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Jan-06-13
 | | blazerdoodle: I remember the mess about Rudolf Hesse. He isn't off the mark. Who knows what the book is about or why he did it. Weird, Hesse going to England like that, though. |
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Apr-08-13
 | | WannaBe: Got a spam this morning, from 'Sam Sloan'. One of them pill ads. =)) |
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Jul-01-13
 | | FSR: http://news.yahoo.com/only-lawyers-... |
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Jul-02-13
 | | HeMateMe: Is Sam Sloan the only convicted murderer to argue a case before the Supreme Court? I would think "yes." That's why I love this site. Just when you think it's boring, Sam Sloan makes an appearance. I find it intriguing that a layman could win 9-0 at the Supreme Court. Especially, in that it was something like stock trading, which I would think would involve a lot of technical and legal issues to be brought forth, something a whole legal team would be involved in, dividing up the work. |
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Jul-02-13
 | | Sneaky: <convicted murderer> Was that a mistake or some kind of joke I don't get? I've heard many things about Mr. Sloan but I don't believe he's ever been accused of murder, much less convicted! |
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Jul-02-13
| | FSR: <Sneaky> Who said he was a convicted murderer? No, AFAIK that is not true. Incidentally, I successfully defended Bill Brock against a defamation suit Sloan brought against him. That was the same lawsuit where Sloan sued USCF, Susan Polgar, Truong, Goichberg, the United States, Texas Tech and half of the known universe. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/n... |
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Jul-02-13
| | HeMateMe: My bad. SS is not a killer, though he is a convicted felon: "Sloan has been married three times. Sloan's second wife, Honzagool, was a native of Chitral and together they had a daughter named Shamema.[24] Sloan and Honzagool soon separated and Sloan left New York for Virginia with Shamema, leaving Shamema in the care of a Virginia couple, while Honzagool returned to Chitral. Sloan was subsequently locked into a now-moot child custody struggle, which lasted several years, with that Virginia couple over that same daughter. On September 5, 1991, Sloan attempted to leave the USA with Shamema and he was arrested.< Sloan was convicted of attempted abduction of Shamema, a felony, for which he spent 18 months in state prison.>[25][26][27][28] Sloan converted to Islam and changed his name to Haji Mohammed Ismail Sloan.[29] Sloan tied for the lead in the World Championship of Chinese Chess.[30] He also won the Silver Medal in Senior Division (of two entries) at the World Memory Championship in Guangzhou, China.[31]" A chess playing lawyer, who got into lots of trouble and was debarred: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman...> |
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Jul-02-13
| | Sneaky: <SS is not a killer, though he is a convicted felon> That's quite a difference! Most people I respect are convicted felons! Glad to have set the record straight. |
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Jul-02-13
| | HeMateMe: I kind of like this guy. His face looks like a super villain from the Marvel comics gallery. Sort of like he's a shape shifter, who can assume different identities. And, he's smart, might actually have super powers. Wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same? |
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| Jul-02-13 | | Strongest Force: I knew SS back when he worked for that giant investment firm. The same one Brit GM Luke Mcshane works for. |
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| Jul-03-13 | | dehanne: <Very strange guy. Wikipedia says he is one of the best Chinese Chess players in the world.>
Judging from that flickr picture gallery of his, he plays shogi as well. He's a really interesting guy. |
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Jul-03-13
 | | SteinitzLives: The rumors about this guy are often fantastically lurid. Sometimes the reality is too. He is classic: chess-player-self-serving-weird. A recent rumor (within the last year) is that he may be squatting in a deceased mans' home in CA, and claiming to be the rightful heir to the deceased mans estate, since there are no other heirs. Again, amazing rumors, but don't think for a second, he does not love the publicity (which I unfortunately just contributed to) so I guess he owes me one. |
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Aug-02-13
 | | offramp: Sam says that he and his family have been evicted from the Goodall Estate. I would not wish that on any one. Good luck, Sam. |
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| Jan-09-14 | | mwic: @OhioChessFan , "some rights reserved" is ubiquitous, and indicates that a Creative-Commons license is attached to the pics. As for SS, I'm not a psychologist. Claiming to have been Zsuzsa Polgar's "boyfriend" when she was 17 and he was in his 40s was a bit much for me. |
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Jan-09-14
| | WannaBe: My goodness been a while since I've been on this page. The picture is something (else)... |
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May-19-14
| | offramp: If he hadn't been so devoted to that pesky Damiano's Defence he might have had a much more successful career. The highlight of his chess career, without a doubt, is the OTB match for money v Bill Brock. LOL - this match does not have its own event page LOL but one of the games is at S Sloan vs B Brock, 2005, and the other two games can be found easily from there. |
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| May-24-15 | | TheTamale: Love the current pic of Sam! He appears happy and at peace, and I hope it's true. |
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May-24-15
| | offramp: <TheTamale> I am with you. Some people don't like him but he has never done anything horrible. However, I am in England, so I might have missed some things. I DO know that he had a problem with Brock, and they both put up money, and they met over the board in a huge grudge match, and Sam won. Brock won the post mortem by miles. Sam put his money where his mouth was, against a higher rated player, and won. Sam also played those Shiite openings that he had always played. (Sam is a Muslim). I MUST salute such a guy. |
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Oct-08-15
| | FSR: Sloan has announced that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRl... I think that he is a longshot. |
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| Oct-08-15 | | King Radio: Why not. He is not out of place with the rest of the clowns in the ring for both parties. |
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| Oct-10-15 | | Howard: Will he be in the debate next Tuesday, on October 13 ? JUST KIDDING! |
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| Dec-07-15 | | Rama: I used to visit his webpage years ago, what a blast! |
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| Dec-07-15 | | zanzibar: Here's an equally colorful, but more revealing, photograph of him: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cQpT7M648... |
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Dec-07-15
| | HeMateMe: he reminds me of Harry Dean Stanton:
<https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/...> |
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| Dec-07-15 | | zanzibar: <HMM> Definite resemblance in the craggy feature departure. <CG> - can we please get some color correction for his portrait, or is that deliberate? |
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