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Date: 13 Oct 2007 03:32:48
From: Sam Sloan
Subject: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk With regard to my recent lawsuit against Truong and Polgar, I have received an inquiry as to whether persistent attacks on Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk could possibly have arisen from Polgar or Truong. Frankly, I had been unaware that anybody had been attacking Grandmaster Kosteniuk and for that reason I had never thought about the subject. Grandmaster Kosteniuk is perhaps best known for the rek made by Bobby Fischer while in prison in Japan. Boris Spassky said that if Fischer was guilty of anything, then Spassky was guilty too, so he offered to join Fischer in his prison cell. To this, Fischer replied that he did not want Spassky in his prison cell. He wanted Grandmaster Kosteniuk in his cell nstead. (This was, no doubt, due to her superior chess playing abilities.) I do not know Grandmaster Kosteniuk personally. I met her once, but very briefly. However, she is known to be a nice and gracious lady and everybody who knows her seems to like her. Thus, I was shocked to hear that some unknown person has been posting nasty reks about Grandmaster Kosteniuk everywhere, on such places as the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, chessgames.com on her own blog at kosteniuk.com and on the Susan Polgar blogspot. I have found that these nasty reks have been reverted from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, from chess games.com and also from her own website. I was asked to match the IP numbers in view of the possibility that whomever was posting these nasty reks might be the same person as the Fake Sam Sloan. It has been obvious for a long time that Paul Truong does not like Grandmaster Kosteniuk. During 2004, publicity photos of Grandmaster Kosteniuk appeared in almost every issue of Chess Life Magazine. Truong strenuously objected to this. Here is a letter posted by Truong on April 22, 2004: � "I believe Susan stated something like this in one of her correspondents.� Are we all so ugly or play so bad chess that the USCF has to use the picture of one of our main competitors to promote chess in Chess Life?� Not one person dare to answer this.� That is such an insult to some of our players.� Where is our national pride?� Others see nothing wrong with this.� Why not use Irina, Jennifer, Rusa, Anna or the entire team?� Are they truly so ugly that the federation has to hide them?" It was not obvious from this letter that what Truong was objecting to was that Alexandra Kosteniuk's picture was appearing in every issue of Chess Life and what he wanted was for Susan Polgar's picture to be in every issue of Chess Life instead. However, before long, that is what he got. Another problem Truong had was Kosteniuk's chess rating was always higher than Polgar's. This was a real problem with Mr. Truong because his official line is that Polgar is the World Chess Champion, whereas in reality Polgar was not even the highest rated woman in the US. Kosteniuk, who lives in Florida, was always higher rated. Truong solved that problem by the simple expedient of having Kosteniuk kicked off the top-player rating lists. The last month that Kosteniuk was listed as the top rated woman in the US was October 2005: http://www.uschess.org/ratings/top/0510/Women.php On the next list, which was December 2005, Kosteniuk's name had disappeared. This was the first time EVER that Polgar had been listed as number one in America, because Kosteniuk had always been rated higher. Polgar has since been dropped from the top-player lists due to inactivity. I knew that Polgar felt a strong sense of rivalry with Kosteniuk especially since Kosteniuk is 15 years younger and is considered more attractive, but it had never occurred to me that Truong would directly attack Kosteniuk until I received a phone call from Russia two days ago asking me to investigate this possibility. I was quite unprepared for what I found, which is that Susan Polgar's blog spot is filled with attacks on Kosteniuk. Also, Kosteniuk is criticized for calling herself a "world champion", even though Polgar does the same thing, and more often. Here are some examples. Remember that Polgar aggressively deletes any comment she disagrees with, so comments by supposed anonymous posters can be deemed to reflect her own views. Here, in one of the most recent comments, Kosteniuk is called a "Lolita" and her husband Diego Garces is called a pedophile. Anybody familiar with the actual book Lolita would hardly call the 23-year-old Kosteniuk a "Lolita" nor would anyone else call 48-year-old Diego a "pedofile" just for having a 23-year-old wife. Yet, here are comments directly from polgar.blogspot.com : Anonymous said... Yes scugrad. Alexandra Kosteniuk dissapointed me so much. By my classification this almost a riege between a pedofile and lollita.Disguisting. I'm glad to hear her newborn is healthy an ok,however. Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:36:00 PM Anonymous said... He's about 3 times her age when they met. It's kind of sick to have a website for the baby already showing intimate stuff. Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:10:00 PM Oh my God! You're right. I didn't know Judit Polgar has a USCF rating. But the information shown on the us chess website clearly proves that Kosteniuk lied. I guess it's expected. Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:58:00 PM (Of course the explanation for the above is probably that Kosteniuk actually resides in Florida. Judit Polgar last played in the US in 1998 and has never actually resided in America so she would not be on any top-players lists.) Anonymous said... Kosteniuk has no class. You can tell by her website which is extremely distasteful. She seems to be more a slut than chess player! Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:07:00 PM � Anonymous said... Kosteniuk now claims that she's the #1 chess promoter in the world. How arrogant! What a bold face liar! Just like she's a 3-time world champion. What a joke! Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:08:00 PM � Anonymous said... One of the more pathetic things is that she is trying to pass herself off as a model. I don't know about any of you but I can't figure out what she can model....maybe she is a toe model 'cause the rest of her is pretty bad Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:50:00 PM � Anonymous said... I agree with you. I just don't see it. That's why she's so willing to take it off. I take Shahade, Skripchenko, Zatonskih or many other female chess players over Kosteniuk any day. What I dislike most about her is her dishonesty. She's making bogus claims too many times. If the husband is the one who does it then get rid of him. Isn't he twice her age? Vladimir Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:59:00 PM Interesting that the comment above by Valery Klimovich mentions Alexandra Kosteniuk: today, 4/23, is also Alexandra's birthday! That's kinda stunning considering that on April's FIDE rankings, as Susan's post points out, Pia is ranked #4 , while Alexandra is ranked #3, at 2520 and 2540 respectively! I guess April 23rd ranks as a special chess date. :) Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:08:00 PM � Valery Klimovich said... Pia was the #1 player in the world Kosteniuk will never be. Stop your stupid arrogance. Pia was the 3rd woman in history to earn the GM title with 3 norms and 2500 rating as Susan pointed out. Kosteniuk got her GM title by winning the European Women's Championship and they changed the rules because of Kosteniuk. Get lost. If you want to worship Kosteniuk and her Penthouse garbage, go to her site. Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:23:00 PM Anonymous said... Who cares about Kosteniuk? She's just another average GM. What's the big deal? Monday, April 24, 2006 12:06:00 PM � vadim said... Because Kosteniuk shamefully lies too much. Why claim 3-time world champion when she won 3 girls' championship, not even women's world championship? Why claim #1 in the US when she's Russian? And she's not even #1 in the US. Shameful lies. Friday, September 08, 2006 5:49:00 PM � Qxh7 said... I wonder why Kosteniuk's supporters choose to support her lies and deceit? Friday, September 08, 2006 6:00:00 PM SusanPolgar said... I must ask once again for everyone to please show Alexandra Kosteniuk the proper respect. I certainly do not agree with some of her decisions. However, that does not mean that she deserves to be disrespected. This post was to wish my friend Pia a happy birthday. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Why bring others into this post? Best wishes, Susan Polgar www.SusanPolgar.com www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org Monday, April 24, 2006 1:48:00 PM
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Date: 13 Oct 2007 06:29:28
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk With regard to my recent lawsuit against Truong and Polgar, I have received an inquiry as to whether persistent attacks on Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk could possibly have arisen from Polgar or Truong. Frankly, I had been unaware that anybody had been attacking Grandmaster Kosteniuk and for that reason I had never thought about the subject. Grandmaster Kosteniuk is perhaps best known for the rek made by Bobby Fischer while in prison in Japan. Boris Spassky said that if Fischer was guilty of anything, then Spassky was guilty too, so he offered to join Fischer in his prison cell. To this, Fischer replied that he did not want Spassky in his prison cell. He wanted Grandmaster Kosteniuk in his cell instead. (This was, no doubt, due to her superior chess playing abilities.) I do not know Grandmaster Kosteniuk personally. I met her once, but very briefly. However, she is known to be a nice, sweet and gracious lady and everybody who knows her seems to like her. Thus, I was shocked to hear that some unknown person has been posting nasty reks about Grandmaster Kosteniuk everywhere, on such places as the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, chessgames.com , on her own blog at kosteniuk.com and on the Susan Polgar blogspot. I have found that these nasty reks have been reverted from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, from chess games.com and also from her own website. I was asked to match the IP numbers in view of the possibility that whomever was posting these nasty reks might be the same person as the Fake Sam Sloan. It has been obvious for a long time that Paul Truong does not like Grandmaster Kosteniuk. During 2004, publicity photos of Grandmaster Kosteniuk, who was listed as the highest rated woman chess player in the US, appeared in almost every issue of Chess Life Magazine. Truong strenuously objected to this. Here is a letter posted by Truong on April 22, 2004: "I believe Susan stated something like this in one of her correspondents. Are we all so ugly or play so bad chess that the USCF has to use the picture of one of our main competitors to promote chess in Chess Life? Not one person dare to answer this. That is such an insult to some of our players. Where is our national pride? Others see nothing wrong with this. Why not use Irina, Jennifer, Rusa, Anna or the entire team? Are they truly so ugly that the federation has to hide them?" It was not obvious from this letter that what Truong was objecting to was that Alexandra Kosteniuk's picture was appearing in every issue of Chess Life and what he wanted was for Susan Polgar's picture to be in every issue of Chess Life instead. However, before long, that is what he got. Another problem Truong had was Kosteniuk's chess rating was always higher than Polgar's. This was a real problem with Mr. Truong because his official line is that Polgar is the World Chess Champion, whereas in reality Polgar was not even the highest rated woman in the US. Kosteniuk, who lives in Florida, was always higher rated. Truong solved that problem by the simple expedient of having Kosteniuk kicked off the top-players rating lists. The last month that Kosteniuk was listed as the top rated woman in the US was October 2005: http://www.uschess.org/ratings/top/0510/Women.php Kosteniuk was kicked off the list because of a rule change that Truong managed to push through. The rule change was announced on the susanpolgar.blogspot.com at http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-rule-about-list-of-top-100.html On the next list, which was December 2005, Kosteniuk's name had disappeared. This was the first time EVER that Polgar had been listed as number one in America, because Kosteniuk had always been rated higher. Polgar has since been dropped from the top-player lists due to inactivity. I knew that Polgar felt a strong sense of rivalry with Kosteniuk especially since Kosteniuk is 15 years younger and is considered more attractive, but it had never occurred to me that Truong would directly attack Kosteniuk until I received a phone call from Russia two days ago asking me to investigate this possibility. I was quite unprepared for what I found, which is that Susan Polgar's blog spot is filled with attacks on Kosteniuk. Also, Kosteniuk is criticized for calling herself a "world champion", even though Polgar does the same thing, and more often. Here are some examples. Remember that Polgar aggressively deletes any comment she disagrees with, so comments by supposed anonymous posters can be deemed to reflect her own views. In one of the most recent comments, Kosteniuk is called a "Lolita" and her husband Diego Garces is called a pedophile. Anybody familiar with the actual book Lolita would hardly call the 23-year-old Kosteniuk a "Lolita" nor would anyone else call 48-year-old Diego a "pedophile" just for having a 23- year-old wife. Yet, here are comments directly from polgar.blogspot.com . These are just a few of the hundreds of anti-Kosteniuk postings that appear on the Polgar blog : Anonymous said... Yes scugrad. Alexandra Kosteniuk dissapointed me so much. By my classification this almost a riage between a pedophile and lollita. Disgusting. I'm glad to hear her newborn is healthy an ok, however. Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:36:00 PM Anonymous said... He's about 3 times her age when they met. It's kind of sick to have a website for the baby already showing intimate stuff. Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:10:00 PM Oh my God! You're right. I didn't know Judit Polgar has a USCF rating. But the information shown on the us chess website clearly proves that Kosteniuk lied. I guess it's expected. Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:58:00 PM (Of course the explanation for the above is probably that Kosteniuk actually resides in Florida. Judit Polgar last played in the US in 1998 and has never actually resided in America so she would not be on any top-players lists.) Anonymous said... Kosteniuk has no class. You can tell by her website which is extremely distasteful. She seems to be more a slut than chess player! Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:07:00 PM ? Anonymous said... Kosteniuk now claims that she's the #1 chess promoter in the world. How arrogant! What a bold face liar! Just like she's a 3-time world champion. What a joke! Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:08:00 PM ? Anonymous said... One of the more pathetic things is that she is trying to pass herself off as a model. I don't know about any of you but I can't figure out what she can model....maybe she is a toe model 'cause the rest of her is pretty bad Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:50:00 PM ? Anonymous said... I agree with you. I just don't see it. That's why she's so willing to take it off. I take Shahade, Skripchenko, Zatonskih or many other female chess players over Kosteniuk any day. What I dislike most about her is her dishonesty. She's making bogus claims too many times. If the husband is the one who does it then get rid of him. Isn't he twice her age? Vladimir Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:59:00 PM Interesting that the comment above by Valery Klimovich mentions Alexandra Kosteniuk: today, 4/23, is also Alexandra's birthday! That's kinda stunning considering that on April's FIDE rankings, as Susan's post points out, Pia is ranked #4 , while Alexandra is ranked #3, at 2520 and 2540 respectively! I guess April 23rd ranks as a special chess date. :) Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:08:00 PM ? Valery Klimovich said... Pia was the #1 player in the world Kosteniuk will never be. Stop your stupid arrogance. Pia was the 3rd woman in history to earn the GM title with 3 norms and 2500 rating as Susan pointed out. Kosteniuk got her GM title by winning the European Women's Championship and they changed the rules because of Kosteniuk. Get lost. If you want to worship Kosteniuk and her Penthouse garbage, go to her site. Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:23:00 PM Anonymous said... Who cares about Kosteniuk? She's just another average GM. What's the big deal? Monday, April 24, 2006 12:06:00 PM ? vadim said... Because Kosteniuk shamefully lies too much. Why claim 3-time world champion when she won 3 girls' championship, not even women's world championship? Why claim #1 in the US when she's Russian? And she's not even #1 in the US. Shameful lies. Friday, September 08, 2006 5:49:00 PM ? Qxh7 said... I wonder why Kosteniuk's supporters choose to support her lies and deceit? Friday, September 08, 2006 6:00:00 PM SusanPolgar said... I must ask once again for everyone to please show Alexandra Kosteniuk the proper respect. I certainly do not agree with some of her decisions. However, that does not mean that she deserves to be disrespected. This post was to wish my friend Pia a happy birthday. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Why bring others into this post? Best wishes, Susan Polgar www.SusanPolgar.com www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org Monday, April 24, 2006 1:48:00 PM ========================= It gets worse. Here are some more anti-Kosteniuk postings on Susan's blog: Anonymous said... I'm also glad to see Khalifman playing good chess again. I don't understand the fabrication of Kosteniuk's resume? Why lie about winning 3 world championships and being America's best? She's the top rated woman player in Russia. Isn't she proud of that? Saturday, September 09, 2006 2:34:00 AM Hans said... Anonymous said... To end this discussion,Can we just have a 12 game match between Susan Polgar and Sasha Kosteniuk? I have no doubt public interest and sponsors will come in droves. ** Please don't come to Susan's blog and insult her. Kosteniuk has never won a world championship. She's never #1 in the world. She has never won an Olympic Gold. Susan won 4 Women's World Championships, 5 Olympic Gold, never been defeated in the Olympiad and she was #1 in the world when she was 15. What's the debate? Saturday, September 09, 2006 11:27:00 PM Manny said... I don't care much about all the lies of Kosteniuk. Personally, I think it's low class to fake your acomplishments. Sunday, September 10, 2006 6:40:00 AM The above postings can be found on Susan's blog at the following addresses: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/06/gm-kosteniuk-gave-birth-to-daughter.html http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2005/12/alexandra-kosteniuk.html http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/04/open-thread.html http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/04/happy-birthday-to-pia-cramling.html http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/09/surprises-at-top-of-russian.html And here is another one at http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/12/girl-finally-gets-her-due.html Carmelo said... Who cares about Kosteniuk? Go Humpy! Go India! Humpy is good for chess. Kosteniuk is good for herself and her husband Diego. Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:07:00 AM Here is another example. http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2006/01/best-chess-couples.html Note that Susan tells the posters to be nice but she does not delete the reks about Kosteniuk and her $Daddy. Kosteniuk has never claimed to be higher rated than Judit Polgar. She has merely claimed to be higher rated than Susan Polgar, as she was: Anonymous said... Do you even read the list? They are on it already. The chess goddess Kosteniuk and her $ daddy. LOL Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:29:00 PM MiamiMaca said... You mean the 2 ego maniac? Don't you know she's a three time World Champion and they claim she's higher rated than Judit Polgar? How pathetic! Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:30:00 PM SusanPolgar said... OK folks, let's be nice to everyone, OK? Thanks! Best wishes, Susan Polgar www.PolgarChess.com www.SusanPolgar.com Tuesday, January 03, 2006 10:34:00 PM Again, there are hundreds of postings like this attacking Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk. To find them do an Advanced Search on Google for the word Kosteniuk on susanpolgar.blogspot.com Every time you see the word Kosteniuk you will find several attacks, far more than I could possibly list here. Also, above I have omitted the worst because the worst attacks involve the use of banned words which are not allowed to be used on the USCF Forums. Sam Sloan
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Date: 13 Oct 2007 20:39:19
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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When La Popessa writes that she certainly does not agree with all of GM Kosteniuk's decisions, who really cares? **How about you? But Her Majesty just has to get in her puritanical two cents worth, no matter what. **Unlike me and you? Polgar and Truong have brought the pile of slime that they are currently swimming through upon themselves by posing as a couple of moral exemplars who would clean up the USCF. **How awful! Morals! Who needs 'em? We have come so far without resource to morals, ethics and such, that we now have, population adjusted, less people in USCF than after the Fischer boom This is the same shrill windbag who blasted Sam Sloan, **Who famously during his term of office couldn't 'notice' my question about if he could pass even a high-school background check? only to show up herself on Howard Stern, all in the name of promoting chess, of course. **Tamed him though - was he ever so respectful? Reminds me of Fischer's boast about giving knight odds to a woman, which he quit mentioning after he played a few blitz games with our subject. It seems as if Her Majesty and the Great Puppet are certainly raising the public profile of themselves, albeit in a way that The Greatest Chess Promoter of All Time had probably never reckoned. **Like you, I am deeply jeaolous. First that she genuinely gets mainstream, public attention, and second that he ried her. Gosh! Are we real men if we can't whine about this? **But thanks for your contribution, whatever you name is. You see, there is a 'challenge' going on right now about those who have values, and put their names to them, and those who whine from the shadows. But thanks for sharing. **Phil Innes, Vermont
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Date: 13 Oct 2007 21:13:01
From: captain.
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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"Chess One" <[email protected] > wrote in message news:X1aQi.628$W22.456@trndny04... > > > When La Popessa writes that she certainly does not agree with all of > GM Kosteniuk's decisions, who really cares? > who really cares about anything in the world of chess besides the results of the games themselves? you're a buncha drama queens, with slammin' sammy at the head of the court.
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Date: 14 Oct 2007 12:25:53
From: Bionic Booger Boy
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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"captain." <[email protected] > wrote in message news:xxaQi.21964$%B2.6674@edtnps82... > > "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:X1aQi.628$W22.456@trndny04... >> >> >> When La Popessa writes that she certainly does not agree with all of >> GM Kosteniuk's decisions, who really cares? >> > > who really cares about anything in the world of chess besides the results > of the games themselves? you're a buncha drama queens, with slammin' sammy > at the head of the court. > > I think slammin, spammin, Sammy, aka Sambot the spambot, aka little whacked Sambo, musta slammed down a few Jagermeisters before stompin' off on his latest kirillian rant-o-rama.
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Date: 14 Oct 2007 20:36:45
From: captain.
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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"Bionic Booger Boy" <[email protected] > wrote in message news:[email protected]... > > "captain." <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:xxaQi.21964$%B2.6674@edtnps82... >> >> "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:X1aQi.628$W22.456@trndny04... >>> >>> >>> When La Popessa writes that she certainly does not agree with all of >>> GM Kosteniuk's decisions, who really cares? >>> >> >> who really cares about anything in the world of chess besides the results >> of the games themselves? you're a buncha drama queens, with slammin' >> sammy at the head of the court. >> >> > > I think slammin, spammin, Sammy, aka Sambot the spambot, aka little > whacked Sambo, musta slammed down a few Jagermeisters before stompin' off > on his latest kirillian rant-o-rama. > are you saying that you actually read it? well... that makes one person at least.
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Date: 14 Oct 2007 18:53:36
From: Bionic Booger Boy
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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"captain." <[email protected] > wrote in message news:x5vQi.11696$G25.2200@edtnps89... > > "Bionic Booger Boy" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> >> "captain." <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:xxaQi.21964$%B2.6674@edtnps82... >>> >>> "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:X1aQi.628$W22.456@trndny04... >>>> >>>> >>>> When La Popessa writes that she certainly does not agree with all of >>>> GM Kosteniuk's decisions, who really cares? >>>> >>> >>> who really cares about anything in the world of chess besides the >>> results of the games themselves? you're a buncha drama queens, with >>> slammin' sammy at the head of the court. >>> >>> >> >> I think slammin, spammin, Sammy, aka Sambot the spambot, aka little >> whacked Sambo, musta slammed down a few Jagermeisters before stompin' off >> on his latest kirillian rant-o-rama. >> > > are you saying that you actually read it? well... that makes one person at > least. > > Whoops! Ya caught me. I gotta confess I never read kiril, Ilya Whutzizface or Slammin' Sammy Sloan.
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Date: 13 Oct 2007 21:21:17
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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"captain." <[email protected] > wrote in message news:xxaQi.21964$%B2.6674@edtnps82... > > "Chess One" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:X1aQi.628$W22.456@trndny04... >> >> >> When La Popessa writes that she certainly does not agree with all of >> GM Kosteniuk's decisions, who really cares? >> > > who really cares about anything in the world of chess I don't know - do you mean who cares enough to write about it? > besides the results of the games themselves? you're a buncha drama queens, > with slammin' sammy at the head of the court. Yes - hardly worth objecting about. I agree! While its all about Sammy, and almost everything is, in his opinion, then there ain't no chess action at all, its all ego, for or against. pfft! So what kinda chess you play, captain? I am playing more on-line correspondence than anything else. Phil Innes [3 ngs cut]
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Date: 13 Oct 2007 07:36:59
From: captain.
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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"Sam Sloan" <[email protected] > wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk > G.A.K. can suck a fat nut!
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Date: 12 Oct 2007 20:47:15
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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Postings disrespectful of Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk With regard to my recent lawsuit against Truong and Polgar, I have received an inquiry as to whether persistent attacks on Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk could possibly have arisen from Polgar or Truong. Frankly, I had been unaware that anybody had been attacking Grandmaster Kosteniuk and for that reason I had never thought about the subject. Grandmaster Kosteniuk is perhaps best known for the rek made by Bobby Fischer while in prison in Japan. Boris Spassky said that if Fischer was guilty of anything, then Spassky was guilty too, so he offered to join Fischer in his prison cell. To this, Fischer replied that he did not want Spassky in his prison cell. He wanted Grandmaster Kosteniuk in his cell nstead. (This was, no doubt, due to her superior chess playing abilities.) I do not know Grandmaster Kosteniuk personally. I met her once, but very briefly. However, she is known to be a nice and gracious lady and everybody who knows her seems to like her. Thus, I was shocked to hear that some unknown person has been posting nasty reks about Grandmaster Kosteniuk everywhere, on such places as the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, chessgames.com on her own blog at kosteniuk.com and on the Susan Polgar blogspot. I have found that these nasty reks have been reverted from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia, from chess games.com and also from her own website. I was asked to match the IP numbers in view of the possibility that whomever was posting these nasty reks might be the same person as the Fake Sam Sloan. It has been obvious for a long time that Paul Truong does not like Grandmaster Kosteniuk. During 2004, publicity photos of Grandmaster Kosteniuk appeared in almost every issue of Chess Life Magazine. Truong strenuously objected to this. Here is a letter posted by Truong on April 22, 2004: "I believe Susan stated something like this in one of her correspondents. Are we all so ugly or play so bad chess that the USCF has to use the picture of one of our main competitors to promote chess in Chess Life?? Not one person dare to answer this. That is such an insult to some of our players. Where is our national pride?? Others see nothing wrong with this.? Why not use Irina, Jennifer, Rusa, Anna or the entire team?? Are they truly so ugly that the federation has to hide them?" It was not obvious from this letter that what Truong was objecting to was that Alexandra Kosteniuk's picture was appearing in every issue of Chess Life and what he wanted was for Susan Polgar's picture to be in every issue of Chess Life instead. However, before long, that is what he got. Another problem Truong had was Kosteniuk's chess rating was always higher than Polgar's. This was a real problem with Mr. Truong because his official line is that Polgar is the World Chess Champion, whereas in reality Polgar was not even the highest rated woman in the US. Kosteniuk, who lives in Florida, was always higher rated. Truong solved that problem by the simple expedient of having Kosteniuk kicked off the top-player rating lists. The last month that Kosteniuk was listed as the top rated woman in the US was October 2005: http://www.uschess.org/ratings/top/0510/Women.php On the next list, which was December 2005, Kosteniuk's name had disappeared. This was the first time EVER that Polgar had been listed as number one in America, because Kosteniuk had always been rated higher. Polgar has since been dropped from the top-player lists due to inactivity. I knew that Polgar felt a strong sense of rivalry with Kosteniuk especially since Kosteniuk is 15 years younger and is considered more attractive, but it had never occurred to me that Truong would directly attack Kosteniuk until I received a phone call from Russia two days ago asking me to investigate this possibility. I was quite unprepared for what I found, which is that Susan Polgar's blog spot is filled with attacks on Kosteniuk. Also, Kosteniuk is criticized for calling herself a "world champion", even though Polgar does the same thing, and more often. Here are some examples. Remember that Polgar aggressively deletes any comment she disagrees with, so comments by supposed anonymous posters can be deemed to reflect her own views. Here, in one of the most recent comments, Kosteniuk is called a "Lolita" and her husband Diego Garces is called a pedophile. Anybody familiar with the actual book Lolita would hardly call the 23-year-old Kosteniuk a "Lolita" nor would anyone else call 48-year-old Diego a "pedophile" just for having a 23-year-old wife. Yet, here are comments directly from susanpolgar.blogspot.com : Anonymous said... Yes scugrad. Alexandra Kosteniuk disappointed me so much. By my classification this almost a riege between a pedophile and lollita. Disgusting. I'm glad to hear her newborn is healthy an ok, however. Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:36:00 PM Anonymous said... He's about 3 times her age when they met. It's kind of sick to have a website for the baby already showing intimate stuff. Thursday, June 21, 2007 1:10:00 PM Oh my God! You're right. I didn't know Judit Polgar has a USCF rating. But the information shown on the us chess website clearly proves that Kosteniuk lied. I guess it's expected. Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:58:00 PM (Of course the explanation for the above is probably that Kosteniuk actually resides in Florida. Judit Polgar last played in the US in 1998 and has never actually resided in America so she would not be on any top-players lists.) Anonymous said... Kosteniuk has no class. You can tell by her website which is extremely distasteful. She seems to be more a slut than chess player! Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:07:00 PM ? Anonymous said... Kosteniuk now claims that she's the #1 chess promoter in the world. How arrogant! What a bold face liar! Just like she's a 3-time world champion. What a joke! Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:08:00 PM ? Anonymous said... One of the more pathetic things is that she is trying to pass herself off as a model. I don't know about any of you but I can't figure out what she can model....maybe she is a toe model 'cause the rest of her is pretty bad Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:50:00 PM ? Anonymous said... I agree with you. I just don't see it. That's why she's so willing to take it off. I take Shahade, Skripchenko, Zatonskih or many other female chess players over Kosteniuk any day. What I dislike most about her is her dishonesty. She's making bogus claims too many times. If the husband is the one who does it then get rid of him. Isn't he twice her age? Vladimir Wednesday, December 21, 2005 5:59:00 PM Interesting that the comment above by Valery Klimovich mentions Alexandra Kosteniuk: today, 4/23, is also Alexandra's birthday! That's kinda stunning considering that on April's FIDE rankings, as Susan's post points out, Pia is ranked #4 , while Alexandra is ranked #3, at 2520 and 2540 respectively! I guess April 23rd ranks as a special chess date. :) Sunday, April 23, 2006 5:08:00 PM ? Valery Klimovich said... Pia was the #1 player in the world Kosteniuk will never be. Stop your stupid arrogance. Pia was the 3rd woman in history to earn the GM title with 3 norms and 2500 rating as Susan pointed out. Kosteniuk got her GM title by winning the European Women's Championship and they changed the rules because of Kosteniuk. Get lost. If you want to worship Kosteniuk and her Penthouse garbage, go to her site. Sunday, April 23, 2006 7:23:00 PM Anonymous said... Who cares about Kosteniuk? She's just another average GM. What's the big deal? Monday, April 24, 2006 12:06:00 PM ? vadim said... Because Kosteniuk shamefully lies too much. Why claim 3-time world champion when she won 3 girls' championship, not even women's world championship? Why claim #1 in the US when she's Russian? And she's not even #1 in the US. Shameful lies. Friday, September 08, 2006 5:49:00 PM ? Qxh7 said... I wonder why Kosteniuk's supporters choose to support her lies and deceit? Friday, September 08, 2006 6:00:00 PM SusanPolgar said... I must ask once again for everyone to please show Alexandra Kosteniuk the proper respect. I certainly do not agree with some of her decisions. However, that does not mean that she deserves to be disrespected. This post was to wish my friend Pia a happy birthday. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Why bring others into this post? Best wishes, Susan Polgar www.SusanPolgar.com www.SusanPolgarFoundation.org Monday, April 24, 2006 1:48:00 PM
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