The federal judge in San Francisco has ordered mediation and both parties have agreed to it. Whether mediation will accomplish anything remains to be seen. The...
My copy of the 1975 book "Grandmaster Chess" has the following curious statement on Page 3 "ERRATA" We apologize to two of the players, Peter Biyiasas and...
I now agree that OMOV has been a failure, even though I was a strong supporter of it at the time. Just take a look at the current list of 11 candidates....
by SusanPolgar on Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:26 am Ron.Suarez wrote:It has been proposed in the USCF Discussion Forum, by more than one person, that there could be and...
Chess Made Simple by Milton L. Hanauer Chess Made Simple is one of the most useful and instructive chess books ever written. In spite of the title and the fact...
Ishi Press is a Publisher of Fine Books on Chess, Go and Math. Our Titles include: Chess Chess Made Simple ISBN 0923891269 Chess the Easy Way ISBN 0923891501 ...
Thank you very much. Your note arrived just in time. Another five minutes and the book would have been sent off to the printer. I will put your recollections...
As I am not only a party to this case but also I am representing myself (by choice) I receive court filings at the same times that the lawyers and the court...
Very interesting to learn that Max Burkett sued Grandmaster Walter Browne over this baseless claim. Perhaps that is why Walter Browne stopped publishing. These...
... In fact, all 220 games are available in algebraic on a website maintained by a member of this group. Much as I would like to give that person credit, I...
Dear Chessfriends, Let me inform you we have every months (except January) GM-closed tournaments and in the same time monthly IM-tournaments in Budapest and ...
... By the way, Paul old buddy, you might be interested to know that you have just been sued again. This time you have been sued in Federal Court in Lubbock...
The USCF has just filed another lawsuit against Paul Truong. The suit was filed today, March 5, 2009 at 6:28 PM, in United States District Court in Lubbock...
[quote="Randy Bauer"]Korenman has most definitely done a lot for chess in the US. He deserves to be judged on what he can bring to the USCF as a member of the...
[quote="crume"]Sorry Ron...simple Google search provides a ChessBase.com source. [url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2713]Chess for Peace with...
... What is going on here? This is outrageous. How did Terry Winchester get brought back as a moderator? Terry Winchester caused tremendous problems the last...
... I want to thank Two-Times Former USCF President Tim Redman not only for being "in sympathy" with me, but also for making an excellent suggestion that the...
Many members think that this "moderated" forum should be abolished altogether....
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Given that there are over 4,600 members who have registered on the Forums maintained by the USCF, it is likely that many members would disagree with that...
I agree with Randy Bauer here. The Forums should be maintained. What I object to is the appointment of political hacks as moderators who are known to favor...
What Randy Bauer claims happened is not what really happened. Bauer's statements are untrue. (There is another word for this.) What really happened is at the...
[quote="Brenan"]I have two questions that I hope all the candidates will answer: If you are elected, will you oppose and actively resist any further ...
Dear Mr. Winchester, I have received two emails from you disallowing two of my postings, but I did not receive the PM that you are required to send so that the...
[quote="Terry Winchester"]Dear Mr. Sloan, The post in which I stated was "off topic", entitled "Sizing Up the Candidates", was not actually off-topic, but I...
... Dear Randy, I asked Ruth Haring about this at the US Amateur Team East and she said that what I referred to as "her secret" is not really a secret since...
The first of the two postings, entitled "Sizing Up the Candidates", has now been resubmitted, approved and is up. Tim Sawmiller has explained that Terry...
[quote="BrianLafferty"][b][color=#BF0040]Please document that I have ever said the USCF "should" file for bankruptcy. If you can not, I expect a retraction...