Here's something that I posted around that time :

<I don't know if it's just me but I'm becoming increasingly disturbed and saddened at the apparent deterioration of behaviour of some of the members at this website. One member has been driven off his own game page and it looks like another could follow suit very shortly. The bigotry shown on the former is most distasteful and I can't read most of it.

There is constant bickering over a vast array of gamepages of another member. I've seen children act in a more responsible manner than what has been shown there.

The Fischer thread seems to be getting crazier. I didn't think that was possible but it appears so.

I have invested a great deal of time and effort over a number of years into this database and website ( nearly 4000 uploads of games and whole tournaments says so ), but I'm giving very serious thought to jacking-in my membership because of what has been transpiring recently.

There have been differences of opinions between members before but nothing like the events described above.

If you've made it this far or even care, thankyou for your attention.

I've closed my forum in protest.

The next step will be probably be the deletion of Game Collections and if that doesn't register then I'll be off. Some people here don't deserve the effort that others have put in.>

And I did a great deal of thinking about leaving at that time. My membership nearly ran out before I decided to renew it and then only for a year.

If I had left then, the <Biographer Bistro> and Historic Tournaments updates would look a lot different ( and probably poorer in my opinion ) than they do now. What do you think?

I doubt very much that the admins enjoyed having to close your game pages but something had to be done about the situation and the line is drawn by them like it or not. Maybe at some future stage your games will be open again.

Rather than drag this out, let me just say that you stated your opinions with great clarity, without resorting to a personal attack ... I applaud you for this!!! (Seriously!) Some users, like HMS123 (and many others) seem intent on making this a personal vendetta ... I am not interested in that. [Of course the trolls are still here, Finan, Col. Mort and all the other sorry souls who attack me ... no matter what I do or say ... and it is obvious that has not changed. I have nothing left to say to any of them, other than the fact that none of them are decent chess players ... OR maybe even decent human beings.]

I am saddened (and ashamed) by the fact that Fischer was a great player ... and people - rather than celebrate his wonderful career and exquisite games of chess - indulge in the most awful, stupid and petty discussions ever seen. They soil themselves ... and this site as well. (And I have seen this behavior repeated on many other pages as well, poor Wesley So must be horrified ... IF he ever even bothers to read his own page anymore, that is.)

I apologize if we have ever clashed in the past, or if I have said any mean or derogatory things to you. (I really mean that!) If we cannot be friends, let us (at the very least!) remain civil to one another.

I think that we should remember why we are here ... NOT to attack someone for their personal beliefs, (and my beliefs - although publicly stated ... are mine, and I have both a personal and a constitutional right to them) ... so we are not here to try and destroy or bring down other members, but to enjoy and celebrate the wonders of our game of chess.

I am VERY happy that you did not leave (or delete your VALUABLE game collections... it sounds like you are one of the few sane and decent people here!

I changed my avatar ... simply because I am much older, I have less hair, I no longer wear a beard, and I am rapidly going gray all over. In short, the picture of me is a relic of the past and something akin to a deceit; as I no longer look like that at all. (I am also a HUGE Gator fan, I have loved that team - and their school colors - ever since I was a small child. I never went to college full time, but if I could go back, it would definietly be at the University of Florida.)

<I think that we should remember why we are here ... NOT to attack someone for their personal beliefs, (and my beliefs - although publicly stated ... are mine, and I have both a personal and a constitutional right to them) ... so we are not here to try and destroy or bring down other members, but to enjoy and celebrate the wonders of our game of chess. >

This is a sentiment I couldn't agree more with.

Anyway I've got to get back to work and get on with updating Game Collection: Interzonals 1962: Stockholm so I'll see you around.

An old - and a new - web page. (This requires an explanation.)

My web page on R Forster vs Huebner, 1994 ...

Won the "Gulf Coast Classic" in Pensacola on Saturday, October 20th.

Talk about your top-heavy tournaments!
Myself, (Goldsby) Joe Jurjevich, Rick Frye, David Hater, H. Charry, etc.

I went 3.5 out of 4 ... clear first. (Fritz said I had a won game ... but I missed it. After nearly 60 moves ... all that was left on the board was two Kings.)

I will post a link to the rating report as soon as it is available.

Am a follower of your web page since
2007!

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From the "Gulf Coast Classic" ...
played October 20th, 2012. (I won, 3.5 out of 4.)

This was my one draw ... I stopped recording , but according to my clock it was 59 moves. (Nothing left on the chess board but two Kings.)

I missed a win!!!! You challenge is to find it ...

White to play and make his 48th move here, I believe.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 h6 7.Bf4 c6 8.e3 0-0 9.Nf3 Be6 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Bd3 c5 12.0-0 a6 13.a4 Rc8 14.Bf5 Qb6 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Qb3 b6 17.Rfd1 c4 18.Qc2 Bd6 19.Re1 Rfe8 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Reb1 Ne4 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.Re1 Ree8 24.Qd2 b5 25.axb5 axb5 26.Qa5 b4 27.Ra4 Rb8 28.Rd1 Rec8 29.Ne5 Nxe5 30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.Rxb4 Rxb4 32.Qxb4 Rb8 33.Rxd5 Rxb4 34.Rxe5 Rxb2 35.Rc5 Rc2 36.f3 g5 37.Kh2 Kg7 38.Kg3 c3 39.f4 f6 40.Kf3 Kf7 41.g4 Ke6 42.Ke4 Kd6 43.Rc8 gxf4 44.exf4 Rc1 45.Kf5 Kd5 46.Kxf6 Kd4 47.f5 Rh1 48.Kg7 Rxh3 49.f6 Rh4 50.f7 Rxg4+ 51.Kxh6 Rf4 52.Kg7 Kd3 53.f8Q Rxf8 54.Kxf8 c2 55.Rxc2 Kxc2 ½-½

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 d4 4.Ne2 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.c4 Bg4 7.Ng3 Ne5 8.Be2 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.0-0 Be7 12.a3 0-0 13.f4 Ned7 14.Rb1 a5 15.b3 b6 16.Bf3 e5 17.f5 Qc7 18.h3 Rab8 19.Rb2 b5 20.Rbf2 bxc4 21.bxc4 Rb1 22.Qc2 Rfb8 23.Nh5 Nxh5 24.Bxh5 f6 25.Be2 R1b3 26.g4 a4 27.h4 Rc3 28.Qd2 Rbb3 29.Rg2 Rxa3 30.Bxa3 Rxa3 31.g5 Rb3 32.gxf6 Nxf6 33.h5 Bf8 34.h6 a3 35.Qg5 a2 36.Qxf6 Rb1 37.hxg7 Bd6 38.Qe6+ Qf7 39.Qc8+ Bf8 40.gxf8Q# 1-0

In this game, my opponent moved much more quickly than I.

After 13 moves, I think I am a little better.

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After 22 moves, I think Black has probably equalized ... he is playing on the Q-side, while I am King-hunting. (As usual.)

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After 29 moves, Black has broken through to the Q-side, while my K-side attack still has not started. (Yes, Black sacked an exchange on a3, but he is way ahead on time and also has the eay plan of pushing his passed Pawn.)

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Now - after 35 moves - I had less than 10 seconds left.

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FLchessplayer (2003) - CamillaB (1857)
1-0, no increment / Live Chess, on Chess.com / 23,10,2012.

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Qb3 e6 8.Nb5 d6 9.Bf4 Na5 10.Qa4 Nxc4 11.Nxd6+ Ke7 12.Nxc4 Bd7 13.Qa3+ 1-0

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