I had a very productive weekend. I met with a number of very important people (non chess politicians) from various chess related companies, universities and organizations, etc., to push the chess agenda forward. A number of agreements were made to help the chess community in the United States and worldwide. Young members will stand to benefit a great deal.
What I was most happy about is ALL these people share the same level of love, passion, enthusiasm and respect for chess. We all understand that we must work together to do the right things for chess. I am also very thankful to receive so much support from the young players, their parents and coaches across the country about my position.
I will do my best to unite all these groups. It is time for us to control our own chess destiny! It is time to put an end to all the ugly and destructive chess politics.
On another note, Dortmund ended with a bang. I am so glad that Kramnik is back. I am looking forward to his match against Topalov. This will be good for chess.
The performance of Morozevich was very exciting! He already qualified for the World Championship in Mexico City in 2007. The rapid improvement of Magnus Carlsen is also great to see! I hope he will continue to excel!
It has been a good week for chess overall!
Hi Susan,
Well said and spot on as usual! We agree on the up-coming World Championship match and the development of Magnus Carlsen especially.
I am also very excited about the developments of your own that you mention, and I hope that it continues to progress well, you deserve it!
Thank you for all your hard work for chess and its future.
Regards,
John
Thank you for sharing the good news, Susan! Keep up your great work. I spent Sunday at a small tournament in Philadelphia with a great bunch of chess moms from Delaware and, like me, they think of you as the leader of the scholastic chess movement in the U.S. as opposed to anyone on the board of the USCF. They don’t have time to follow the USCF message boards, what with shlepping their kids to chess tournaments, travel soccer, piano lessons, boy scouts, making sure that meals are on the table and ethical and moral values are instilled in the next generation and all the other activities that we busy moms do but I can assure you that they stand 100% behind you and all your efforts. BTW, one of the girls at the tourney was wearing a great t-shirt that said “Chess Girl” on it and she said that a friend brought it back from one of your tournaments. Where can I get two for my chess girls?
Susan as usual ….
I might not comment much but I’m always reading your comments..YOu are doing a great job. Hope you keep it up….what to I have to do to play a couple blitz games with you and see you kick my a$$
Mike M
I hope that was not ($$)….um bad…meant as a joke.
Thanx! You are the greatest! I cannot wait for Kramnik to beat Topalov and hopefully bring some honour to World Chess Crown again. Magnus is definately a future World Champiion Candidate. I hope the Title is decided in a match on not tournaments. 1948 was necessary because Alekhine was murdered in Lisbon and left a void.
Are you ready and excited for the cruise?
It is wonderful to see so many people supporting you Susan. I support you but I an only one person. now I see so many people are just like me. we need you more than ever. People are standing beside you. just say the word and the army will march with you.
I too am happy that Kramnik is in good form. I hope to watch an exciting match. 2 different styles. It just might become a classic Match.
Magnus is an exciting player to watch for sure. I have a lot of confidence in him making it to the championship. But right now he needs some work. He does improve so fast it is amazing.
I think of you Susan as you have so often talked about playing to win every game. I think Magnus plays to win every game.
speaking of TSHirts ( like the cute ones in your chess center)
Susan, your chess shop doesn’t have any unless there is another website that sells your products
I like this weekly commentary feature and also especially the open thread posts to allow questions on any topic.
Cheating scandal from the World Open made the first page of the Sports section in Tuesday’s New York Times.
My mother, who doesn’t know very much about chess (other than that her 8 year old granddaughter loves it), e-mailed me about the New York Times article and commented on how there were no women or girls visible in the photo on page D3 of the times. Hopefully, all of Susan’s hard work will change that eventually (but, in the meantime, just as well that no women were implicated in the cheating scandal at the World Open).