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[Vlad Drkulec]

If sponsorship is bribery the only documentation I have of attempts at bribery was the notes I took when you Sid Belzberg offered that you might start...

[Vlad Drkulec]

It is our move and we await further developments. Currently of the three candidates we are only talking directly to Mr. Makropoulos. I suspect that...

[Vlad Drkulec]

I am writing this as my opinion and it might not be the opinion of everyone on the CFC board. At the moment, I do not have full knowledge of all of the...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Here are my somewhat preliminary thoughts on the FIDE election.

Arkady Dvorkovich

Mr. Dvorkovich is obviously a very capable...

[Vlad Drkulec]

As mentioned in my previous post here is the letter Nigel just sent to the various chess federations including the CFC....

[Vlad Drkulec]

Thank you for the kind words.

I too would like an international chess sporting organization that we can all be proud of and one where if...

[Vlad Drkulec]

The lack of insight,... he doesn't understand that qualitatively he is making the same error as Godwin's law. I must commend the proprietor for removing...

[Vlad Drkulec]

http://casefoundation.org/wp-content...work_Nov15.pdf



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[Vlad Drkulec]

Sid, you are just being silly. I am busy playing in a tournament (the Canadian Open). The only reason I am posting now is because my opponent from the...

[Vlad Drkulec]

You can tell yourself that to make your situation more palatable but not everyone is afraid. There are a number of paths to take where you need not be...

[Vlad Drkulec]

Quit trying to relitigate the 2014 election. Its done and based on the information I had then and perhaps even now I wouldn't have done anything differently...

[Vlad Drkulec]

This is very clear but it is no way to live....

[Vlad Drkulec]

Good luck!

[Vlad Drkulec]

Alan Alda is a superhero?...

[Vlad Drkulec]

We never had the support of major American sponsors of chess so we lost nothing. I was never into hero worship like you apparently are and I was never...

[Vlad Drkulec]

The CFC has done fine since then and will continue to do fine regardless of who the Fide president is.

[Vlad Drkulec]

I was not afraid in 2014. I am not afraid now. I don't care whether you believe me or not. My source is quite credible and if she chose to step up to...

[Vlad Drkulec]

My job is not to show you that person but to share that information with the executive of the CFC. I have a fairly credible and extremely articulate source...

[Vlad Drkulec]

If a slightly toned down version of Harvey Weinstein were running for FIDE president, should we support him because he has access to enormous and legitimate...

[Vlad Drkulec]

We have an open forum here and also on the CFC discussion forum. I do read chesstalk and actually like it better now that the trolls have disappeared....