Originally posted by Peter McKillop
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What is the ACO?
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Originally posted by Kerry Liles View PostWhat is the meaning of this remark? Hugh posted some very valuable information related to the ACO, did he not?
p.s. I love chesstalk!!
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Originally posted by Kerry Liles View PostWhat is the meaning of this remark? Hugh posted some very valuable information related to the ACO, did he not?
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Originally posted by Erik Nilsson View Post...
Also, Hugh Brodie does seem shady.
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Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View PostSusan Polgar interviews Lothar Hirneise (a few days ago):
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011...anization.html
No comments anywhere as to its legitimacy. (have sites actually been booked and paid for in Dubai and Paris Disneyland?)
Susan Polgar posted an interview with charlatan and Gothic Chess "inventor" Ed Trice a few years ago, also shaped much like an ad. I can't tell if Susan Polgar is being paid for these interviews or if she's just imprudent by nature.
Edit: Being "run" by low rated GMs is another warning sign as their names could be used to give an impression of legitimacy. Remember that many GMs have troubles living of their chess career and thus could be persuaded with the promise of easy money. Their mailings boasts of "26 partners and contributors from 18 countries". All you have to do to become a partner or contributor is to fill out a simple online application form.
Anyone knows if Falko Bindrich or Tobias Hirneise have organized other tournaments of similar scope before?Last edited by Erik Nilsson; Thursday, 8th December, 2011, 06:17 PM. Reason: wrote that Hugh Brodie seemed shady, it was supposed to be Lothar Hirneise
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Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View PostSusan Polgar interviews Lothar Hirneise (a few days ago):
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011...anization.html
No comments anywhere as to its legitimacy. (have sites actually been booked and paid for in Dubai and Paris Disneyland?)
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Hi: I found this thread on the English Chess Forum
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2837
Wilf Ferner
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Susan Polgar interviews Lothar Hirneise (a few days ago):
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2011...anization.html
No comments anywhere as to its legitimacy. (have sites actually been booked and paid for in Dubai and Paris Disneyland?)
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We can see it just be looking at the organization and the emails they send to nearly all the organizers in Canada....
Hugh Brodie also made some research about it :Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View PostA Google search on his name (Lothar Hirneise) shows many links to his "alternative" cancer cures (he's not an MD). I think he's the same guy, since a cancer-related bio and the FIDE site both give his year of birth as being 1961.
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Originally posted by Felix Dumont View PostIt's a scam...
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There was a thread about this organization on Chesstalk back in February:
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4581
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What is the ACO?
I just got an email from the "amateur chess organization." Apparently they're launching their own World Championship and their own WYCC.
www.amateurchess.comTags: None
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