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Date: 04 Oct 2007 09:49:13
From: samsloan
Subject: A Typically Misleading Statement by Gregory Alexander
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[quote="gregory"]I have only played 3 USCF games in the last 20 years, and I organize. Does the lack of my USCF over the board experience make me a bad organizer? I don't think so, but I probably should be playing more rated games when I get time.[/quote] A typically false and misleading statement by Gregory Alexander. He makes it sound like he used to play 20 years ago and has been organizing for 20 years. In reality, Gregory joined the USCF for the first time in his life only recently, and played in the first USCF games in his life on 8-12-07, less than two months go. It was a three game affair. Gregory has never directed a USCF rated chess tournament in his life, so his capabilities as an organizer are unknown. Sam Sloan
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Date: 04 Oct 2007 11:44:27
From: Gregory
Subject: Re: A Typically Misleading Statement by Gregory Alexander
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On Oct 4, 10:09 am, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote: > by samsloan on Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:06 pm #72338 > > xplor wrote:Mulfish > > but he is a life member and he is certainly not detached from > the USCF. > > What proof do we have George has not passed on, canceling his USCF > membership agreement? > > I can assure you that George Arndt is a real person and is very much > alive. > > It is to be recalled that I was missing one issue of Chess Life which > I needed to publish my recent book "Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory". > > George was kind enough to send me the June 1982 issue of Chess Life, > which was the issue I was missing. > > To thank him I sent him a complimentary copy of my book when it came > out a few weeks ago. > > He PMed me a few days ago to thank me for the book and tell me that it > is a good book. > > Sam Sloan This is a typical lie and exaggeration from Sam. I posted this in the forums, and somehow, he failed to indicate my response. Imagine that. Here was my response for those who want to waste time on this: I used to play in and was rated in with a Washington State rating (we had a different rating system at the time) and competed in scolastic play. On occassion, I was competitive with 2100 USCF rated players at age 19, and played in the military. After serving, I stopped playing chess as I was told that in order to get better, I would have to study and was not up for it. While working for in the Human Genome Project at the UW; I jumped back in to chess when I found out that my university did not have a well organized club. I resurrected the ICCL about 4-5 years ago, and have organized many national collegiate tournaments. See my webpage at http://www.collegechess.org.
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Date: 04 Oct 2007 10:09:55
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: A Typically Misleading Statement by Gregory Alexander
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by samsloan on Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:06 pm #72338 xplor wrote:Mulfish but he is a life member and he is certainly not detached from the USCF. What proof do we have George has not passed on, canceling his USCF membership agreement? I can assure you that George Arndt is a real person and is very much alive. It is to be recalled that I was missing one issue of Chess Life which I needed to publish my recent book "Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory". George was kind enough to send me the June 1982 issue of Chess Life, which was the issue I was missing. To thank him I sent him a complimentary copy of my book when it came out a few weeks ago. He PMed me a few days ago to thank me for the book and tell me that it is a good book. Sam Sloan
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