"samsloan" <samhsloan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:185c0554-a7ac-469f-bd88-b7e67e063aa7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Vietnam to host World Youth Chess Champion****p Oct 20-30, 2008
>
> http://english.vietnamnet.vn/re****ts/2008/04/779550/
>
> I am very interested in this. I would like to visit Vietnam and I am
> considering giving chess lessons to my 6-year-old daughter just so
> that she can play.
That's a remarkable coincidence. I have a 4-year-old daughter and
have already entered her in the U8 section.
I think a child should be at least 5 before you begin with regular
lessons and my daughter will be 5 next month. There is plenty of time to
teach her Chess and to develop an opening repertoire: The tournament
isn't til October and most of these kids come from primitive places
and don't even know where the South Bronx is, so we'll be able
to beat them easily.
The reason a child has to be at least 5 before you begin
teaching her is that smaller children don't respond in a useful
manner to infusions of hot oil - they simply get scared and run
away and scream until the neighbors call the Child Protection
Agency. However, when they are 5 you can start them
on Sesame Oil and Soy Sauce and gradually introduce Hot Sauce.
And remember that most children have several orifices. If your patience
has been exhausted by explaining once too often that the
Queen cannot jump like the horse, you can try spicy Sesame Oil in
the left ear.
I myself am the World Chaturangam Champion (see note below).
Chaturangam is well known to be a game much more difficult
and far more interesting than Chess. Therefore, there is no doubt
that my daughter has inherited sufficient talent to win this
tournament easily.
>
> I have a few questions:
>
> I need to know the hotel rates the players and their parents will be
> charged.
Rates at Palace Vung Tau Hotel are 3.2 million Dong ( about $200 )
per night for a double room.
> In recent years there have been scandals about this,
> especially in France, where chess organizers have raised the hotel
> rates and required players to stay in hotels selected by them at
> exorbitant rates to make back the money it costs to run the event
>
> So we need to know what rates are being charged and are they
> reasonable.
The rates are very reasonable and effectively keep out the riff-raff.
>
> Also, Beatriz Marinello, USCF Scholastic Council Member, informs me
> that my 6-year-old daughter will have to reach at least 1200 strength
> before she will be allowed to play. There is absolutely no chance,
> none whatever, that my daughter will make 1200 any time soon. Is there
> any way around this?
>
This problem is easily solved. I have already made my arrangements but
since I'm not in the U.S. your options are slightly different from
mine:
1. Make a sizable donation to the USCF and, at a convenient moment,
mention your little problem. Considering your past relation****p with
this organization it is conceivable that the size of the donation
required might exceed your resources. In this case try #2.
2. Approach Mike Nolan discretely and ask what the price is.
Considering who you are, Nolan may not trust you to keep
quiet about this arrangement, so the price may also be higher
than it would be for normal people. In this case try #3.
3. Set up a match Sloan against Sloan, 24 games for the
champion****p of the South Bronx. Get one of your many
friends among the certified tournament directors to officiate
at this event and send the result to Mike Nolan.
If the USCF refuses to rate this a match, set up
a tournament to the same effect. This would, of course,
be somewhat more obviously fraudulent, but the noble purpose
certainly justifies a slight risk.
*My Chaturangam World Champion****p is in the
category "non-Indian Competitors", also known
as "foreign white devils".
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