On Apr 6, 2:02 pm, "J.D. Walker" <j.d.wal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Chess One wrote:
> > "samsloan" <samhsl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
>news:9557df57-d941-4098-a3e1-607eca688249@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> On Apr 6, 10:16 am, "Chess One" <OneCh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >>> Ken Sloan's administration of the USCF rating department occassioned
a
> >>> board
> >>> member to resign! That's not false.
>
> >> I am really curious. I have never heard this one before.
>
> >> What board member resigned, and why?
>
> > I am not mentioning his name, since there is no need to celebrate the
> > fallen - and indeed he seems to have acted on very bad advice to
accept a
> > title. But what of the responsibility of those awarding the title?
>
> > But this player was on the board preceeding yours, and the crime was
for
> > ratings rigging - so that he played the same half dozen players in
closed
> > tournaments, and they all rated 1650/1800 - thereby he gained a point
or two
> > at a time. I am not sure he ever played anyone 2200 or above.
>
> > At the time everyone was shocked he should have done so, yet 2 USCF
> > departments allowed (a) him to continue ac***ulating points this way
[that's
> > the rating dept], and (b) then another department made him a
life-master
> > with a ratings floor. Neither of them seem to notice his opponent's
level of
> > play.
>
> > I mention this particularly since the guy who egged him on and
encouraged
> > him to apply for the title is a USCF Delegate, Eric Johnson, and the
guy who
> > oversaw the ratings department is Ken Sloan, and this pair decided in
YOUR
> > newsgroup to rubbish other companies ratings 'quality control', with
all the
> > usual absense of detail, and abstract criticism.
>
> > Ken Sloan has failed to assure anyone that this fault is not a common
one at
> > USCF, therefore he never 'notices' my question, 'how frequently has
this
> > happened', even though he assures us that all is OK. The only thing he
has
> > ever responded with is the comment 'how do you know nothing has
changed',
> > which is as mindless a piece of verbage as he could insult USCF's
system
> > with, since the answer lies in his own inability and unwillingness to
show
> > if anything changed.
>
> > Why another department should also not have noticed such a prominent
> > ratings-account when giving the player a Masters award and a ratings
floor
> > is also entirely 'unclear', except to say that he was a politico and
into a
> > Fide postion...
>
> > Makes a change to getting a watch.
>
> > Phil Innes
>
> >> Sam Sloan
>
> Phil,
>
> This incident is pretty interesting. Was it ever published in an
> investigative article that I could read on the net? I'd love to know
> more. If not, it sounds like an issue that deserves an investigation.
> --
>
> Cordially,
> Rev. J.D. Walker, MsD, U.C.
He is referring to Robert Tanner and that is not what happened at all.
The whole story is at:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.politics/msg/376c468af85eaae0
Basically Tanner created three fake personalities, all rated around
2200-2300 and played Quads against them over and over again, thereby
raising his own rating to over 2300, giving himself a floor of 2200.
The first fake person was Andre Peroit. The first rating of Andre
Peroit was a provisional 2356 in the 1992
Wyoming National Parks RR in Jackson, Wyoming, directed by 'I'anner.
He then created Milan Djiatlich and Leopold Rodl and played them over
and over, winning 31 consecutive games against Milan Djiatlich, who
supposedly was rated over 2300.
None of this had anything to do with Ken Sloan or Eric Johnson.
Sam Sloan
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