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Oh, Great. Another Slate.

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Just what I needed to hear.
First let me say I like Susan Polgar and think she’s got a good heart and sincerely wants to improve things in the USCF. While I’ve met the rest of her slate, the only other member I have any personal knowledge of is Randy Bauer, and probably the best way [...]

Irony, Thy Name is USCF

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Well, the Delegate’s meeting has come and gone with (surprisingly) no more than the usual amount of fuss and bother. Some rule changes were hotly debated (more on this later) but I feel I have to lead with the laugh, as always.
We had great and serious agreement that we need to raise the image of [...]

It’s Just Chess

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Got involved in a debate last night where I was accussed of dismissing the bill of attainder the USCF was contemplating passing by saying “It’s just chess.”
I didn’t say, that particular phrase, but it’s a convenient enough distillation of what I did say, that it started me thinking: What is it we were actually deciding [...]