Hi All,
Join me in a big Welcome to Ashoka Krishnamurthy of New Delhi, India. He has
completed both Hadley chess courses and is looking forward to being an
active participant in the chess world. He goes by Ashoka K. Bob, he asked
especially that I convey his appreciation to you for all your help when you
were his instructor. Ashoka, the recipients on this email are:
Al Pietrolungo, President, USBCA
Jim Homme, Secretary, USBCA
Alan Schlank, Treasurer, USBCA
Chris Chaffin, Tournament Director, USBCA
Curtis Cockayne, Assistant TD, USBCA
Evan Reese, Board member, USBCA
Bob Rathbun, Honored Everything! , USBCA
Olivier Deville, Chess Organizer and Supporter Par Excellence!
I am also including the USBCA List and a few recent Hadley grads, some of
whom have not yet subscribed to the USBCA List! The various subscription
details are below. FYI, Chris runs the correspondence tournament events I
mentioned, and Curtis runs the realtime (skype) tournament events I
mentioned for the USBCA.
Thanks again for being a diligent student!
Jim Thoune, vice-President, USBCA
To subscribe to the USBCA List: send a blank email to:
Usbca_chess-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Usbca_chess-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Include the word Subscribe in the subjectline. You need write nothing in the
body of the message. You should receive a request to confirm your wish to
subscribe. Simply follow the instructions to complete the process.
To subscribe to Olivier Deville's French skype tournament, which will
include access to my Chess Gather, send an email to:
odeville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:odeville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Simply ask him to add you to his tournament list and to give you access to
his chatrooms. The chatroom you will need to join to sit in on my Chess
Gather is salon__6. Once Olivier gives you access to the chatrooms, you will
need to add each one to your contacts. Simply follow his instructions.
To subscribe to ftp-chess List, which will include the Class Round Robin,
for which signup is still open, send a blank email to:
ftp-chess-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ftp-chess-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Again, you should receive a request to confirm your wish to subscribe.
Simply follow their instructions.
To subscribe to skype_chess List, send an email to:
galani@xxxxxxxx <mailto:galani@xxxxxxxx>
Tell him you would like to join the skype_chess List. He will add you.
For email games, you can subscribe to blind-chess at:
Blind-chess-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Blind-chess-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Follow the same routine as with subscribing to usbca_chess.
I will also be forwarding you a brand new opportunity to which I have not
yet subscribed, but it comes highly recommended. The first guest speaker
will be the chess master from England whom I mentioned to you.
As always, feel free to ask questions. I know you will! And keep in touch! I
know you'll do that, too!
All the best,
Jim T
