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In July 2006, Sloan was elected to the Executive Board of the United States Chess Federation ( USCF ).

He advocated a major expansion of scholastic chess, stating that the USCF should establish a program to certify school chess teachers.

He criticized the USCF's recent move from New Windsor, New York to Crossville, Tennessee.

As second-place finisher ( out of five ) in the special election, Sloan was elected to a one-year term on the board ( the first-place finisher received a three-year term ).

Sloan's term of service began in August 2006.

In 2007, Sloan ran for reelection to the USCF Executive Board, but was unsuccessful, finishing a distant ninth out of ten candidates.

On October 2, 2007, Sloan filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to overturn the results of the 2007 USCF, and alleging that more than 2, 000 obscene " Fake Sam Sloan " newsgroup postings prior to the election had been made by a rival candidate.

On August 28, 2008, US District Judge Denny Chin dismissed the suit with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12 ( b )( 1 ), 12 ( b )( 2 ) and 12 ( b )( 6 ).

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal but modified it, saying that it was " without prejudice " as the case had not gone to a hearing.