http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/ FIDE-chess Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:56:18 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32495 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32495 There is a thread going on over on the USCF Issues Forum entitled "USCF Governance". Unfortunately, it is hard to debate the issues there because of fear of Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:10:12 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32494 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32494 Remember I told you that 229529284 was an undercover police agent. Join http://www.imqq.com and take a look at him/her now. Yesterday, he/she was a female aged Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:10:02 GMT peter http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32493 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32493 Hey Chess Fans, Sloan Teaches Web Site Design Services as well as a certified tech in Computer Break Fix, Server as well as IT for your Office Needs, Buy a Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:12:27 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32492 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32492 I want to warn readers here about an Internet police trap that I easily could have fallen into. In the last few hours I have received three emails from a QQ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:40:11 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32491 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32491 Instead of repeatedly saying "Prove It. Prove it", why cannot Tim Just simply answer the questions? Several possible answers would be perfectly satisfactory. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:09:36 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32490 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32490 [quote="Tim Just"][quote="samsloan"]However, thinking about that, does the USCF pay his own expenses to attend all these meetings, or does Tim Just come at his Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:44:26 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32489 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32489 Just so that everybody here understands the severity of the question, I have attended almost every USCF delegates' meeting for the past 14 years. At every one Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:48:02 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32488 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32488 ... Dear Mike, I believe that you are mistaken. At the most recent meeting at Indianapolis Tim Just was still calling the question, perhaps not quite so Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:05:56 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32487 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32487 Tim Just calling the question all the time creates a "Tyranny of the Majority". Many delegates are only interested in one issue, their own. If given a choice, Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:53:14 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32486 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32486 Since this has been brought up, I think we should discuss it. Everybody who has attended a USCF Delegates meeting has seen this happen again and again. We Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:27:16 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32485 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32485 Staunton's Chess Player's Handbook The name ?Staunton? has become so closely associated with chess that the words have become virtually synonymous. All Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:18:52 GMT peter http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32484 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32484 Hey Readers, Grand Opening of my new Chess Website, http://www.sloanteaches.com Just today we released World Chess Champion Capablancas new chess book, Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:15:26 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32483 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32483 The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the prizes in the Sudoku tournament have been frozen pending investigation. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:51:32 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32482 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32482 Many will recall the incident at the 2006 World Open which had a $20,000 first prize where a previously little known chess player wearing a big floppy hat Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:22:17 GMT Sam Sloan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32481 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fide-chess/message/32481 Ishi Press International is proud to announce the publication today of Fundamentos del Ajedrez by Jose Raul Capablanca, with an introduction by Woman