I need to make the...
... with ... from me ... matter ... being ... not an ... Crossville ... I disagree. It is well known that Beatriz Marinello plans to fire Bill Goichberg who is...
... I have known Leroy Dubeck since 1961 when he gave me some pointers on the Morra Gambit which he was playing at that time. Leroy Dubeck has done a lot of...
In Round 7 of the US Championship played today, IM Dmitry Schneider was forfeited because his cell phone rang at the board. Eric Johnson first became famous...
Hello, At least two known cases, both with Swedish GM Agrest involved. GM Agrest - GM Ponomariov, 1-0, oktober 2003, EU-Tch GM Djurhus - GM Agrest 1-0, mars...
I think forfeit is too harsh. Maybe a 10-15 minute penalty, which would still discourage cell phone usage. This is against my usual nature in which I think...
... This is an interesting and significant point. I do not know whether this is important or not, but it might be. The US Chess Trust is a subsidiary of the...
Peace... Poor Dima! Indeed, I agree with Greg here: the punishment does not fit the crime. I admit that I have been somewhat biased by CCA rules, which apply...
Peace... I just recently recalled that in the last U.S. Championship, IM Stas Kriventsov had an infamous moment when his cell phone went off in the tournament...
Peace... I just recently recalled that in the last U.S. Championship, IM Stas Kriventsov had an infamous moment when his cell phone went off in the tournament...
Word or rumor is flying around that Beatriz Marinello says that she is resigning as USCF President effective January 1. At first, this news seemed to grant a...
... An amazingly distorted view of events by Stan Booz. Beatriz Marinello did not turn the USCF around. Bill Goichberg did that. What is this gold mine Beatriz...
Tony Cottell developed the Roach Motel System of USCF Finances. Any money that came in did not go out. He was a CPA who was twice elected treasurer. It was...
I well remember attending US Opens throught out the 1990's and listening to numerous delegates expressing contempt for Cottel's fiscally conservative ideas....
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Dec 4, 2004 4:13 pm
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From San Diego at the US Championship (_www.uschesschampionship.com_ (http://www.uschesschampionship.com) ) GMs Stripunsky and Nakamura are tied for first...
Stan Booz, Chairman of the USCF Finance Committee, has been making snide remarks about Bill Goichberg all along, but today he has started attacking him...
I love what the AC4F is trying to do for chess, but their system of determining the US Womens Champion is just terrible. Krush leads the field by .5 point but ...
Dear Greg I certainly agree with you on this and believe that performance rating would be the best way. In Olympiad years, when the women's champion also plays...