Why do I have the feeling that if I sign up for this thing I'm eventually gonna be looking at one of these?...

That is beautiful, suddenly chess makes sense!

Looks like that sengoku thing to me.

My highest USCF rating was 2026 in the 80's

I now live in a rural Florida town, and only get to play a tournament per year, which I usually fly somewhere to get to.

On the veracity of my "story", hey we can both put $10,000 in an Escrow account, and we can check with the USCF, and if my rating was ever over USCF 2000 *I* get the money, and if it wasn't, you get the money...

Heck, YOU GUYS can even name the amount in escrow if you want..The more in, the better for me....

BTW, I would have to be some kind of stupid to lie about something that can easily be checked on the USCF ratings website, as many have already done.

The deadline is past for further applicant's. Thanks all, and I will let the Forum know what the results of myself and the testers were when we are done.

Great! Hope its a success!

Finally! A 'get rich quick' scheme for getting good at chess.
When you release your product, will I be beating Carlsen (let's make sure he doesn't get access to it.)? Will the arbiters mind me using a calculator, or will I do the sums in my head?

Any calculations can be done in your head.

I am hoping to advance players to the 2400 USCF / 2300 FIDE level.

Becoming a GM may be another story entirely, and I am afraid I would have to bet on Carlsen, in a match between him and my ideas...

Gamebrain

The contestants are selected. they will be traveling to Iceland, and a Rocky type workout awaits them.

Will it be available (only) on TV, for 3 Easy Payments of $19.95?

Best of Luck.  Maybe we'll eventually see you on 60 Minutes.

If you send me $19.95, I'll send you a report telling you how

to get people to send you $19.95.

where to, beardog?

Zborg you forget one part of the $19.95 Easy Payments - one additional easy payment of your soul....muahhahahahaha

No, actually that's led me to seeing these things everywhere: