Re: Rob the Who?

On Dec 15, 4:39 pm, onech...@comcast.net wrote:

It is true that Rob got his moniker "The Robber" from a botched deal
with Ed Trice, when they both accused the other one of trying to
swindle each other out of $35,000 for promoting a $14 million dollar
Gothic Chess Match that Bobby Fischer was supposedly going to play.

However, the name "The Robber" has stuck and has become widely
accepted and will probably remain with him for the rest of his life
because of other things he did, such as changing or overwriting the
titles to threads in this group to prevent others from finding or
reading them, for flooding my private email group fide-chess with
unwanted videos when he had been suspended and later banned from my
group, for accusing me and others of being a "coward" for refusing to
play him when he is an 800 strength chess player and nobody wants to
waste time playing with beginners, and so on.

Rob "The Robber" first got involved with chess in 2005 when the USCF
moved to Tennessee and, since he lives in Nashville, he applied for
the job of Scholastic Director.

He reached the inteview stag, but he was turned down for that
position.

He then applied for the job of Executive Director.

This time, he did not reach the interview stage. Since his background
is that he is an insurance salesman, he seemed to have no qualficatins
for the job.

It was then that he went on a rampage, bombarding all the chess
discussion groups with a lot of nonsense, so he became known as "Rob
the Robber".

If will be really funny if he runs for USCF Executive Board, and even
funnier if he wins.

Sam Sloan

"I play chess against anyone who shows up?"

Sam Sloan choses to believe a certain alt-chess type in order to
suggest 'Robber'. Some say the alt-chess type is the author of My 61
Games.

At least Sam Sloan is a believer - I convinced him once that Botvinnik
was Cornish, and he also believed the April Fool's joke about SP, the
chess castle, the nuns, the whole 9 yards - all it lacked was the
perpetual motion and a modest canal.

I bought her a book, but its too good to send unread, so maybe I'll
delay awhile?

As for Rob Mitchell I can suggest a few slogans, and maybe Sam Sloan
would agree with them? He is after all very brave with his opinions
about others - can he be as brave himself?

"I am not afraid to take a high-school level background check."

"Anyone having to do with our children should be / required / to take
a high school level background check."

That's just off the top, but we could even go for:

"Decency is important to the American People" or actually much better:

"Decent, Legal, Honest and Truthful."

I wonder if its time for those values - and I further wonder if there
could possibly be any flak about a decent person running under that
banner. Personally, I think chess folks could really go for it,
especially after the past two years.

If for any reason Sam Sloan likes these ideas, then he might vote for
Rob Mitchell himself, or state his objections to why these qualities
seem reprehensible to such as his own intelligence.

Phil Innes
The Frozen Republic of Vermont

We should try to think of some good campaign slogans, to help Rob the
Robber on his way to election victory.

Here is my first feeble attempt. I am sure that readers of this group
can think of something better.

"Rob the Robber, Who? Who? Who?
"Who will he Rob Next, You? You? You?"

We should also remember to give Susan Polgar her 40th birthday party,
as it is coming soon.

Sam Sloan

On Dec 15, 12:33 am, ascach...@aol.com wrote:

Rob Mitchell, an insurance agent in Tennessee. He's a rabid Trollgar
supporter, although he's become very quiet since the USCF sued Polgar.

Who is Rob the Robber???

Rumors are circulating that Rob the Robber is planning a run for the
USCF Executive Board on the Susan Polgar slate.

If this is true, I wish to personally welcome Rob the Robber to the
fray.

Sam Sloan