Fake Chess Journalist Foundation!

Hi there!

I am posting a part of Mr. Bobby Ang's article last November 15, 2006 for his Chess Piece Column appearing in Business World.

"Important Notice: There are some chess reporters (no, they do not qualify as journalists) who are going around soliciting funds for a “Journalist Chess Foundation” from chess enthusiasts and parents. Oftentimes they have used my name as one of its founders.

I want to be absolutely clear here:

1. To my knowledge there is NO such thing as a Journalist Chess Foundation;

2. Even if there were, I have never been and do not intend to ever be connected with it. Indeed, if the people going around to ask for money are any indication of the caliber of its members, then no good will ever come of it;

3. I have not asked anyone to solicit funds for any foundation; and

4. If someone should approach you with such a request please take steps to make sure that he is beaten up within an inch of death.

C'mon, please spare us from this and quit it now before the authorities get hold of you and your dirty ideas. There are a million and one ways to earn decently, obviously this ain't one of them.