On Apr 6, 3:35 pm, samsloan <samhsl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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/376c468af...
>
> 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
Agreed. It's more P Innes drivel.
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