Topalov seems to be in top form again. He won Bilbao, had a fantastic Dresden Olympiad, and is now dominating the Super Nanjing tournament. He closes out the year well over 2800 again and maintains his #1 ranking.
Radjabov and Gashimov are leading the Elista Grand Prix after 5 rounds.
It’s Saturday Open Forum. What would you like to discuss? The forum is yours!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Well, it is now obvious that after the two great Ks (Karpov and Kasparov), Topalov is the greatest tournament player born to chess. This tournament playing strength, if you ask me, will soon translate to match play.
A message to all Yanks: Kamsky is toast!
Kamsky will crush Toppy, even if it means letting his daddy out of his cage.
What happened with chessdiscussion forums?
The rumor is the chessdiscussion was hacked into by some very sleazy people.
Something smells rotten at USCF-land.
I hope Susan will sue and nail them to the freaking USCF pond scum wall. And they know who they are.
The rumor is the USCF lost every motion in court so far. The rumor is they were wiped out on Friday. Can anyone confirm this?
I hope Goichberg, Bauer, Berry and Hough won’t blow the $350,000 bequest to the lawyers for their personal politics. If they do, the members should start a class action against them.
I just read part of GM Eugene Perelsteyn’s article on the 2008 SPICE Cup. Great job, but I want to write in and dispel or at least refine some of the perceptions about Lubbock.
If GM Polgar is paying legal fees from her own pocket, all other board members should do the same and not touch any of the members’ money. It’s pathetic that the uscf even offered to pay for Sloan’s legal fees.
Not even a penny of the bequest should be used for general operation or legal fees.
I agree. Not even a dime of this money should be used to defend Goichberg and his gang. Let them pay for the legal fees themselves.
The USCF is suing her and they’re abusing members’ money. Bunch of pigs.
31% of the letters are vowels. Of one million first and last names we looked at, 74% have a higher vowel make-up. This means you are modestly envoweled.
In ASCII binary it is… 01000010 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01000111 01101111 01101001 01100011 01101000 01100010 01100101 01110010 01100111
Backwards, it is Llib Grebhciog… nice ring to it, huh.
In Pig Latin, it is Illbay Oichberggay.
Forename:
Origin: Teutonic (Root: William)
Meaning: Will Helmet
3 Things You Didn’t Know:
Your personal power animal is the Horned Lizard.
Your ‘Numerology’ number is 1. If it wasn’t bulls**t, it would mean that you are ambitious, independent, and self-sufficient. Although you are generally happy, loving, dynamic and charismatic, you can sometimes be egotistical, selfish and melodramatic.
According to the US Census Bureau°, 0.112% of US residents have the first name ‘Bill’ and fewer than 0.001% have the surname ‘Goichberg’.
The US has around 300 million residents, so we guesstimate there is only 1 American who goes by the name Bill Goichberg. And he is an asshole.
Top 5 Facts for this Name:
27% of the letters are vowels. Of one million first and last names we looked at, 87.6% have a higher vowel make-up. This means you are poorly envoweled.
In ASCII binary it is… 01001010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01100001 01110011 01110011 00100000 01001100 01100001 01100110 01100110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01111001
Backwards, it is Ssakcaj Ytreffal… nice ring to it, huh?
In Pig Latin, it is Ackassjay Affertylay.
People with this first name are probably: Male or female… Almost always a lawyer or a useless admnistrative judge.
3 Things You Didn’t Know:
Your personal power animal is the Aardwolf Hyena
Your ‘Numerology’ number is 4. If it wasn’t bulls**t, it would mean that you are practical, tenacious, traditional, and serious. You are well organised and have a strong work ethic.
According to the US Census Bureau°, fewer than 0.001% of US residents have the first name ‘Jackass’ and 0.0041% have the surname ‘Lafferty’. The US has around 300 million residents, so we guesstimate there is only 1 American who goes by the name Jackass Lafferty. He is a complete loser by nature and a total waste of human flesh.
I think that most of the Delegates were very disgusted with the approach that was taken to oust Paul and Susan. If there was any wrong doing it should have been sent to the Ethics Committee and had no place on the floor of the Delegates meeting. Proving a point with an “unbiased” ( ? ) attorney that was more of an attacking bull dog, questionable data from an associate of someone that may have been involved and facts that could have certainly been altered before the attorney saw them proved that the Delegates weren’t going to just rubber stamp the accusations.
It is also pathetic that the President and Jerry Hanken conspired to give two unknowns money and delegates status just to win this vote. Actually a free entry for political reasons is the same as stealing from the USCF. Shame, shame.
After last Friday’s conversation with Bill Hall, I understand that there is some doubt as to what I said. Sorry, folks, I DO NOT LIE!!!! But, I understand that the Board will now be vindictive toward me so I will accommodate you:I resign my Chair of the PPHBF ( I hope in favor of McCrary ), I will also resign from the Awards Committee and 2009 will be my last National Open. I will miss being MC of the Awards Banquet. But, there is life after chess.
That sums it up – except, hey, maybe your wrong!! I’m attaching an unbiased analysis of some of the postings that I hope you read and contemplate.
Reminds me of the movie ” 12 Angry Men”. I’ll mail you all a copy.
Fred Gruenberg
Here is just a small sample of what took place (There are plenty more which directly link President Bill Goichberg, Secretary Randy Hough, and President of CJA Jerry Hanken). There are also other witnesses who are willing collaborate these charges. There are also additional physical evidence to back up the story.
In addition, I have asked to see the list of elected delegates and people who were certified on the spot Saturday morning. I also requested to see who certified these people. So far, President Bill Goichberg is stonewalling this process and Bill Hall refused to release this information without the authorization from President Bill Goichberg.
“If Bill (Goichberg) says “yes”, you wouldn’t owe anything to him.”
“Come on Bill (Goichberg), I will go half on the airfare. There are so many good reasons to do this. Give it some thought. Just think what going half means to me and what it means to you. If we lose a critical vote, you will think of this. All the money you have given the USFCF will be in the toilet if we ultimately lose this fight.”
“Could you get this done today … I will pay.”
“…it is important that you go on line today (when it is still July) and purchase a six month membership in USCF. It is $25 and I will personally reimburse you this money.”