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>I call upon the Executive Board to expel and ban Beatriz Marinello
> from the United States Chess Federation TODAY!
>
> Tale a look at the new press release that has just come out at:
>
> http://www.brainspeed.com/Site/inde...tterChessPlayer
>
> http://www.brainspeed.com/Site/inde...e.NewsAndEvents
>
> We thought that this was past, but now it says that the 2005 US Open
> Championship that will be held in Phoenix on August 8-14 will feature
> a BrainSpeed pill demonstration. The press release states:
>
> http://www.brainspeed.com/Site/inde...e.NewsAndEvents
>
>
> "CAN A BRAIN PILL MAKE YOU A BETTER CHESS PLAYER?"
>
>
> 2005 US OPEN CHESS MASTERS GET A SIN CITY VIEW OF THE NEW
> COGNITIVE SUPPLEMENT THAT HELPS THEM THINK FASTER!
>
>
> According to Beatriz Marinello, President of the US Chess
> Federation, "Clearly chess is a game of the mind and working at the
> top of your mental processing powers is critical to tournament play.
> We are delighted to be embarking on this alliance with Natrol and we
> see a direct connection between brainSpeed and our membership. We look
> forward to many unique events together in the future."
>
> We would like to know how much money Beatriz Marinello got paid for
> this product endorsement. She obviously did not do it for free.
>
> For the past six years the USCF has been struggling against the FIDE
> requirement that we submit to drug testing. We have been insisting
> that there is no drug that can improve chess performance.
>
> Now, our president has come out endorsing a drug that claims the
> ability to enable us to play chess better.
>
> In so doing, Beatriz has slandered all of the chess players of the
> world, by suggesting that we play chess better not because of our
> superior minds or hard work or study, but because we take this pill
> that enables us to play chess better than those who do not take the
> pill.
>
> For this slander and for taking money for this, it is insufficient
> merely to remove Beatriz as USCF President. She must be expelled and
> banned from membership in this organization for life, just as an
> Olympic athlete will be banned for life if caught using performance
> enhancing drugs.
>
> This matter is urgent and cannot wait. I call upon the Executive Board
> to vote to expel Beatriz today. Certainly it has the power to do so,
> last year the USCF Executive Board expelled Bobby Fischer from
> membership merely for the statements he made on 9-11. If the board can
> do that, surely it can expel Beatriz Marinello for the outrageous
> statements she continues to make advocating performance enhancing
> drugs for chess players.
>
> Sam Sloan
>