| Matt Nemmers 2005-01-14, 5:46 pm |
| No, Phil. I simply hated the way it was written. Syntax, grammar, etc. It
had little to do with the content. I could really give a shit what Acers,
Denker, or anyone else thinks of the USCF.
Regards,
Matt
"Chess One" <innes8@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "Matt Nemmers" <qcchess@mcnospamhsi.com> wrote in message
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> Did you dislike this quote by Denker, as offered by Acers, Matt:-
>
> ... "Because I had just retired as a successful businessman people wanted
> me to inspect the US chess federation books. There was then no question
> that the US chess federation was run by crooks and thieves...they simply
> stole with phony contracts, took money for years of service and the
> like...all the time while leaving players destitute...even Fischer was
> playing for peanuts while living in near poverty in New York ." ...
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> There are those of us who call for a greater transparency, and less of a
> closed-shop environment. I am sorry - if this really is the part to which
> you object - if this has the appearance of disloyalty. It may at times be
> disloyal to USCF, but not to Chess in America.
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> You are a relative newbie to all these goings on, and i do not wish to
> dissuade you from your current opinion, as to note the authority and
> standing in the US and the World of the person who wrote those words So -
> not believe or disbelieve anything, but suspend your belief entirely while
> we ponder the man's words.
>
> Cordailly, Phil Innes
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