Chess Forum / General Topics / July 2007

[quote="ICC-TD Duncan"][quote="ICC-TD Duncan"][b]Sam I never got the
second card or mailing you did.
The BLOCKBUSTER MAILING that was supposed to knock my socks off.
Was I excluded? I was really looking forward to read it.[/b]

I am making a brave and foolish act. I have entered a song of mine in
a contest and I would ask that you listen and review it. HONESTLY. I
realize there are those who post here that will provide negative
feedback simply because we disagree on subjects. The issue in the song

Bill Goichberg, Jerry Hanken, myself and several onlookers were having
a public debate on USCF Governance during the World Open in Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania last weekend.
At one point, I stated, "Our Executive Director is the worst ever!"

[quote="Randy Bauer"][quote="samsloan"][quote="chessoffice"]The vote
to move to Crossville was an Executive Board vote: Marinello, Hanke,
Shutt, Shaughnessy in favor and Schultz, Bauer and Brady opposed.  The
vote to require writing the move only after it has been played was a

I was just looking through postings by the Fake Sam Sloan and I
stumbled on a posting which constitutes strong evidence if not indeed
proof that Randy Bauer is the Fake Sam Sloan.
The proof, which you can see yourself, is at

Cool anecdotes coming up later this weekend at chessville from Ray Keene's
monthly column.
An alarming Cuban farm-girl who during the game, stole the ...
On playing a  team of knights, sir john laws, sir duncan ouseley and sir

Here are my games from the World Open. This includes a game I played
as a filler in the Under-2200 section.
As will be observed, in most of the games I was lost, but still I
managed to score 6 1/2 - 3 1/2. Had I won my last round game I would

Susan Polgar remarked this week that chess novels seem to present the game
as if, to paraphrase her comments, only eccentrics or grotesques played it,
and since I am reading the new Martin Cruz Smith novel which introduces
chess as a theme in his latest; Stalin's Ghost, the usual ...

Deadly, Dangerous, Decisive Damiano's Defense Defeats Drei Denizens
During World Open
During the just concluded World Open in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
near Philadelphia, I defeated three more players with Damiano's

IM Josh Waitzkin,
The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence'
Is it a good book?
MW

[quote="xplor"]It was Sam Sloan in 1986 that took an illegal
pedagogical experiment on the road and made that it a famous dog and
pony show. If anyone deserves the title top chess promoter it's Sam
Sloan.[/quote]

My Plans to Create Videos Promoting Scholastic Chess
Until now, the USCF involvement in scholastic chess has consisted of
collecting money from the kiddies. The USCF has done almost nothing to
actively promote scholastic chess other than recently launching the

Chess success secrets gives you the very same hardcore tips and
strategies used by Grand Masters to win tournaments for decades!
Just imagine what it'll be like when you put these techniques to use
and start to win more games than ever before, with less effort than

I'm planning to buy the masterpiece written by Kasparov (obviously the
whole series) in english, because the italian version is, in my
opinion, a bit shoddy ( the translation lacks in fluidity, the graphic
isn't good and the cover is in bad taste).

US Women's Championship - first of all !kudos! to a Chessville reader who
has made a contribution to the Brilliancy Prize. [See Chessville Forums]
On July 16-20, 2007 A total prize fund of $25,000 is up for grabs in
Stillwater, Oklahoma, with the winner taking home $7,000. There ...