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Subject: Re: On prison inmate correspondence(postal) chess..

Author: Mike Taylor

Date: 02:30:33 06/03/04

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On June 02, 2004 at 22:33:59, Slater Wold wrote:

>On June 02, 2004 at 20:38:57, steven blincoe wrote:
>
>>In this months Chess Life(June 04) there continues a debate over the USCF
>>option of allowing a postal player to "opt out" of being matched up with  a
>>prison inmate by checking a box on his entry form
>>
>>one view on this i found somewhat interesting...
>>
>>on page 6 in the "Checking in " column a Mr. Shea opines..and i quote..
>>
>>"Consequently ,i would PREFER(italics my own)to play postal chess exclusively
>>against inmates as i would know for a fact i am playing the player and not a
>>machine"
>>
>>the way Mr. Shea reasons indicates to me he must be a very strong player
>>
>>Steve
>
>Is CM, Fritz, and Crafty all not allowed in prison?
>
>I bet most inmates have better access to computers than some here.

Perhaps, it depends on, which prison in each country !



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