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Subject: Re: Off topic: Chess politics & the "much loved" Sam Sloan

Author: Amicitia Stone

Date: 17:32:02 03/17/01

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On March 17, 2001 at 20:17:31, Carl Cox wrote:

>I can't resist my curiosity.
>
>I don't know doodah about chess politics but I really wanna know who this Sam
>Sloan guy is and why does he have this affinity for US Chess Live (smell the
>sarcasm) and why do soooooo many people love him so (breeeeeeeeath in deep!)
>
>Jeroen Van Dork flames him sometimes but then in my honest opinion Van Dork
>never has anything other than "smart"-cracks and flames to post, so that's not
>an issue.
>Sometimes Dork answers questions like "What is a ply?" and he hangs out a lot
>too so we can't rule him out totally I guess.
>
>However, the thing that gets me is that I've seen several regulars and even well
>known and respected names like Dr.Hyatt flame this guy.
>
>I checked out Sloan's web page briefly. He's looks nerdy and has some retro midi
>files there - (he's got some hot chess chicks there too, so I wasn't totally
>disappointed!)
>
>Can somebody sum this up in just a few words please?


I don't think you are a fool, but what's my opinion compared to that of
thousands of others?





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