Chess Forum / General Topics / February 2007

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[quote="gregory"]Hi Donna,
I commend you for looking into ways that the USCF can protect it's
assets better, and I have great respect for you. However, the 'Quid
Pro Quo' mentality, whether wrong, or right, exists in far more areas

I have it on good authority that the bloated staff in Cross-to-Bear is
having trouble paying contributors to Chess Life and meeting its other
bills in a timely fashion.

Chessville has a new section that those interested in chess history may
enjoy.
http://www.chessville.com/misc/History/vignettes/index.htm
Check it out. It is unique in that it is reader driven.

[quote="mnibb"]Sam, we must see things differently.  When I see Susan
at a National tournament, I see a wonderful champion, interacting with
Kindergarten through Adults at just the right level.  I can't imagine
she hasn't been in a classroom at some time.  If she hasn't, she has a

GM Ray Keene just wrote us a very long column celebrating the chess life of
Bob Wade in British chess
http://www.chessville.com:80/Keene/Wade.htm
Its additionally interesting since I recently asked Ray Keene what really

In view of the controversy this group has seen about chess-related
entries on Wikipedia, and Wikipedia editing policies in general, I
thought readers might find this article of some interest:
 http://www.slate.com/id/2160222/nav/tap1/

Susan has posted the list of participants in the first ever Susan
Polgar All-Star Girl's Chess Team at the following location:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/09/first-ever-sp-all-star-girls-chess.html
However, this appears not to be a list of "participants" but merely a

Dr. Leroy Dubeck has made a large investment in my sex dvd company.
The first 10 volumes will include my wife, daughters, sons, Beatriz
Marinello, Donna Alarie and Don Schultz. Every position is clearly
shown with state of the art technology. Buy all 10 for $499 and save

I am an average player and I want to become a strong casual player. I
am not interested in reaching a grand master level or something like
that. I just one to be a decent casual player! I have been playing on
FICS for a couple of days and have a rating around 1400.  What I do is

[quote="ChessPromotion"]There are 10 candidates in the upcoming
election. I believe that 8 of the 10 candidates can help the USCF in
one form or another. It is up to the USCF members to decide which
candidate can best help the USCF now based on the immediate needs.

[quote="Joe Lux"][quote="ChessPromotion"] How come other chess
organizations like AF4C, SPF, KCF or NSCF, etc. do not have the same
problems?
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Vaseline "The Grease Man" Topalov lost to 16-year-old Magnus Carlsen
yesterday after the former FIDE champion missed a sign from manager Silvio
Danailov to play 64...Qd5+, which saves the game. "Ok, Silvio was signing me
to play that move, but I lost count of the move number and ...

I've been playing the difficult iMac chess computer all day, quite
literally.  Finally tonight I have beet it, after giving it a
variation of the opening it likes to make, except instead of defending
itself for some reason or another it let me gain control of the