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Queen's Gambit Declined Orthodox Variation by Eric Schiller
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The Queen's Gambit Declined has been the workhorse for many if not
most of the World Champions. The well prepared player of the Black
pieces can feel secure in the knowledge that the slightest mistake by
White can yield full equality and even if White knows all the moves
his advantage will be microscopic.... more »
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Kirsan making friends
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Hey. You have to give the guy credit. He has all the best friends in
the highest places.
First he made friends with Saddam Hussein.
Then he made friends with Gadhafy.
Now he is friends with Bachar Assad in Syria.
Naturally, I have a book out about this.
[link]... more »
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Some Polgar History for Ms. Suhay's Edification
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I did not realize that this event happened in July 2011, nearly one
year ago, and the person in question has won only one game of chess
and has a rating of 126, close to the legal minimum of 100.
[link]
It seems nice as a piece of puffery but what does it tell to those who... more »
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Hasn't Polgar Been to the White House Ms. Suhay?
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Susan Polgar has posted a fake April Fools picture of herself with
President Obama.
[link]
However, I do not see the big deal. Even if she really had met with
him, what difference would it make?
What is a big deal is how Susan Polgar keeps making false claims about... more »
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AnnA La Vampiresa by Miguel Alvarez Morales
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Después de haber logrado el título de gran maestro en el ajedrez y
convertirse en uno de los jugadores más fuertes del mundo, Ana
Matnadze ha encontrado su verdadera vocación y se ha convertido en un
vampiro!!
Esta historia no es ficción. Es un hecho. Anna es en realidad un
vampiro!
Ana tiene 2447. A diferencia de tantos otros grandes maestros de... more »
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The Problem with Money in Chess
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[quote="Meadmaker"]As a member, I have an agenda. Lower costs. It
costs too much for someone to play in his first Chess tournament. If
the allegations are true, that people are using their USCF positions
to feather their nest, then that would be something I would want to
stop, because it would be a contributing factor to cost. That... more »
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Time Line for USCF Memberships and Revenues
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If you could look at the general membership and revenue curves for the
USCF you would see that from the early 1980s up until 1996 there was a
straight upward line. Every year in each of those years membership
went up and revenues went up. There was also a positive surplus every
year. In 1996, the USCF had nearly $2 million in the LMA which was a... more »
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Report on Telephone Conference Call with Judge Schmidt
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Report on Telephone Conference Call with Judge Schmidt
I had a telephone conference call with Judge John Schmidt of the
Sangamon County Circuit Court in Springfield Illinois at 2:30 PM
Central Standard Time today, April 4, 2012. This telephone conference
call had been arranged by David Herman, Counsel for the USCF, who said... more »
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