Author: Al Lawrence
Date: 17:47:27 10/20/00
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My name is Al Lawrence. I'm the co-author of "Hoisting the Hippopotamus" on www.chesscafe.com. This month we offer an obituary/remembrance of Sid Samole. In 1984, I was Associate Director of the US Chess Federation and in charge of its sales program. I was subpoenaed to give testimony in the Fidelity vs. ICD lawsuit Steve discusses on this forum. Obviously, there was indeed a lawsuit. However, at least one of the statements made by Steve in his original posting seems incorrect to me. And a few others seem unlikely. But this is ancient history and hardly worth the key strokes. Steve is certainly entitled to his memories and opinions. At any rate, Sid and Steve did not get along in business, at least not all the time. I know Sid honestly felt that what he saw as a misrepresentation of the strength of the Excelence cost Fidelity a lot of sales. I am certainly a personal partisan at this point because I no longer work for USCF and miss my old friend Sid very much. I invite you to see a different perspective of Sid by visiting our column at www.chesscafe.com. Cordially, Al Lawrence
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