Author: steven blincoe
Date: 08:17:30 01/25/04
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> >I do remember an interesting event related to this. I had sent a very long >letter to Fidelity [I don't think email was an option then] in which I pointed >out certain problems and made a number of suggestions for improvements. A few >days later, I received a phone call from several guys at Fidelity [I think they >were in Florida, USA] and they wanted me to serve as a consultant. I declined, >of course, being only a beginner chessplayer. In the discussion, it came out >that they had never heard of the United States Chess Federation, USCF, and so I >recommended they contact USCF and gave them the mailing address. I suggested >that they solicit USCF's help in identifying a chess master who would consult >for them. I never heard from them again but subsequent events suggest that they >followed my advice. great story!! not only did they indeed contact the USCF, but Fidelity soon entered into several financial arrangements with the Federation that spirited them to a very sucessful financial future the way i see it your are entitled to a commission or consulting fee :)) try contacting Excalibur Electronics,which is owned by the son of the Late Sid Samole(owner of Fidelity) the Chess Challenger itself was invented by the pioneer chess programmor Ron Nelson,who is alive and well today and writes all of the chess programs for Excalibur Steve
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