Sam Sloan wrote:
<< [M]y statements were made to a convention of the Libertarian Party
and nobody present other than myself was a rated tournament chess
player or a member of the USCF. These people present would not know nor
care what is the difference between a master, a grandmaster, an expert
or an A-player. >>
Sloan republishes these statements by a prominent link to the Google
Video of his remarks; it is currently the first link in the main
section of the samsloan.com homepage. Sloan, like Tanner, is a USCF
board member claiming a USCF title that he never earned.
Unlike Tanner, Sloan has not retracted his false statements. For when
Sloan tries to explain away his lies, he lies. It is indeed customary
to refer to former experts as experts; I have no issue with that.
However, with respect to Western chess, Sloan claims that he "used to
be a rated chess master." The general public may not take "master" as
a term of art, but "rated ... master" (used twice) implies to the
general public that some organization (such as the organization of
which Sloan is a board member) has validated this (nonexistent)
achievement.
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