Chess Forum / General Topics / June 2007

Goichberg has his own slate which includes Don Schultz, Stephen Jones,
Joe Lux and Mike Goodall.
Joe Lux works for Bill Goichberg. Stephen Jones is controlled by Hal
Bogner, the biggest crook in chess. His new scam now is

Can anyone tell me if Andor Lilienthal (born 1911) is still living,
and what is the current state of his health? I believe he is the
oldest yet surviving of the 27 original recipients of the FIDE GM
title in 1950.

Hal, I for one feel personally violated that you snooped on me without
my knowledge. No, I don't have anything to hide and you probably
didn't find anything exciting involving me. And no, it has little to
do with you personally, as I would be equally offended if any other

A Kasparov Adorjan Correspondence
Q. If yes, what was the reason behind it?  Fischer?  The explosion of
globally available information?  (Informator, ECO, bulletins), a new wave of
revolutionary players?

Hal, we can agree to disagree on this one. I don't really think you
had any right to be inside those private areas. Nor do I feel that
anybody else other than FOC members and Mr. Hall had any right to be
there either. It was established as a private forum for those members.

Warning against Personal Attacks at Election Time
Now is the time for USCF elections. The ballots went out in the mail a
few days ago and should be arriving along with Chess Life magazine
today or in the next few days.

The following has been posted on the Susan Polgar blogspot this
morning. It is at
http://uschess.blogspot.com/2007/06/call-for-peace-and-unity-for-sake-of.html
Since she re-posts much of what is here to her own blog, I see no

Bill Goichberg has sent a postcard to at least 3,000 USCF members who
he feels are likely to vote. The postcards started arriving on Friday,
June 1, 2007.
Although Bill's postcard attacks me, I feel that it is fair

The moderators were set up after Mike Nolan quit to stop negative
remarks about a certain candidate. All of the original moderators were
known supporters of that candidate.
When most of those moderators quit, The FOC or "Forum Oversight

[quote="wzim"]Let me give you a current example.  The following is
from her Blog
"Do you think that it is a good idea for young players (from the age
of 5 - 18) to play 12 hours of high level competitive tournament chess

Susan Polgar can call her tournament anything she likes, but Chess
Life magazine will refuse to advertise her tournament or list it in
the TLAs if she uses the word "National" without it being designated
by the USCF as a National event.

GOICHBERG'S POSTCARD TO VOTING MEMBERS
For the policy board he endorses Jim Berry, Stephen Jones, Don Schultz
and Joe Lux. What he has to say about other candidates is interesting.
SUSAN POLGAR: Celebriity and good organizer, campaign disappointingly

[quote="zugswindle"]I found it to be ironic that someone who fought to
remove the gender  distinction for FIDE was doing the opposite for
USCF.[/quote]
Exactly the point I have been trying to make for quite some time, but

All I can say is what a great match.  If this doesn't convince FIDE
that candidates matches is the superior way to crown a world champion
then who knows what will.  These matches remind me of the olders
matches when they played for the world title.  I hope someday they go

Brian Lafferty, ESQ:
"Other crimes, wrongs, or acts
Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove
the character of a person in order to show action in conformity