- Sam Sloan reports that he is now in Chicago, and - now the mail-delayed pledge of Stan Booz has been co-signed/guaranteed by Randy Bauer, and - the Match Arbiter has practiced entering moves into ICC, so this means...
...the 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match is ready to begin later this (Sunday) morning!
You can follow the games of this wholly unique live event, the 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match, on the Internet Chess Club on Sunday, June 26th (TODAY)! Watch the players battle it out for a $1000 cash prize! If you don't have an account or an ICC client yet, go to http://www.chessclub.com and set yourself up. It's free.
Feel free to kibitz during the match and/or analyze with or without the help of computers/databases/books. The players will *NOT* see your comments. Match Arbiter, Vince Hart, has offered to give some running commentary on ICC on the players during the match. To chat during the match, see: http://www.chessclub.com/helpcenter/b2primer/iccintropg4.html
The ICC login which is being used for the match is: GRUDGE05
The games in the match start at: 10:00AM CDT (Central Daylight Time) 1:00PM CDT 4:00PM CDT (only if necessary) 7:00PM CDT (only if necessary) To get GMT/UTC, just add 5 hours to these times.
Here is a recap of the match terms.
FIRST ANNUAL RGCP GRUDGE MATCH: Sloan vs. Brock in Chicago, draw odds to Sloan
MATCH TERMS (ver. 6):
Venue: Offices of William H. Brock, Ltd. (address found here: http://www.billbrock.net/contact.html) Playing room: Bill Brock's 4th floor conference room Date: June 26, 2005 Match Schedule: Round 1: 10 a.m. CDT Round 2: 1 p.m. CDT Round 3: 4 p.m. CDT (if necessary) Round 4: 7 p.m. CDT (if necessary) ICC Simulcast: Follow the match on ICC. The ICC login being used for the match: GRUDGE05 Prize Fund: $1000, Winner takes all Special Prize: A special prize is being awarded by Tyrone Slothrop for the single best game of the match (procedure for determining this will be decided by the arbiter and players) Match Arbiter: Vince Hart, Club Tournament Director Match Conditions: Winner is the first person to 2.0 (if Sloan) or 2.5 (if Brock) Time Controls: G/75 (+ 5" Bronstein) Match Rules: USCF's Official Rules of Chess, 5th edition Rules of Note: 1. NO CELLPHONES MAY BE TURNED ON DURING THE MATCH! (SAM SLOAN: TAKE NOTE!) 2. No baby in playing room 3. Baby at venue,outside of playing room, only if accompanied by another adult person (e.g., babysitter) 4. The players may leave the playing room during a game (e.g., to go to the restroom) only as provided for by the Match Arbiter 5. No defenestrations of players or or by players (OK - that was a joke) Other: 1. Sam Sloan will be provided $350 as a travel allowance to help defer the cost of his travel and accommodations 2. An small honorarium may be supplied to the arbiter (details to be worked out) 3. Arbiter would be holder of the $1000 prize fund and would handle the disbursement thereof 4. Coffee/water to be supplied by Bill Brock 5. Game scores to be posted to RGCP 6. There may be one or two spectators to the live event 7. One spectator or the match arbiter would enter the moves as played into ICC 8. The bookcase of chess books will be removed from the playing room during this event 9. If Bill Brock wins, he has pledged that all prize money will go directly to charity: 50% to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children http://www.ncmec.org/ 50% to Illinois Chess Association http://www.ilchess.org/ 10. If it doesn't bother the players, the Match Arbiter has offered to give some running commentary on the players.
As RGCP is something like the WWWF of the chess world, we should also have some apropos pre-match quotes. The players have obliged!
"My primary goal--heretofore unstated, but evident to all but the brain-damaged--is to minimize the lies that Sam Sloan and Larry Parr spread during this election campaign. To delay the match would defeat that purpose. That Sam Sloan happens to be a kiddie f*cker is convenient to my purpose." - Bill Brock (referring to this match), June 19, 2005
"I plan to beat the f*cking sh*t at chess out of this *sshole Bill Brock, so please have your money ready." - Sam Sloan, June 23, 2005
[Eliding of the "earthiest" letters of these quotes was done by this poster]
So RGCP wallflowers, kickback in your easy chair with a six-pack of brewsky because caissic "pig-wrestling" is coming to Chicago and the ICC!
>- Sam Sloan reports that he is now in Chicago, and > - now the mail-delayed pledge of Stan Booz has been > co-signed/guaranteed by Randy Bauer, and > - the Match Arbiter has practiced entering moves into ICC, so this > means...
> ...the 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match is ready to begin later this > (Sunday) morning!
> You can follow the games of this wholly unique live event, the 1st > Annual RGCP Grudge Match, on the Internet Chess Club on Sunday, June > 26th (TODAY)! Watch the players battle it out for a $1000 cash prize! > If you don't have an account or an ICC client yet, go to > http://www.chessclub.com and set yourself up. It's free.
> Feel free to kibitz during the match and/or analyze with or without the > help of computers/databases/books. The players will *NOT* see your > comments. Match Arbiter, Vince Hart, has offered to give some running > commentary on ICC on the players during the match. To chat during the > match, see: > http://www.chessclub.com/helpcenter/b2primer/iccintropg4.html
> The ICC login which is being used for the match is: GRUDGE05
> The games in the match start at: > 10:00AM CDT (Central Daylight Time) > 1:00PM CDT > 4:00PM CDT (only if necessary) > 7:00PM CDT (only if necessary) > To get GMT/UTC, just add 5 hours to these times.
> Here is a recap of the match terms.
> FIRST ANNUAL RGCP GRUDGE MATCH: > Sloan vs. Brock in Chicago, draw odds to Sloan
> MATCH TERMS (ver. 6):
> Venue: Offices of William H. Brock, Ltd. > (address found here: > http://www.billbrock.net/contact.html) > Playing room: Bill Brock's 4th floor conference room > Date: June 26, 2005 > Match Schedule: Round 1: 10 a.m. CDT > Round 2: 1 p.m. CDT > Round 3: 4 p.m. CDT (if necessary) > Round 4: 7 p.m. CDT (if necessary) > ICC Simulcast: Follow the match on ICC. The ICC login > being used for the match: GRUDGE05 > Prize Fund: $1000, Winner takes all > Special Prize: A special prize is being awarded by > Tyrone Slothrop for the single best > game of the match (procedure for > determining this will be decided by > the arbiter and players) > Match Arbiter: Vince Hart, Club Tournament Director > Match Conditions: Winner is the first person to > 2.0 (if Sloan) or 2.5 (if Brock) > Time Controls: G/75 (+ 5" Bronstein) > Match Rules: USCF's Official Rules of Chess, > 5th edition > Rules of Note: 1. NO CELLPHONES MAY BE TURNED ON DURING > THE MATCH! (SAM SLOAN: TAKE NOTE!) > 2. No baby in playing room > 3. Baby at venue,outside of playing > room, only if accompanied by another > adult person (e.g., babysitter) > 4. The players may leave the playing > room during a game (e.g., to go to > the restroom) only as provided for > by the Match Arbiter > 5. No defenestrations of players or > or by players (OK - that was a joke) > Other: 1. Sam Sloan will be provided $350 as > a travel allowance to help defer > the cost of his travel and > accommodations > 2. An small honorarium may be supplied > to the arbiter (details to be worked > out) > 3. Arbiter would be holder of the $1000 > prize fund and would handle the > disbursement thereof > 4. Coffee/water to be supplied by Bill > Brock > 5. Game scores to be posted to RGCP > 6. There may be one or two spectators to > the live event > 7. One spectator or the match arbiter > would enter the moves as played into > ICC > 8. The bookcase of chess books will be > removed from the playing room during > this event > 9. If Bill Brock wins, he has pledged > that all prize money will go directly > to charity: > 50% to National Center for Missing and > Exploited Children http://www.ncmec.org/ > 50% to Illinois Chess Association > http://www.ilchess.org/ > 10. If it doesn't bother the players, the > Match Arbiter has offered to give some > running commentary on the players.
> As RGCP is something like the WWWF of the chess world, we should also > have some apropos pre-match quotes. The players have obliged!
> "My primary goal--heretofore unstated, but evident to all but the > brain-damaged--is to minimize the lies that Sam Sloan and Larry Parr > spread during this election campaign. To delay the match would defeat > that purpose. That Sam Sloan happens to be a kiddie f*cker is > convenient to my purpose." - Bill Brock (referring to this match), June > 19, 2005
> "I plan to beat the f*cking sh*t at chess out of this *sshole Bill > Brock, so please have your money ready." - Sam Sloan, June 23, 2005
> [Eliding of the "earthiest" letters of these quotes was done by this > poster]
> So RGCP wallflowers, kickback in your easy chair with a six-pack of > brewsky because caissic "pig-wrestling" is coming to Chicago and the > ICC!
This is a private cash-sponsored live (in Chicago) grudge match being privately simulcast on ICC by the Arbiter of the match, Vince Hart. As such, it is unlikely that ICC will officially announce it.
It will happen nonetheless, in about 61 minutes. (1st round starts at 10:00AM Central Daylight Time in Chicago.)
Angelo DePalma wrote: > It's Sunday morning and ICC has not announced this grudge match yet.
> Also, in your instructions you don't mention whom we should "follow" or > "observe."
> adp
> "RGCP Grudge Match" <rgcpgrudgema...@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:1119759242.863469.85140@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >- Sam Sloan reports that he is now in Chicago, and > > - now the mail-delayed pledge of Stan Booz has been > > co-signed/guaranteed by Randy Bauer, and > > - the Match Arbiter has practiced entering moves into ICC, so this > > means...
> > ...the 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match is ready to begin later this > > (Sunday) morning!
> > You can follow the games of this wholly unique live event, the 1st > > Annual RGCP Grudge Match, on the Internet Chess Club on Sunday, June > > 26th (TODAY)! Watch the players battle it out for a $1000 cash prize! > > If you don't have an account or an ICC client yet, go to > > http://www.chessclub.com and set yourself up. It's free.
> > To follow the all of the games of the match, use the "follow" command > > in your Main Console Window on ICC > > (http://www.chessclub.com/help/follow) _before_ the match begins, or > > the "observe" command (http://www.chessclub.com/help/observe) to just > > watch a single game of the match.
> > Feel free to kibitz during the match and/or analyze with or without the > > help of computers/databases/books. The players will *NOT* see your > > comments. Match Arbiter, Vince Hart, has offered to give some running > > commentary on ICC on the players during the match. To chat during the > > match, see: > > http://www.chessclub.com/helpcenter/b2primer/iccintropg4.html
> > The ICC login which is being used for the match is: GRUDGE05
> > The games in the match start at: > > 10:00AM CDT (Central Daylight Time) > > 1:00PM CDT > > 4:00PM CDT (only if necessary) > > 7:00PM CDT (only if necessary) > > To get GMT/UTC, just add 5 hours to these times.
> > Here is a recap of the match terms.
> > FIRST ANNUAL RGCP GRUDGE MATCH: > > Sloan vs. Brock in Chicago, draw odds to Sloan
> > MATCH TERMS (ver. 6):
> > Venue: Offices of William H. Brock, Ltd. > > (address found here: > > http://www.billbrock.net/contact.html) > > Playing room: Bill Brock's 4th floor conference room > > Date: June 26, 2005 > > Match Schedule: Round 1: 10 a.m. CDT > > Round 2: 1 p.m. CDT > > Round 3: 4 p.m. CDT (if necessary) > > Round 4: 7 p.m. CDT (if necessary) > > ICC Simulcast: Follow the match on ICC. The ICC login > > being used for the match: GRUDGE05 > > Prize Fund: $1000, Winner takes all > > Special Prize: A special prize is being awarded by > > Tyrone Slothrop for the single best > > game of the match (procedure for > > determining this will be decided by > > the arbiter and players) > > Match Arbiter: Vince Hart, Club Tournament Director > > Match Conditions: Winner is the first person to > > 2.0 (if Sloan) or 2.5 (if Brock) > > Time Controls: G/75 (+ 5" Bronstein) > > Match Rules: USCF's Official Rules of Chess, > > 5th edition > > Rules of Note: 1. NO CELLPHONES MAY BE TURNED ON DURING > > THE MATCH! (SAM SLOAN: TAKE NOTE!) > > 2. No baby in playing room > > 3. Baby at venue,outside of playing > > room, only if accompanied by another > > adult person (e.g., babysitter) > > 4. The players may leave the playing > > room during a game (e.g., to go to > > the restroom) only as provided for > > by the Match Arbiter > > 5. No defenestrations of players or > > or by players (OK - that was a joke) > > Other: 1. Sam Sloan will be provided $350 as > > a travel allowance to help defer > > the cost of his travel and > > accommodations > > 2. An small honorarium may be supplied > > to the arbiter (details to be worked > > out) > > 3. Arbiter would be holder of the $1000 > > prize fund and would handle the > > disbursement thereof > > 4. Coffee/water to be supplied by Bill > > Brock > > 5. Game scores to be posted to RGCP > > 6. There may be one or two spectators to > > the live event > > 7. One spectator or the match arbiter > > would enter the moves as played into > > ICC > > 8. The bookcase of chess books will be > > removed from the playing room during > > this event > > 9. If Bill Brock wins, he has pledged > > that all prize money will go directly > > to charity: > > 50% to National Center for Missing and > > Exploited Children http://www.ncmec.org/ > > 50% to Illinois Chess Association > > http://www.ilchess.org/ > > 10. If it doesn't bother the players, the > > Match Arbiter has offered to give some > > running commentary on the players.
> > As RGCP is something like the WWWF of the chess world, we should also > > have some apropos pre-match quotes. The players have obliged!
> > "My primary goal--heretofore unstated, but evident to all but the > > brain-damaged--is to minimize the lies that Sam Sloan and Larry Parr > > spread during this election campaign. To delay the match would defeat > > that purpose. That Sam Sloan happens to be a kiddie f*cker is > > convenient to my purpose." - Bill Brock (referring to this match), June > > 19, 2005
> > "I plan to beat the f*cking sh*t at chess out of this *sshole Bill > > Brock, so please have your money ready." - Sam Sloan, June 23, 2005
> > [Eliding of the "earthiest" letters of these quotes was done by this > > poster]
> > So RGCP wallflowers, kickback in your easy chair with a six-pack of > > brewsky because caissic "pig-wrestling" is coming to Chicago and the > > ICC!
What's the point? Sloan is only playing this match because he imagines that if he wins it will somehow erase all the arguments he's lost. Brock too seems to imagine that Sloan and Parr have some credibility that he can take away from them. They're both wrong.
ShockSp...@aol.com wrote: > What's the point? Sloan is only playing this match because he imagines > that if he wins it will somehow erase all the arguments he's lost. > Brock too seems to imagine that Sloan and Parr have some credibility > that he can take away from them. They're both wrong.
RGCP Grudge Match wrote: > - Sam Sloan reports that he is now in Chicago, and > - now the mail-delayed pledge of Stan Booz has been > co-signed/guaranteed by Randy Bauer, and > - the Match Arbiter has practiced entering moves into ICC, so this > means...
> ...the 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match is ready to begin later this > (Sunday) morning!
> You can follow the games of this wholly unique live event, the 1st > Annual RGCP Grudge Match, on the Internet Chess Club on Sunday, June > 26th (TODAY)! Watch the players battle it out for a $1000 cash prize! > If you don't have an account or an ICC client yet, go to > http://www.chessclub.com and set yourself up. It's free.
> Feel free to kibitz during the match and/or analyze with or without the > help of computers/databases/books. The players will *NOT* see your > comments. Match Arbiter, Vince Hart, has offered to give some running > commentary on ICC on the players during the match. To chat during the > match, see: > http://www.chessclub.com/helpcenter/b2primer/iccintropg4.html
> The ICC login which is being used for the match is: GRUDGE05
> The games in the match start at: > 10:00AM CDT (Central Daylight Time) > 1:00PM CDT > 4:00PM CDT (only if necessary) > 7:00PM CDT (only if necessary) > To get GMT/UTC, just add 5 hours to these times.
> Here is a recap of the match terms.
> FIRST ANNUAL RGCP GRUDGE MATCH: > Sloan vs. Brock in Chicago, draw odds to Sloan
> MATCH TERMS (ver. 6):
> Venue: Offices of William H. Brock, Ltd. > (address found here: > http://www.billbrock.net/contact.html) > Playing room: Bill Brock's 4th floor conference room > Date: June 26, 2005 > Match Schedule: Round 1: 10 a.m. CDT > Round 2: 1 p.m. CDT > Round 3: 4 p.m. CDT (if necessary) > Round 4: 7 p.m. CDT (if necessary) > ICC Simulcast: Follow the match on ICC. The ICC login > being used for the match: GRUDGE05 > Prize Fund: $1000, Winner takes all > Special Prize: A special prize is being awarded by > Tyrone Slothrop for the single best > game of the match (procedure for > determining this will be decided by > the arbiter and players) > Match Arbiter: Vince Hart, Club Tournament Director > Match Conditions: Winner is the first person to > 2.0 (if Sloan) or 2.5 (if Brock) > Time Controls: G/75 (+ 5" Bronstein) > Match Rules: USCF's Official Rules of Chess, > 5th edition > Rules of Note: 1. NO CELLPHONES MAY BE TURNED ON DURING > THE MATCH! (SAM SLOAN: TAKE NOTE!) > 2. No baby in playing room > 3. Baby at venue,outside of playing > room, only if accompanied by another > adult person (e.g., babysitter) > 4. The players may leave the playing > room during a game (e.g., to go to > the restroom) only as provided for > by the Match Arbiter > 5. No defenestrations of players or > or by players (OK - that was a joke) > Other: 1. Sam Sloan will be provided $350 as > a travel allowance to help defer > the cost of his travel and > accommodations > 2. An small honorarium may be supplied > to the arbiter (details to be worked > out) > 3. Arbiter would be holder of the $1000 > prize fund and would handle the > disbursement thereof > 4. Coffee/water to be supplied by Bill > Brock > 5. Game scores to be posted to RGCP > 6. There may be one or two spectators to > the live event > 7. One spectator or the match arbiter > would enter the moves as played into > ICC > 8. The bookcase of chess books will be > removed from the playing room during > this event > 9. If Bill Brock wins, he has pledged > that all prize money will go directly > to charity: > 50% to National Center for Missing and > Exploited Children http://www.ncmec.org/ > 50% to Illinois Chess Association > http://www.ilchess.org/ > 10. If it doesn't bother the players, the > Match Arbiter has offered to give some > running commentary on the players.
> As RGCP is something like the WWWF of the chess world, we should also > have some apropos pre-match quotes. The players have obliged!
> "My primary goal--heretofore unstated, but evident to all but the > brain-damaged--is to minimize the lies that Sam Sloan and Larry Parr > spread during this election campaign. To delay the match would defeat > that purpose. That Sam Sloan happens to be a kiddie f*cker is > convenient to my purpose." - Bill Brock (referring to this match), June > 19, 2005
> "I plan to beat the f*cking sh*t at chess out of this *sshole Bill > Brock, so please have your money ready." - Sam Sloan, June 23, 2005
> [Eliding of the "earthiest" letters of these quotes was done by this > poster]
> So RGCP wallflowers, kickback in your easy chair with a six-pack of > brewsky because caissic "pig-wrestling" is coming to Chicago and the > ICC!
> The 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match is underway on ICC. First round > started about 14 minutes ago.
> On ICC, do a:
> "follow GRUDGE05"
> or
> "observe GRUDGE05"
> RGCP Grudge Match wrote: >> - Sam Sloan reports that he is now in Chicago, and >> - now the mail-delayed pledge of Stan Booz has been >> co-signed/guaranteed by Randy Bauer, and >> - the Match Arbiter has practiced entering moves into ICC, so this >> means...
>> ...the 1st Annual RGCP Grudge Match is ready to begin later this >> (Sunday) morning!
>> You can follow the games of this wholly unique live event, the 1st >> Annual RGCP Grudge Match, on the Internet Chess Club on Sunday, June >> 26th (TODAY)! Watch the players battle it out for a $1000 cash prize! >> If you don't have an account or an ICC client yet, go to >> http://www.chessclub.com and set yourself up. It's free.
>> To follow the all of the games of the match, use the "follow" command >> in your Main Console Window on ICC >> (http://www.chessclub.com/help/follow) _before_ the match begins, or >> the "observe" command (http://www.chessclub.com/help/observe) to just >> watch a single game of the match.
>> Feel free to kibitz during the match and/or analyze with or without the >> help of computers/databases/books. The players will *NOT* see your >> comments. Match Arbiter, Vince Hart, has offered to give some running >> commentary on ICC on the players during the match. To chat during the >> match, see: >> http://www.chessclub.com/helpcenter/b2primer/iccintropg4.html
>> The ICC login which is being used for the match is: GRUDGE05
>> The games in the match start at: >> 10:00AM CDT (Central Daylight Time) >> 1:00PM CDT >> 4:00PM CDT (only if necessary) >> 7:00PM CDT (only if necessary) >> To get GMT/UTC, just add 5 hours to these times.
>> Here is a recap of the match terms.
>> FIRST ANNUAL RGCP GRUDGE MATCH: >> Sloan vs. Brock in Chicago, draw odds to Sloan
>> MATCH TERMS (ver. 6):
>> Venue: Offices of William H. Brock, Ltd. >> (address found here: >> http://www.billbrock.net/contact.html) >> Playing room: Bill Brock's 4th floor conference room >> Date: June 26, 2005 >> Match Schedule: Round 1: 10 a.m. CDT >> Round 2: 1 p.m. CDT >> Round 3: 4 p.m. CDT (if necessary) >> Round 4: 7 p.m. CDT (if necessary) >> ICC Simulcast: Follow the match on ICC. The ICC login >> being used for the match: GRUDGE05 >> Prize Fund: $1000, Winner takes all >> Special Prize: A special prize is being awarded by >> Tyrone Slothrop for the single best >> game of the match (procedure for >> determining this will be decided by >> the arbiter and players) >> Match Arbiter: Vince Hart, Club Tournament Director >> Match Conditions: Winner is the first person to >> 2.0 (if Sloan) or 2.5 (if Brock) >> Time Controls: G/75 (+ 5" Bronstein) >> Match Rules: USCF's Official Rules of Chess, >> 5th edition >> Rules of Note: 1. NO CELLPHONES MAY BE TURNED ON DURING >> THE MATCH! (SAM SLOAN: TAKE NOTE!) >> 2. No baby in playing room >> 3. Baby at venue,outside of playing >> room, only if accompanied by another >> adult person (e.g., babysitter) >> 4. The players may leave the playing >> room during a game (e.g., to go to >> the restroom) only as provided for >> by the Match Arbiter >> 5. No defenestrations of players or >> or by players (OK - that was a joke) >> Other: 1. Sam Sloan will be provided $350 as >> a travel allowance to help defer >> the cost of his travel and >> accommodations >> 2. An small honorarium may be supplied >> to the arbiter (details to be worked >> out) >> 3. Arbiter would be holder of the $1000 >> prize fund and would handle the >> disbursement thereof >> 4. Coffee/water to be supplied by Bill >> Brock >> 5. Game scores to be posted to RGCP >> 6. There may be one or two spectators to >> the live event >> 7. One spectator or the match arbiter >> would enter the moves as played into >> ICC >> 8. The bookcase of chess books will be >> removed from the playing room during >> this event >> 9. If Bill Brock wins, he has pledged >> that all prize money will go directly >> to charity: >> 50% to National Center for Missing and >> Exploited Children http://www.ncmec.org/ >> 50% to Illinois Chess Association >> http://www.ilchess.org/ >> 10. If it doesn't bother the players, the >> Match Arbiter has offered to give some >> running commentary on the players.
>> As RGCP is something like the WWWF of the chess world, we should also >> have some apropos pre-match quotes. The players have obliged!
>> "My primary goal--heretofore unstated, but evident to all but the >> brain-damaged--is to minimize the lies that Sam Sloan and Larry Parr >> spread during this election campaign. To delay the match would defeat >> that purpose. That Sam Sloan happens to be a kiddie f*cker is >> convenient to my purpose." - Bill Brock (referring to this match), June >> 19, 2005
>> "I plan to beat the f*cking sh*t at chess out of this *sshole Bill >> Brock, so please have your money ready." - Sam Sloan, June 23, 2005
>> [Eliding of the "earthiest" letters of these quotes was done by this >> poster]
>> So RGCP wallflowers, kickback in your easy chair with a six-pack of >> brewsky because caissic "pig-wrestling" is coming to Chicago and the >> ICC!
What is the point in any chess game? Someone wins. Someone else loses.
Unless the game is a draw (Shocked that he has to explain this to someone on a C*H*E*S*S* newsgroup!)
That is the point.
(Slothrop, who is shocked he has to explain this to someone on a *C*H*E*S*S* newsgroup!)
Well, the question, since you seem to have misunderstood it, was not what the point of a chess game was, it was what the point of a *g*r*u*d*g*e match is. (Shocked I have to explain this twice too). What does it settle? As I said (and you seem to have missed), Sloan is only playing because he imagines that a victory here will wipe out all the arguments he's lost. Brock imagines that Sloan has got some credibility that can be taken away from him. They're both wrong.
Sloan is playing for free. Other people put up the stakes and his travel fare. He might win something but he risks nothing. Now if the stakes were that if he lost he'd had to stay off Usenet for a month, that might be worth something.
