Friday, April 2, 2010

April Fool's Joke by USCF

Now this is funny!
Howard Stern to participate in US Championship

4 comments:

  1. Seeing that Kelly Cottrell competed in the US Championship, I couldn't see why Howard Stern couldn't compete as well?

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  2. It has been worse. In 2007, I was qualified to play in the US Championship in Stillwater, Oklahoma (won by Alexander Shabalov), but elected not to play. It's true! They sere selling Patron Entry Fees. I don't remember the exact amount, but for $40-50,000 I could have entered. I could have come up with the money which means I was qualified!

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  3. Amazing,
    Did anyone pay the Patron Entry Fee and played in the championship?

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  4. The entry fee was a sliding scale based on rating and it was expensive even for GMs. As you can see from the final standings some of the players were only masters. (page 24)


    http://www.uschess.org/index.php/March/Patron-Entry-Fees-in-US-Champs.html

    http://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/CL-ALL/2007/2007_08.pdf

    http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2007/05/2007-us-ch-begins.htm


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