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joke among today's gran masters? In a ay, yes, says ohn atson in isem ka le ookS c s o Mod Ch ss S a gy

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energy and t oroughness e ngs to t e su ect In pre a ng t is ook eaut or as rev e e o ens o ooks on st ategy and scoure s databases or

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O m d in 93 (s n er sngs C mm n s and nav sp. 306)

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e# 73 Ko nen Ka anen, He inki 9 7:

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Puzz e # 89 I K ne ov Ko ov R ia 1993

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en men al a o ma e eacle eem e ng wa e .

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.. . n ew o o men on ng he word ac one' e name M Fa e en mo a o a e nce er e a e (an mal w ac one cad ded

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A lea ug w w a s o w a c ess oo e s aopr ur o n c ve anua , u o eso e c jewe s such as Dev

east wo eces be o e cas ng n e s e sed amaz ng y c eve aan anag a s o a cer a n a e e son s na o e o s ng oss

l ngon oy k nny g l o oo gn ly t nk, oo.

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e se e e oo d, wh e hose t e n e ec ua a u y to ene occas ona y good chess adv ce w nd e n e ven ng a e nsu e

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even a y o d ng g os t ons n h In e at ona Chess ede a on and e Un te a es C ess e a on U C , ost cen y se v ng as

s en 1996 1999 e has a ad n s at ve o es n any o an c esseven s, nc u ng ajo ou a en s an wo d e matc es e has k omany o ay s, an as wo ked any gh- eve chess o c a s, such

ID es den s uwe, O a sson, and Ca o anes

av g jus e d, c u z ec e o b s h s e o rsCH SDON at ge h g g s o s fo eca es n chess, has been eased o g at anI a

been a ve sed h oug ex ns ve ct a ngs, d ed at C evensuch he U O n T e b u bs on e a k cove a e soun e he g

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o Win onChur h llr r in f h ss bl uch hy n dish d out to o n for o l ttle r so o contr d ct th

cov r blurbs dir ctly this book is neit er v y t r st ng o exc t g o lyr vi w r s d ty ept fr m putting it dow ft r a w doz n p g s nd its

contributio " to c ess is ighly q estion bl h only s ns in w ch t i hgr t" is in the numb r o its ults T is r v ew will now el bor te on them

t som l n

Th ook pp rs to h ve two in p rpos s O most ppar nt w en Schultzdisc sses USC politics in the 1990s is to tt c rivals s t le old scor s ndl y bl m This will be disc ss d ur her on T ot r is to give Schultz s ccoof v o s jor nd or v ts nd incid nts bo h Americ n d int tion lt t w s volv d in from bout 962 to 996

Given th t o g these r t 972 isch r-Sp ssky m tch n oth r woldch pionshi s s ver l chess Ol mpiads nd oth r m or to nts nd someimport t controv rsi s and politic l ghts wit i F DE Sc ultz do s not l c

or inter st g s bj ct m tt r o give a w x pl s w s pr s nt t x n tion o isc er's nd Sp ssk s c i s w the Soviet del ation ll g

that idde bjects i ht e cti Sp ssky s pl y e work d closely or

y s with Flor ncio Campo an s t rst d irin his ener y nd n r lsk ll but ally disli ing his hypocrisy d v n lity He w s a o t w ll"during ph n c ll b t th c nc llatio o t rst K rpov-K sp rov tch

n short Sch ltz w s a witn ss to uch of recent chess isto y

Howev r v t e ost sci atin stor b co es dull in t e n s of n in ptw ter Trum C pote onc s id of J c rou c H do s not w it h typ sT t co m t lso ts Schultz s style: a ju py disconn ct d n tiv ith

littl structur or co erenc side from a loos ly c onologic l sequenc Aproper memoir uses th wisdom o h dsight to give p st vents or and s seSchultz inst d s ms inst d to ve jott d dow not s s w nt along t enthrown the in th book wit littl urt s i g. v t simply f llows ev ntissues co nd o p ople do this nd that i sort o Brown n otion, likeping pong lls in lott ry hopp r

or ex pl p es 51 57 re lik eas on ot g dle: t topic ju ps

bo t om KGB ge ts i Sovi t F DE de g t s to Russi n nsl tor wde ed boss bri c s Sc ltz fo got st I t t d b te wi h GL y vans d a r sult t l wsuit th 989 K r ov Hj r arson C did te

atch th d ctio and ret rem nt o G t sky nd i ll Sc ultz sin r d ction to ut re GM G br el Schwartzm n Th s v nts h v little orno co n ction wi h c oth r nd t e r p d r ndo ss o t ir pr s nt t ninduces eelin n to motion sickness

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e anc c ng h s st in i h Ga as a v, Sc z conct the i a s that "His eyes i u I me io d hey ad a a e o

c as e .CHESS ON w u d ave g a b d from a rof ss o a e 'she as fo exam e was do iT Bobby F sc r I K w y Sc tz s

iend A d De e , o La Pa do muc of ac a i ing Sc tza d Pa a e ot o he es of e ms u su o rit rs e avai ab e

e a games32 games a sca ter d o g o t he k ( ot28 asthe c ver sa s), mos b s o g aye s, b Sc tzI reca Ra o d

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e c r t om Sc u z-U o n, S ma r Eas , 3

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r t is i a oo costi g2 .

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an not just as accurate y hi e , "Fischer t n metho ca ly rocee e tuil ing his osition u . , "Once a ai I am in a si uatio to ave aye ot o

these layers . , " . . . a ty ica Sicilia with k ngs o both si es. Yes, ty icallyin the Sici bo p ay rs o have a k ng.

Schultz seems ot to un erst e i erence etween " isinterested an"unintereste or between "princi al an " rinci le, a d neither he orSchwartzma n as any idea of the co rect use of capitals, co as or hy hens( f is seems ial, consi er ic you woul rather meet: a man-eating sharkor a man, eating s ark). They seem to have o taine many f their se te ces

r he De ar ment of Re undancy Department. Sc ultz gives us: "As for hisma h wit GM ol De ker, GM o De ker . . won t e ma ch . ., Therwere a few translators, such as Valery Gleich a So iet ans ator ..., " . . we ato contend not only with the Korc noi- ov match ut we ha t e Palestine

i erat o Organization to conten wit ..., n "He ha een a Thai De utyMin ster . . . in T ai a . . ., to cite on y a f exam es. And Sch a tzma n "Iwas a le to com lete y el nate this o lem almost com letely . .. Allowancecan be ma e for c wa mann, who is not wr ting in his ative la guage, butnot for Sc ult w o a ently neg ecte to consu t any com e ent editor or

roofrea er.

T e iterary cr tique coul go on, but et's get to the re meat of the ook.Schu tz s wr t ng na ly has some focus when he ets do n the business ofblame-throwing An consi er ng the ire na cial con it o f he USCF inrecent y a s, ere is a lot of b ame to go aroun Schu tz wants to be sure we

o t thi k any of it elongs to him, an he has some scores to settle with olda ersar es in pa ticula with A Lawrence, SCF Executive Director988-

996As a USCF ele ate, your iewer has a some ex osure to these issues.Also I am quainted wit Lawrence an w th ano r S u tz arget, fo erUSCF t easurer Frank C tta, Jr I e interest of a ance,I so icite theircomments. The fol owing aragra hs each summar ze or quote a Schultz claimor accusa ion, fo lowe y Lawr nce's a or Camaratta s res onse.

1 Schul z " n ve m nths the LMA account [a o on of SCF Life emberAssets desig ated for investment] was tu ed over ve times causin $20 000in roker co issions ha ly the tp of invest ng o icy a fe member a countshou pursue ! ( .296).C e ies: " LMA investments] ma e a r tof aroun $ 20 0with $ 00 0 at r sk ca ital, over a ni e-m nth er o .a 0% ate o r convenient y left out o f his so ca e a a ysis.I for onewou g a ly ay$20 000to et $ 20 0 "

2 Schul z "The ife oo of USCF, ful aying a ult mem e s ps, aremai e at for over a eca e .. The m stakes f he ast s x y a s a are t

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91-96we e i e oost." (p30 ) his is suppo e w th a ah o page3 1 1 . aw en e ep es: But the i te ve ing yea s a e ssi g

o chultz s g aph Du i g my time as E m 988 to 95 e e s ip a clim ed e ably . . . as a y complete an acc e U g

e i y." Cama a a: U total membe ship soa e u i g t e sixa s c u tz me tio s . A te chu tz took ove we e n o a em

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3 S hul z: By the time the dead i e o su mitti o na io s [ o es de t in 996] came most o my likely oppone ts co clu ed they ou

ose to me and c ose ot to u "Ca a a a: Mo se - ei cat o ! to t e ace o p o essio a easons . . I neve houg t I cou d ose t

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4 S hu tz epeatedly a eges t at D a e ce as ove -pa d a d that e lehe o t e ve ge o ancial isaste "aw en e ep es: o see toemembe that Do o matte ho good e esults e e ... ha ed to see me

a aise o a bo us ... Bo uses o P esi e t c ultz s la e Exec ive ie e muc much g ate act he a ited anc als o y en

yea st tch as E sho a$400, accumula e p o . o s a se on tha a is atio e ted a mpove she . does eg to ithe acts "

S hultz c a s a majo tu a ou a u de is p es dency stati less t a a yea t e o at o ha bee ei o ced a co e ce esto(p. 0) aw en e: The ede atio [ as] su e ed a loss a y estimated by

o cia s to be i e eighbo oo o$ 00 u i g Do s te m he e was i eed a tu a o g e c ul z yea s. But it as a tu

d astica ly the o g di ctio "

e above is o y a small samp i ; c u t s c a ms a d accusatio s many pages as do a e ce s a a a a ta s ebut als. You ie e

ot p esume to kno e u t uth i ese ma te s but my p ese opit at these po io s oC E DO a e at best a e selec ve i ei p esen atioo acts a p sa i hei i te p eta io s oug he as oste s bly eti

ch ltz st ll seems to e ma g campa g speec es a d e a ypica poli cihe te ls only the pa t o a sto y hat is a o ab e to hi o u avo a e ta gets

he e a e a e s ti es t teA c u z accou ts o v us IDEco t ove s es e ectio s a d e so a iti s a e i t gui g One ge s somethe to o s poli ica jugg g hat goes i s c a ive se o ganiza o

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